Saturday, April 2, 2016

Lexington attorney sees possibilities, not disability and other top stories.

  • Lexington attorney sees possibilities, not disability

    Amy Dougherty has never felt a sense of limitation.She is a partner at Bluegrass Elderlaw in downtown Lexington, a former attorney with the state's Public Service Commission, an active church member who has frequently traveled to Nicaragua to do volunteer prison ministry.Dougherty has arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, a condition that causes some joints to be stiff and crooked at birth. People with AMC lack normal range of motion in one or more joints."A lot of one's self-perception is lookin..
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  • Lexington man running in Boston Marathon to raise money for ...

    Lexington man running in Boston Marathon to raise money for ...
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Josh Nadzam pounds the pavement six days a week. "I'm up at 5:30, 6 a.m. running 5 to 10 miles a day in the cold," said Nadzam. He's running 60 miles a week to prepare for the Boston Marathon. Nadzam hit the ground running in Lexington nine years ago when he came to the city as a walk on for the University of Kentucky’s track team. He moved here from a small town in Pennsylvania where there was plenty to run from. "When I was younger my father abused my mother. I can re..
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  • Lexington cycling group raises money for local charities

    Lexington cycling group raises money for local charities
    LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - With the start of Spring also comes the start of another season in the Bluegrass - cycling season. "This is the kick off ride. I'll be seeing some people I haven't seen in awhile," Bluegrass Cycling Club member Steele Hinton said. Hinton is a member of the Bluegrass Cycling Club. He's one of more than 1,000 riders from all over the state who are members of the club, but it's not just cycling that members get together for. All members contribute through membership fee..
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  • New competition has UK's special teams players paying extra attention

    New competition has UK's special teams players paying extra attention
    Think of Kentucky’s special teams unit as a reality show.And Saturday was the day that a handful of the players got kicked off the island or didn’t get the rose.It’s a part of a renewed push — based in reality — to increase the competitiveness of that group behind new special teams coordinator Andy Buh.Think of Buh as the commissioner who split UK’s team into four smaller teams and selected four players with being in charge of those teams: linebacker Courtney Love, wide receiver Charles Walker ..
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  • Tribunals overturned firings of two Fayette County teachers

    Tribunals overturned firings of two Fayette County teachers
    Tribunals overturned the firings of two Fayette County teachers last year, and a third appeal is scheduled to be heard this week.Cardinal Valley Elementary School teacher Charlene Looney’s appeal to a tribunal is scheduled to be heard Tuesday and Wednesday in a closed hearing at the school district’s central office. She dragged a young special-needs student down the school’s hallway last year, and was fired.A ruling in favor of a teacher is a common outcome in the nearly 25 years that Kentucky ..
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  • Fired or suspended teachers often get their jobs back in Kentucky

    When a public school superintendent in Kentucky fires an educator, there’s a good chance a tribunal, a three-member appeal panel, will reverse it.Wayne Young, executive director of the Kentucky Association of School Administrators, has looked at cases dating to 1992 and has found that in most, the termination was reversed or modified. A Herald-Leader review of cases from 2013 to 2015 found similar results.Superintendents in Kentucky want to change that system — starting with eliminating the pan..
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  • High winds damage roof, cause gas leak at Lexington stores

    High winds damage roof, cause gas leak at Lexington stores
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  • The Latest: UConn's Stewart, Auriemma win AP awards

    The Latest: UConn's Stewart, Auriemma win AP awards
    The Latest on preparations for the women's Final Four in Indianapolis, where two NCAA Tournament semifinals are set for Sunday (all times local):5:45 p.m.It was an emotional awards ceremony for Geno Auriemma as he was honored as The Associated Press Coach of the Year for an eighth time.The Hall of Famer got choked up and fought back tears a few times on stage."I can't describe it. I don't know why, it happened," Auriemma said of being overcome by emotion. "It's been really different from the ti..
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  • Group recommends next UofL provost without national search

    Group recommends next UofL provost without national search
    A University of Louisville search committee has made its recommendation for the school's next provost without a national search and after considering only two internal candidates.The 14-member search team recommended the job as the school's second highest-ranking officer be filled by Neville Pinto, who is serving as interim provost, The Courier-Journal (cjky.it/1RS3ajO) reported. The provost job was vacated by Shirley Willihnganz last year.Some faculty members in February criticized school Pres..
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  • One dead in Somerset crash

    One dead in Somerset crash
    A single-car accident killed a 39-year-old Somerset man on Saturday.Orville D. Privett was ejected from his two-door 2001 Toyota Celica when it crashed on Mark Welborn Road in Somerset around 9:30 a.m., according the Pulaski County sheriff’s office. Police said Privett and his 16-year-old son Darren were delivering the Commonwealth-Journal newspaper at the time of the crash.Darren Privett freed himself from a passenger seat, police said. He was taken to Lake Cumberland Medical Center with non l..
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Rice Leach, Lexington's health commissioner, dies at 75 .Little Sprouts in full bloom at the Arboretum with children's activities .
The Latest: Police say toddler death investigation not over .US Marshals, LPD arrest fugitive in Lexington .

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