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Editor:

I’ve lived in the city limits of Ghent for a little over three years, and I’ve made quite a few complaints against the city in that period of time. However, this editorial is of a different nature.

With Lady Raiders leading scorer Macy Mitchell out with a leg injury, the Lady Panthers (10-9) dominated, winning 52-24 at home on Wednesday night.

Carroll County Sheriff Ben Smith will be coming home soon, according to his wife, Cheryl. He is currently in a private room at Frazier Rehab Institute in Louisville, Ky.

“He is just doing exceptionally well,” she said Monday. “He is ready to get out and go to work.”

While Carroll County’s unemployment numbers have improved slightly, Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate rose to 10.7 percent in December 2009 from a revised 10.6 percent in November 2009, according to the Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.