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With less than two weeks remaining in the 30-day 2013 session of the General Assembly, there is still much work to be done by lawmakers.
Newly-elected legislator Rep. Brian Linder, Dry Ridge-R, shares some insight into the session so far and issues at hand in the days ahead.

With less than two weeks remaining in this short session, how would you assess how things have gone in the General Assembly and what progress still needs to be made?

Child welfare has not only been Joel Griffith’s career, it’s been his life-long passion.

Elton and Thelma Souder of Dry Ridge have been married for 63 years.  
“We were married for two years and I got my summons from Uncle Sam,” said Elton.

He served in the United States Air Force.
The couple has three children, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

They are both from the Cincinnati, Ohio. They were married in Latonia by Pastor Bernie Wolfe.

A Grant County couple who were two of Kentucky State Police’s Most Wanted have been arrested on abuse charges.

Donald and Debbie McDaniel of Williamstown turned themselves in to the Grant County Detention Center on Feb. 12 and were lodged in jail.
Donald McDaniel, 66, faces six counts of sexual abuse and three counts of criminal abuse.
Debbie McDaniel, 55, has been charged with three counts of criminal abuse.