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Calvin Coleman waxed the floor Wednesday at the Community Inn, a new overnight shelter for homeless men and women on Winchester Road. The facility has separate spaces for men and women and has averaged 46 people each night. Ninety-two different people have used the facility.

Merlene Davis: For the homeless, there is room at the Inn

Recently, I've noticed activity around the building that once was home to Whatsa Futon. Now I know why.

The odd-shaped building at 824 Winchester Road is home to Community Inn and Emmanuel Apostolic Church of Zion, a partnership that is striving to bring physical dignity and comfort to the homeless...

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Embattled Lexington fire chief applies for disability pension

Embattled Lexington Fire Chief Robert Hendricks, who has been on paid leave since the mayor asked for his resignation, has now applied for a permanent and total disability pension.Hendricks' application for a disability pension went in front of the city's police and fire pension board Wednesday ...

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J. Chester Badgett, longtime Kentucky Southern Baptist leader, dies at age 96

J. Chester Badgett, a longtime Campbellsville University trustee and prominent Kentucky Southern Baptist, died Tuesday at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. He was 96.Mr. Badgett was a member of the university's board of trustees for 42 years.In 2009, Campbellsville University named the student union...

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2 men found guilty, woman acquitted in oil and gas scam

A federal jury in Lexington Wednesday found two people guilty of numerous charges in a gas and oil drilling scam in which hundreds of investors lost more than $33 million. A third defendant was acquitted.

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Lynn Camp students play a big game of rummy with world's largest cards

LYNN CAMP — Students at Lynn Camp High School may have played their way into the record books Wednesday with a game of rummy using giant cards 7 feet, 4 inches tall by 4 feet wide that they made from fiberboard.Students in the design and engineering program at Lynn Camp, which is in Knox ...

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Fayette school budget includes student insurance, raise for new teachers

The Fayette County Schools plan to provide free accident insurance for all students starting next fall, and to raise starting pay for teachers to $40,000 per year.Those proposals — firsts for the district — are contained in the Fayette School's 2011-2012 tentative budget, which the...

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Lexington council expected to approve revamp of Internal Audit Board

Lexington's Internal Audit Board would be revamped with new members and its first detailed set of by-laws under proposed new rules the Urban County Council is expected to approve Thursday evening. Changes to the city's investigative arm were recommended by State Auditor Crit Luallen last summer ...

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Frankfort police arrest one, seek two in burglary that caused about $643,000 in damage

Authorities in Frankfort arrested one man and are looking for two more in a metal theft that caused about $643,000 in damage to a local factory. A Franklin County grand jury indicted Daniel Mathis, 29, of Frankfort, and Roger Lewis, 27, and Michael Murphy, 33, both of Mount Eden. Mathis was already...

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Toyota to resume full production in Georgetown in June

Toyota announced Wednesday that it plans to increase production in North America sooner than expected, as it no longer faces such a severe shortage of parts due to the earthquake and tsunami that damaged its Japanese suppliers."Through a lot of effort on the part of our suppliers to implement countermeasures...

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Alltech plans to bring glitz back to National Horse Show

Alltech and the National Horse Show plan to bring back the glamour of black-tie horse shows and the glitz of charity galas when the event moves to the Kentucky Horse Park in November.There were smiles all around at a news conference Wednesday celebrating the marriage of the oldest indoor horse show...

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Former deputies plead guilty to firearms charges

Two former sheriff's deputies from central Kentucky have pleaded guilty to firearms charges during a drug trafficking crime to which they earlier pleaded guilty.

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