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Morning News - 01/23/15

CYNTHIANA / HARRISON

Heroin was a topic for discussion at a community meeting hosted by the Harrison County Search and Rescue Team at Cynthiana Christian Church, yesterday evening. Guest speakers from the Heroin Impact Response Team educated citizens, first responders and hospital workers on the drug and how to know when someone's using. After the meeting, members of the Heroine Impact Response Team handed out overdose emergency response kits that included two doses of NARCAN; NARCAN is a medicine administered to overdose patients to reverse the effect of the heroine. Health experts at Thursday’s meeting said there were 230 deadly heroin overdoses in 2013 statewide and they expect that number to triple for 2014 once the final numbers are reported. The rise in heroin abuse and addiction in the area has also resulted in a corresponding rise in missing person searches where the drug has played an important role, according to Re’Jeana Craft, chief of the Harrison County Search and Rescue Team.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150625131315/http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/City-leaders-working-to-fight-Cynthianas-heroin-problem-289533471.html

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Seven jury trials are scheduled for February in Harrison Circuit Court; the first two taking place on Feb. 5, when a jury will hear the cases against Christopher Wilson and Joshua Fryman. Wilson is charged with second degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking $500 or more but less than $10,000, theft by unlawful taking under $500 and third degree criminal mischief. Fryman will stand trial for receiving stolen property under $10,000. The slate of jury trials for Feb. 19 are primarily drug- and sex-related charges. Additional trial dates set for the year include trials for:

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The special election set to fill the seat of Wayne Blevins Jr. on Tuesday, March 3, will take place at Cynthiana’s National Guard Armory at 1497 New Lair Road. The election date was announced earlier this year, by Governor Steve Beshear, following Blevins' resignation as representative of the 27th Senatorial District; Blevins resigned his senatorial position to serve as Rowan County judge-executive. Harrison County Clerk Linda Furnish said all Harrison County precincts will be voting at the armory instead of more familiar polling locations due to sheduling conflicts with the Harrison County school district.

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KENTUCKY

Condolences were a plenty for a Kentucky politician who passed away Thursday morning. Wendell Ford, former Democratic Governor and U.S. Senator, died Thursday morning at his home in Owensboro at the age of 90. At the time of his retirement, Ford was Kentucky’s longest serving senator, a title now belonging to Sen. Mitch McConnell.

"Wendell Ford first came to the Senate in the 1970s, calling himself just a 'dumb country boy with dirt between his toes,' but over a distinguished two-decade career this workhorse of the Senate would prove he was anything but," McConnell said.

http://wuky.org/post/wendell-ford-remembered

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First-term agriculture commissioner, James Comer (Rep.),  has officially filed to run for governor; Comer has been raising funds for a campaign since September--along with running mate state Sen. Chris McDaniel--however, yesterday marked the official start of his 2015 campaign. Comer is the second Republican to file for governor following former state Supreme Court Justice Will T. Scott. Former Louisville Metro Councilman Hal Heiner also plans to run but has not officially filed yet. Attorney General Jack Conway and former congressional candidate Geoff Young are the only Democrats to have filed so far. Candidates have until 4 p.m. Jan. 27 to file for statewide office.

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