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  • Two teens hurt in Easter Sunday wreck in yard of emergency workers

    A wreck around 3 p.m., Easter Sunday pulled the Lasley Family away from their meal.

    The sound of a car dropping off the east side of the road made the family look up just in time to see a green vehicle fly over the driveway. The sound of metal and plastic crashing into the ground and electric fence made the family rush to the front yard. With nurses, firefighter first responders, a respiratory therapist and EMT, the family was ready for emergencies and this wasn't the first wreck to come through the front yard.

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  • Mother asks about bullying at high school

    By Michelle Robinson
    Correspondent
    Carolyn Carter took advantage of the school board’s public comment section of the April 19 meeting to speak to the school board about bullying her daughter says has been taking place at Grayson County High School.
    Carter said three seniors and a junior allegedly were harassing her daughter and her daughter was afraid to go to the school with the allegations because of possible retaliation. Carter said the bullying had been happening since November 2011, but she did not learn of it until the last week of January 2012.

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  • Two inmates escape from Hardin County Detention Center

    Two men walked away from Hardin County Detention Center on Friday, May 18 at approximately 4:30 a.m. Kentucky State Police Post 4 received a call from the center advising that two inmates had been missing from their facility for more than two hours.  Vance H. Tate, 37, of Louisville and Brandon B. Board, 21, of Bardstown exited through a hole in the perimeter fence just outside the minimum security facility.

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  • Teams gather for Repair Affair weekend

    Teams of handymen and women will gather Saturday morning, May 19 at St. Joseph Parish Center for a day of repairs across the county. Eight teams of people have volunteered for Repair Affair, a one-day event hosted by Grayson County Alliance.
    Doug and Marv Mantooth are heading the event this year, which has been reined into repairs that can be done in just one day such as gutter repair, caulking windows and fixing leaking faucets or toilets. Without grant funds, finding funding for the projects that will be done this year has been a challenge.

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  • Photographer picked for Clarkson ball teams

    Missy Mudd will take pictures this year at Clarkson's ball park, and First Street will change back to a two-way street.

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  • High School welcomes new head coach

    Grayson County High School hired a new head coach for its boys basketball program. Coach Caleb Smith comes from Daviess County High School with enthusiasm for coaching the Cougars.
    Smith, his wife, Kristie, and daughter, Ashleah, 3, will move to the county soon. Smith already has plans for summer
    practice.
    Watch for the May 24 issue of The Record for a complete feature on Smith.

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  • Nursing home week proclaimed in Grayson County/Leitchfield

    National Nursing Home Week, May 13-19, was declared in Grayson County on Monday morning by Judge-Executive Gary Logsdon and Leitchfield Mayor William H. Thomason. Staff members from Spring View Health and Rehab and Grayson Manor Nursing Home were at the proclamation signing. From Spring View: Administrator Amaryllis Lobb, Patty Decker, Sue Edwards, Dawn Brown, Emelene Shrewsberry, Darlene Downs, Rebecca Shumway and Carl Wooldridge. From Grayson Manor: Tracy Pharris, Angela Payton, Debbie Clack, Clara Chambers and Angela Scott.

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  • Radio auction starts Tuesday

    2012 Annual Grayson County Rotary Club Radio Auction
     
    Make your plans to tune in to this year’s Radio Auction on K105 (104.9 FM). The auction starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, broadcast live from the basement of Wilson & Muir Bank at 118 S. Main St. in Leitchfield.

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  • Students save $13,000 in taxpayer expenses

    Six Lawler Elementary students have saved Grayson County School District and taxpayers more than $13,000 in utility costs this year.

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  • Pre-civil war quilts subject of event

    There are secret messages in pre-Civil War quilts that are rich in historic American culture. Replicas of the actual Pre-Civil War Quilts that slaves used will be on display and discussed at 10 a.m. at the Centre on Main on Saturday, May 19.

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