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From The Kentucky Enquirer

More than half of Kentucky’s 2010 class incurred debt to pay for college and the number of those who borrowed grew by 4 percentage points over the previous year.

While 54 percent of students who graduated with four-year or more degrees had student debt in 2009, 58 percent did in 2010, according to data released Thursday by the Project on Student Debt. The average debt of graduates also grew slightly, from $19,112 to $19,375.

Carroll County Fiscal Court voted Tuesday to save money and improve some county employees’ insurance coverage by moving coverage from United Healthcare to Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield next year.

Scott Brown of Scott Brown Insurance presented the court with options for the 2012 coverage during the meeting. United Healthcare had informed the county its premiums would increase by 42 percent next year.

By selecting Anthem, the county’s annual premium will drop by 14 percent.

Carroll County Fiscal Court voted Tuesday to allow Judge-Executive Harold “Shorty” Tomlinson to sign the lease with the state for the Camp Kysoc property.

Tomlinson said he is working out the final details on addressing issues with two fuel storage tanks on the property. Under the lease, he said it is clear that the state maintains responsibility for those tanks. He noted that that also has been agreed to by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. “The state can’t back away from that one,” he said.

If you told someone you were going to walk 60 miles over three straight days, they may raise their eyebrows. But that is exactly what Carrollton resident Brittany Belcher and thousands of other people across the country did to raise money for breast cancer research.