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Collins graduates basic training

 

Chris Collins of the Williamstown Police Department was one of 27 law enforcement officers from 19 agencies across the state to graduate May 3 from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.

Maines completes sergeants course

 

Brian Maines, of Williamstown, was one of 20 law enforcement officers from across the state that were recognized at a graduation ceremony April 19 for completing the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training’s Academy of Police Supervision

Love of reading lasts a lifetime

 

The ability to read is considered a foundation skill because almost all other learning flows from being able to absorb information through the written word.

Hey, that's my idea!

 

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s the dark side of the moon begins overshadowing my newspaper career, that is, the asteroid of retirement blocking out the sunshine on my life’s work, I begin thinking of things that were.

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Conservative Christians are not...

 

Council delays payroll tax...

The debate is not over about whether or not to increase the occupational tax in Dry Ridge to help generate much-needed revenue.
The city council decided to not vote during its June 17 meeting on a second reading that would have increased the payroll tax from .5 percent to 1.5 percent on anyone who works in the city limits.
Instead, the discussion will continue during the 7 p.m. July 1 meeting, after about 25 employees and business owners within the city attended the meeting in opposition of the tax increase.

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Former jail deputy indicted for...

A 30-year-old former Grant County Detention Center employee has been indicted for having sexual contact with an inmate.
Sherenee Slone was indicted June 12 by a Grant County grand jury on charges of third-degree sodomy, a class D felony that is punishable by one to five years in prison.
An inmate at the jail, 32-year-old Eric Wayne Hamilton, was also indicted on charges of third-degree sodomy and being a persistent felony offender.

Some things are worth waiting for

Have you ever noticed that the best shows on television always take a break for the summer? Perhaps the executives behind these decisions have learned that the beautiful weather of summer usually invites playing outside, taking up summer sports and enjoying family vacations. When the sun is shining and more exciting adventures beckon, who would choose keeping up with a story line or even an interesting plot twist over swimming, hiking or taking a trip to Disneyland?