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Carroll County District Court | May 22, 2013

 Items published in court news are public record. The News-Democrat publishes all misdemeanors, felonies and small-claims judgments recorded in district court, as well as all civil suits recorded in circuit court. Juvenile court cases are not published. Crime reports are provided by local law enforcement agencies. Charges or citations reported to the News-Democrat do not imply guilt.

DISTRICT COURT

The following decisions were rendered Wednesday and Thursday, May 15-16, 2013, in Carroll County District Court with the Hon. Thomas M. Funk presiding.

Panthers demolish Demons on senior night

The Panthers baseball team capped off the regular season with a landslide victory over the visiting Williamstown Demons, 19-7, on Wednesday, May 15. It was the perfect way to say goodbye to the team’s eight seniors: Zach Beckham, Trey Boles, Dillon Craig, A.J. Dixon, Derrick Nickell, Chase Osborne, Brad Robbins and Brandon Stewart.

JCTC plans summer camp for area middle-schoolers

Carroll County Middle School students are being invited to attend the Career Craze summer camp at Jefferson Community and Technical College Carrollton Campus. 

This is a free summer camp designed to explore career opportunities that exist in our region. The camp introduces student to the high demand manufacturing technology fields of engineering and electronics technology and applied process technology taught at the JCTC Carrollton Campus.

All about the art

Carroll County Public Library held the opening reception for the 2013 Mary Ann Gentry Memorial Art Show Friday night.

Jobs expo set for Camp Kysoc May 23

Looking for work? Carroll County Expo will offer local employers, Dorman, Adecco, Kroger, Select Insurance and more, 3:30-6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 23 at Camp Kysoc, 1902 Easterday Road in Carrollton. For information, call Jason Britton at (859) 980-1965.

Relay Events | May 15, 2013

Pageant prep benefits Relay For Life team

Be prepared during months prone to tornados

There is no such thing as guaranteed safety inside a tornado. Prevention and practice before the storm: At home, have a family tornado plan in place, based on the kind of dwelling you live in and the safety tips below.

Behold the wooden cross

We are celebrating the final week of the Easter Season. This Sunday we begin celebrating a new spiritual reality—the feast of Pentecost—in which the fullness of the spirit came to rest over the apostles (Acts of the Apostles 2:1-12).

Freed of their fears following the crucifixion, and strengthened by the power of the spirit, they were ready to whole-heartedly preach, teach and heal in the name of Jesus Christ.

Crash led to improved safety for school buses

By Sarah Bennett

Landmark News Service

Twenty-five years ago, 15-year-old Quinton Higgins spent about a month in Kosair Children’s Hospital after suffering lung damage and second- and third-degree burns  in the fiery bus crash.

Today, Higgins drives a Hardin County School bus.

The differences between the bus he drives every school day and the repurposed 1977 Ford B-700 school bus he was in that night in 1988 are like “night and day,” Higgins said.

One night, one action doesn’t define community

By Jeff D’Alessio

Landmark News Service

CARROLLTON — You can find many of the characteristics of Carrollton in most towns across Kentucky and around the country.

Off Interstate 71 at exit 44, motorists are greeted by Taco Bell, Burger King and McDonald’s restaurants. Drive downtown along Hwy. 227 and you pass a Subway, a few banks, the Family Worship Center and a Walmart.

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