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Carneal denied new hearing
Found: 6 Days 18 Hours 9 Minutes ago
The Courier-Journal - The Kentucky Supreme Court yesterday rejected Michael Carneal's plea for a hearing on whether he was competent to plead guilty in the 1997 shooting rampage at Heath High School in Paducah, in which he killed three students and wounded five others....
Appeal of officers'killer is denied
Found: 6 Days 18 Hours 13 Minutes ago
The Courier-Journal - A Kentucky death row inmate convicted of killing a Powell County sheriff and a deputy who were trying to arrest him lost an appeal yesterday before the state Supreme Court....
Death Row inmate loses high court appeal
Found: 1 Week 6 Hours 41 Minutes ago
Lexington Hearld-Leader -
FRANKFORT . A Kentucky Death Row inmate convicted of killing a sheriff and a deputy trying to arrest him has lost an appeal before the state Supreme Court.
Kentucky's high court ruled Wednesday that Ralph Baze's trial, which took place in Rowan County, was held in the proper place. The crime was committed in Powell County, but the trial was moved to Rowan County after a special judge decided he couldn't get a fair trial.
"We're disappointed by the outcome," said Baze's attorney, assistant public advocate David Barron.
Baze was convicted of the 1992 shooting deaths of Sheriff Steve Bennett and Deputy Arthur Briscoe who were serving warrants on him. Baze had been scheduled for execution in September 2007, but the Supreme Court halted it because of the question over whether it was proper to move the trial. ...
Walker in line for president?s slot with Kentucky League of Cities
Found: 1 Week 9 Hours 56 Minutes ago
Bowling Green Daily News - Mayor Elaine Walker last week was elected second vice president of Kentucky League of Cities and was appointed by Gov. Steve Beshear to the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telecommunications Board.
Walker joins four Kentucky officials elected as 2008-09 Kentucky League of Cities executive officers.
Other executive officers include KLC President and Richmond Mayor Connie Lawson, First Vice President and Jackson Mayor Mike Miller and Immediate Past President and Williamstown Mayor Glenn Caldwell. The slate was approved by membership and sworn in during the KLC annual Convention and Expo last week in Louisville.
With membership approval, Walker will assume the role of first vice president next year and will take the helm as the 82nd president of KLC in 2010. Walker joins former Lexington Mayor Pam Miller, former Madisonville Mayor Karen Cunningham and Lawson as the only women to have been elected as KLC executive officers.
The Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telecommunications Board is charged with administrating the CMRS fund for implementing wireless emergency enhanced 911 service throughout Kentucky.
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Court rejects claims from Paducah school shooter
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Lexington Hearld-Leader - The Kentucky Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a new competency hearing and trial for a man who pleaded guilty to killing three peers in a 1997 school shooting when he was a teenager.
The court ruled that Michael Carneal's guilty plea should not be reconsidered after his current claim that his mental illness was worse than anyone realized at the time of the shootings. The high court also rejected Carneal's claims that his lawyer was ineffective.
Carneal, now 25, is serving a sentence of life without the chance of parole for at least 25 years for the Dec. 1, 1997, shooting at Heath High School in Paducah when he was 14. The case was one of seven school shootings in the late-1990s, including the Columbine High School massacre in April 1999.
The ruling means Carneal will likely remain in prison until his first parole eligibility in 2023.
Missy Jenkins Smith, who survived Carneal's shooting but remains paralyzed from the waist down, said the decision is the best conclusion to the long-running case....
Jackets sting Mountain Lions in final scrimmage
Found: 1 Week 21 Hours 22 Minutes ago
Middlesboro Daily News - BARBOURVILLE, Ky. ?It was the final scrimmage for two area high school teams before next week?s regular season tip off as the Middlesboro Yellow Jackets took on a young Pineville Mountain Lion team....
Loyola would rather lose than let Stephen Curry score
Found: 1 Week 22 Hours 21 Minutes ago
The State Journal - Stephen Curry never had a game like this. The nation's leading scorer was held without a point as Loyola, Md. employed a triangle-and-2 defense against Curry with both defenders on him....
Judge denies shock probation for Guardsman
Found: 1 Week 1 Day 3 Hours 7 Minutes ago
Lexington Hearld-Leader - A western Kentucky judge has denied shock probation for an Iraq war veteran convicted in May of reckless homicide.The Paducah Sun reported the order from Judge Tim Langford in Bardwell means former Kentucky National Guardsman Cody Morris will remain in jail until at least April, when he becomes eligible for parole.Morris - then 19 - was sentenced to the maximum of five years each for reckless homicide and evidence tampering in the October shooting death of 18-year-old Casey Hall, who was also a National Guard member.Hall was killed at a house where Morris and other teens were playing video games.Morris had returned from military duty in Iraq about two weeks before the shooting....
Kaleidoscope kids shine in annual offering at Bowling Green High ...
Found: 1 Week 1 Day 23 Hours 29 Minutes ago
Bowling Green Daily News - Eleven-year-old Nate Smith already knew he liked to rap - but no one knew he could write poetry.
During the Kaleidoscope Youth in Arts “Speak Up II” showcase on Monday night at Bowling Green High School, Nate grabbed a mic and poured out his artwork to the surprised reception of nearly 100 audience members.
Natalie Croney, who teaches poetry during Kaleidoscope sessions, said Nate walked through the door one day and said he wanted to be in the class. Croney said just as she thought he was kidding, Nate walked up to the chalkboard, wrote two lines of poetry and walked away.
“I said, ‘those are really good,’ ” Croney recalled. “And that’s what he’d do. He’d write two lines, go flip and turn cartwheels, and come back and write two more lines.”
Nate said he never knew he could actually write poetry until working with Croney, who would sometimes encourage him by adding a word to one of his lines, or asking him to describe what his feelings look like.
The sixth-grade student at Bowling Green Junior High School said Croney gave him a beat from an iPod, and he just went with it.
“Just like Obama, I’m gonna make a change, set you free from all things that’s a game,” Nate rapped to the applauding crowd.
“I’ve learned to just express yourself, just be free,” he said. “Ms. Natalie says just play with your writing, have fun with it.”
Nate said the experience has made him a better person, who strives for more than just applause.
“I’ve changed because (Kaleidoscope) teaches you how to love people,” he said.
Nearly 40 kids showcased their talents with a step show and performances of their self-produced music.
Lauren Cunningham said she loves seeing how the students gain self-esteem by recognizing their own talents and being able to showcase them to the community.
One student started dancing for the first time in a Kaleidoscope class, Cunningham said, and has gone on to join to dance team at her high school.
For the past three years at the community-based development program, she said, it has been a priority to allow the students to display their work at the end of each eight-week session.
The theme for the program, “It’s a Family Affair,” was enhanced with handmade prints of family by art students and a giant family-style dinner for the entire audience after the performances.
Cunningham said the students eat dinner together as a family during each gathering before they go in different directions for their programs in music, poetry, visual arts and dance.
“They are becoming leaders,” Cunningham said. “Taking the mic and performing can be intimidating, but they do it with grace and ease.”
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Support pours out for oil well blast victims, families
Found: 1 Week 2 Days 15 Hours 59 Minutes ago
Evansville Courier & Press - Organizers of a weekend fundraiser to aid the families of six victims of an oil well explosion last month west of Crossville, Ill., were overwhelmed with the outpouring of donations.
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