Park City man arrested in Horse Cave
HORSE CAVE — A Park City man was arrested Thursday after allegedly pointing a gun at six people following an argument on Hart Avenue.
James Storms, 44 of 3817 Chaumont Road, was arrested and charged with six counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree, according to the Horse Cave Police. He was lodged in the Hart County Jail on a $25,000 unsecured bond, but has since been released, according to the Hart County Jail.
Police Chief Alan Shirley made the arrest.
More than 41,000 without power after storms
LOUISVILLE — A state official says more than 41,000 homes and businesses remain without power in the wake of ice and wind storms that battered Kentucky.
Public Service Commission spokesman Andrew Melnykovych said 21,597 homes and businesses remained dark Friday morning from the deadly ice and snow storm that struck Kentucky starting Jan. 27. Melnykovych says another 20,049 utility customers were without power because of the wind storm that blew through on Wednesday.
The National Weather Service said it measured wind gusts of 62 miles per hour in Louisville on Wednesday.
The winds hit a little more than two weeks after an ice storm that is blamed for 36 deaths and more than 700,000 power outages at its peak, mostly in western Kentucky.
Coroner pleads guilty to prescription fraud
FRANKFORT — Attorney General Jack Conway says an eastern Kentucky coroner has pleaded guilty to seven counts of fraudulently obtaining a prescription for a controlled substance.
Conway said in a written statement that Letcher County Coroner John Cornett is required to resign from his position Friday as part of the plea agreement.
Cornett’s wife, Andrea, a former nurse at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital, also pleaded guilty to four counts of theft of a controlled substance.
The Cornetts were indicted in November 2008 following an investigation by state police and the Office of the Attorney General’s Department of Criminal Investigations.
The statement says Cornett and his wife were sentenced to pre-trial diversion for three years.
As part of his plea deal, John Cornett also agreed not to seek the office of coroner for three years.
— Staff, wire reports
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Ambulance board OKs outsource billing
After a thorough discussion during Wednesday’s board meeting, the Barren-Metcalfe Emergency Medical Services decided to outsource its billing to AMB-MARS (Medical Accounts Receivable Systems doing business as AMBulance Medical Billing), contingent on AMB-MARS adding a guarantee clause on its work.
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Teen named local youth of the year
Rayne Triplett has been practicing the speech she will give at the end of the month when she travels to Frankfort to compete for the Boys and Girls Club’s 2012 State Youth of the Year title.
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Howard lauded for G/T work
Glasgow Superintendent Sean Howard was presented the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education’s Michael Caudill Educator Award on Monday at the annual KAGE conference in Lexington.
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Teens to be tried as adults
Barren Circuit Court released the names of two juveniles charged in an armed robbery in October, after the court decided to try the teens as youthful offenders in adult circuit court.
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Payne pleads guilty to lesser charge
A Glasgow man who had been facing a felony charge of custodial interference pleaded guilty Tuesday in Barren Circuit Court to a lesser charge.
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Rowland will take Comer's seat for now
A Monroe County businessman will fill the unexpired term of former state representative Jamie Comer, according to the results of Tuesday’s special election.
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County struggles to provide EPA report
Barren County Road Department Head Johnny Kinslow called his bi-monthly report to the fiscal court his “gloom and doom” report Tuesday night. After five years of letters and discussions, the Environmental Protection Agency has informed Kinslow that he must produce a closure report for underground fuel tanks that were removed 13 years ago, or face unnamed consequences.
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Chamber names Travis ‘Outstanding Citizen’
Winning the Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award Monday night came as a complete surprise to Dr. Bill Travis.
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