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  • Student news | Jan. 23, 2014

    Megan Harris named to dean’s list at Union

    Megan Nicole Harris of Worthville, a student at Union College, was recently named to the school’s fall 2013 dean’s list.

    The dean’s list at Union is comprised of undergraduates who have completed at least 15 hours of graded work with a 3.33 grade point average, no grades of incomplete for the semester and no grades of C or below for the semester.

    Harris was one of 86 students who made the dean’s list at Union for the fall 2013 semester.

     

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  • Date changes | Jan. 23, 2014

    Commodities distribution for Carroll County have been rescheduled for next week due to Tuesday’s snow. The regular commodities will be distributed Tuesday, Jan. 28 at Relevant Church. Senior commodities will be distributed Wednesday, Jan. 29 at the Carroll County Senior Center on Sixth Street.

    Jefferson Community and Technical College presentation of its new campus plans will be at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 24.

    Carroll County Community Development Corporation’s annual meeting was cancelled due to the snow Tuesday. A date to reschedule has not been set.

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  • We are the champions!
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  • Juvenile hospitalized with burns, family loses home to stove fire

    A 5-year-old boy suffered second and third degree burns after his great-grandmother’s house caught fire Jan. 4.

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  • KSP arrests five in meth lab bust

    Five people have been arrested after Kentucky State Police troopers found a meth lab at 702 11th Street in Carrollton. Troopers received information that there was a meth lab at the residence and were granted a search warrant for the property Monday, Jan. 13, according to Public Affairs Officer Trooper Brad Arterburn. During the search, troopers located the meth lab in an outside building. They also found several ingredients used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine, Arterburn said.

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  • Tomlinson to retire from office in 2014

    Carroll County voters face the challenge of selecting a new judge-executive this year as the man affectionately known as “Shorty” prepares to retire at the end of 2014.

    As he begins his 16th year as judge-executive and completes his third consecutive term in the county’s top elected position, Harold “Shorty” Tomlinson says he’s looking forward to being away from the pressures and responsibilities of the job to spend time with his family.

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  • Committee develops new logo to ‘brand’ community

    The city of Carrollton may soon have a unified branding logo to link its own departments, as well connect it with other local agencies such as the Carrollton Main Street Program, Carrollton/Carroll County Tourism and Carroll County Community Development Corporation.

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  • Fiscal court OKs priorities for roadwork

    Carroll County Fiscal Court gave its endorsement to the state transportation cabinet’s plan for the county’s $666,588 rural secondary road plan for 2014-15.

    During Tuesday’s fiscal court meeting, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6 Chief District Engineer Rob Hans presented the plan that includes maintenance of the 48.3 miles of secondary roads in the county, along with several resurfacing projects around the county.

    Hans told the court that maintenance of roads is averaging $5,651 per mile for a total of $267,000.

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  • Lewis, McIntyre crowned king and queen
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  • Carroll County Public Library Calendar | Jan. 16, 2014

    Thursday, Jan. 16: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; computer walk-in help, 2-4 p.m.; GED help, 4 p.m.; homework help, 5 p.m.; ESL class, 6 p.m.

    Friday, Jan. 17: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; library board meeting, noon; knit and crochet, 3:30 p.m.

    Saturday, Jan. 18: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; magic tournament, 1-4 p.m.

    Monday, Jan. 20: Martin Luther King, Jr., birthday; walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; walk in computer help, 4 p.m.; Zumba, 5:15 p.m.; Court Street Cinema, Lee Daniels’s “The Butler,” 6 p.m.

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