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As physical conditions at the Grant County Detention Center continue to improve, Jailer Chris Hankins plans to hire more deputies so the jail can increase its state inmate count and collect more revenue from the state.

The City of Williamstown plans to reject a request from the Ark Encounter claiming exemption from the recently implemented safety assessment fee on the grounds that they are a religious entity.

Few things can bring a hardened Marine like John Souder to tears.
But the day that his home burned to the ground and two of his four pet dogs were killed in a tragic fire, the most unlikely person was able to do just that; a 7-year old boy, who was offering Souder a helping hand during one of the darkest moments of his life.

Fugitive lawyer Eric C. Conn fled the country using a fake passport and help from someone overseas who has given him a job to support himself while on the lam, Conn told the Herald-Leader in an email exchange over the weekend.
Conn, who was once one of the top disability attorneys in the nation, flew to a country that does not have an agreement to extradite people wanted for crimes in the U.S., he told the newspaper.