News Headlines for Alexandria, Kentucky

Around Kentucky (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Pikeville Mother and son missing from home Kentucky State Police are searching for an Eastern Kentucky woman and her young son who have been missing for four days. Anne Horn, 34, and her 8-year-old son, William Curtis Maynard, were last seen Tuesday at their home in Martin County, state police said. Horn might be driving a gray 1998 Subaru Legacy with a temporary license plate. ...

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Gale Force Petroleum Completes Purchase of Kentucky Shale Gas Property (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - Gale Force Petroleum Inc. (GFP.V) said it completed the purchase of the Kentucky Shale Gas Property, consisting of 22,000 acres of oil and gas leases, 9 gas wells and 5 miles of gathering lines, including compressors.

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Kentucky pastor raches plea deal following snake bust (Evansville Courier & Press)
PINEVILLE, Ky. — The pastor of a Kentucky church who was arrested earlier this month for housing poisonous snakes has reached a plea agreement that will let him avoid jail time. WLEX-TV reports that Gregory Coots pleaded guilty in Bell County on Tuesday to seven counts of buying, selling or transporting protected wildlife. Coots, 36, will have to pay $6,400 in fines and be placed on probation ...

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Yates and Cross Post Solid Finishes At Kentucky Open (GoRacers.com)
Two Murray State women’s golfers turned in solid finishes at the Fifth Third Bank Kentucky Women's Open Spring Valley Golf Club in Lexington . Bethany Yates, a senior at MSU in the fall, finished the 36-hole event in 12 th place after fir ing rounds of 77-76=153.

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Electric-powered car leader eyes Kentucky (Murray Ledger & Times)
A California-based company that is a world leader in the development of electric-powered cars is lobbying the General Assembly to be licensed for production in Kentucky.

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10,000 Without Power In Eastern Kentucky (The Kentucky Post)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A series of strong thunderstorms pounded portions of eastern Kentucky on Tuesday, leaving thousands without power. The storms downed power lines and snapped utility poles as it roared through the region.

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Pelham High volleyball player Billings commits to University of Kentucky (Birmingham News)
Whitney Billings said her brother wasn't too upset when she decided to give her verbal pledge to play volleyball at the University of Kentucky. Montez Billings is a wide receiver on the football team at Auburn, another school that doggedly pursued his sister's services.

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K-State to face Kentucky (Abilene Reflector-Chronicle)
MANHATTAN—Kansas State will play Kentucky in the third round of the 2008 Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational on Friday, Nov. 28 at the Orleans Arena, as organizers announced the final round match-ups of the tournament on Friday.

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Union County on board with Kentucky’s Adventure Tourism plan (The Union County Advocate)
When Senate Bill 196 passed unopposed on March 28, Governor Steve Beshear applauded the bipartisan effort to “promote Kentucky as a premier frontier for adventure tourism.”

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Kentucky's jobless rate inches up in June (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The latest employment figures show Kentucky's jobless rate rose slightly to 6.3 percent in June. Office of Employment and Training chief labor market analyst Justine Detzel blamed economic factors for the increase from May's 6.2 percent unemployment.

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