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Sheriff’s Department, Meade County sued for racial discrimination

Thomas R. Young, a former officer with the Meade County Sheriff’s Department, filed a federal employment discrimination case May 14 in the US District Court,Western District of Kentucky. The suit names the Meade County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff William Kerrick individually and in his official capacity, and Meade County as defendents in the case.

Young, who is black, alleges racial discrimination and disparate treatment from fellow white officers which he says caused him to resign.

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River Heritage Festival 2009

With temperatures in the low 70s, gray skies and the threat of rain looming overhead, the River Heritage Festival took place Sept. 26, at Riverfront Park. The annual event is sponsored by Meade County Museum and Arts Council (MCMAC).

Kicking-off the festival was the 5K Run/Walk in which approximately 150 men, women and children participated.

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When Terror Strikes

Oily smoke wafts among the screams of victims who are strewn throughout Building 298 and the bus that the blast overturned onto a car.

Guards had stopped the terrorist at the gate, but he had a remote device to detonate the deadly bomb. First responders flood the rubble-strewn area, attempting to calm the chaos and casualties. Another bomb goes off near Scott Middle School, evoking an evacuation...

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