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Back to school event your chance to give back

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The summer is flying by quickly, and the Owen County Public Library and the Owen County Youth Services Center are planning a back to school event for the 2017-18 school year.

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Tourism director encouraging citizens to keep county’s economy moving

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Couple disappointed by thieves, grateful for longtime customers

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ER closure worries former patient | Letter to the Editor, June 7, 2017

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April 6, I had a life-threatening health issue. I went to St. Elizabeth Owen’s ER. They quickly started an IV, blood test and CT scan of my stomach and found I had volvulus (twisted intestines). Believe me, there can be no worse pain.
They immediately called Frankfort and arranged emergency surgery as soon as I could get there. Everything went fine. On the fifth day I was going to be released, the same thing happened again, had to go back to the OR.

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Letter to the Editor: Drug prevention coalition hopes to host Faith to Stand event

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On April 1, 2017, Champions for a Drug-Free Grant County partnered with the Grant County Drug Task Force to host the first Faith to Stand event at Grant County High School. Members of the Faith sector had had enough of sitting idly by and watching their loved one’s battle drug abuse and addiction and not doing anything about it.

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Are you getting the proper amount of sleep?

by Judy Hetterman

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Letter to the editor: Readers dismayed by newspaper’s coverage of arrest

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I was dismayed when I opened a recent News-Herald and saw a very large picture and headlines concerning the Carolyn Keith arrest.
I would rather have seen the lead news story be about Carson Williams bringing the national spotlight to Owen County. Better yet, fill the entire front page with the story and pictures of the Williams brothers and run the Keith story elsewhere in the paper. The News-Herald missed an opportunity to showcase two young, successful Owen County men.

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What passed, failed in 2017 regular session

By Tom Loftus
The Courier-Journal
Here’s a look at what the Kentucky Legislature did during the 2017 regular session, which ended at midnight Thursday.
PASSED
l Charter schools
House Bill 520 will allow publicly funded charter schools to operate in Kentucky beginning next school year, although none are expected to begin operation until 2018-19.
l Education reform

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