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Thursday Jun 18 | Hancock Clarion

Beard sentenced to 10 years in prison

Hancock County resident Joseph Beard, age 47, received a 10-year prison sentence on a variety of drug related charges.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Lewisport, KY, Whittinghill, KY

Tue Jun 09, 2009

WDRB-TV Louisville

Lawyer: $200,000 awarded in fatal WKU dorm attack

A lawyer representing the estate of a Western Kentucky University student killed six years ago says a hearing officer has awarded her estate $200,000. Bowling Green attorney Ben Crocker says that amount is the maximum allowed by the Board of Claims, where the case went after the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that neither the university nor ...

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Related Topix: Western Kentucky University

Mon May 18, 2009

Independent

Deep well in Ky. will store coal emissions

Scientists are drilling a well on a western Kentucky cow pasture as part of a project to test how to store emissions from coal-burning power plants.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Global Warming, Louisville, KY, Geology, Science, Mammoth Cave, KY

Thu May 14, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

One of state's deepest wells would lock away gas in Western Kentucky

Beside a cow pasture in Hancock County, scientists are drilling through 8,000 feet of rock, hoping to learn how to lock away forever an invisible gas that threatens Earth's climate and our way of life.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Global Warming, Hawesville, KY, Geology, Science

Mon Apr 27, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

Drilling begins at test site in western Kentucky

Drilling is under way in Hancock County for a test well that will be used for research in storing carbon dioxide underground.

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Thu Apr 23, 2009

WFIE-TV Evansville

Fire gets out of control in Hancock Co.

Officials say a fire at a storm debris drop site in Hancock County got out of control Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Fordsville, KY

Tue Mar 24, 2009

Kentucky State Police

Drug Arrest in Hancock County

Kentucky State Police, Owensboro Police Department and Hancock County Sheriff's Department went to the address 905 Baker Lane in Hancock County to follow up on a tip received by Owensboro Police Department.

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Related Topix: Drugs

Mon Mar 09, 2009

The Associated Press

Ky. awaiting approval of carbon storage well

The federal Environmental Protection Agency hasn't yet signed off on a permit that would allow the Kentucky Geological Survey to begin drilling a well in Hancock County to store carbon dioxide.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Geology, Science, Hawesville, KY

Mon Feb 23, 2009

Perry County News

Aleris International seeks U.S. bankruptcy protection

A major local employer filed for bankruptcy protection this month, citing the impact of the global recession.

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Related Topix: Lewisport, KY

Tue Feb 17, 2009

WFIE-TV Evansville

Aleris future uncertain

The aluminum industry has seen sales plummet and now Aleris Aluminum has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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Related Topix: Lewisport, KY, Daviess County, KY

Fri Feb 13, 2009

WEHT

Woman Killed In Hancock County Wreck

Authorities report one woman was killed in a car accident Thursday evening in Hancock County.

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Related Topix: Lewisport, KY

Mon Feb 09, 2009

Harlan Daily Enterprise

County jobless rate down for December

Harlan County recorded an 8 percent unemployment rate for December, down 0.5 percent from November.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Fayette County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Rowan County, KY

Mon Feb 02, 2009

WFIE-TV Evansville

Things looking up for Webster and Hancock

HANCOCK AND WEBSTER CO., KY - New information Monday night on the storm cleanup in Hancock and Webster Counties.

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Related Topix: Hawesville, KY

Wed Jan 28, 2009

WFIE-TV Evansville

Many Tri-State counties declare SOE

Because of the snow and ice and power outages, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear declared a statewide emergency earlier Tuesday, and officials in many Tri-State counties have also declared states of emergency.

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Fri Jan 23, 2009

Hancock Clarion

Chinese students visiting county

Ten students and four administrators from China arrived in Hancock County this week to visit the schools.

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Related Topix: Daviess County, KY, China, World News, Education Etc., Lewisport, KY

Tue Jan 20, 2009

WEHT-TV Evansville

Authorities Catch Suspected Drunk Driver After 30 Mile Chase

Two men are behind bars after leading authorities on a chase Monday night. Kentucky State Police say the Hancock County Sheriff's Department got a call about a suspected drunk driver around 10:30 PM.

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Related Topix: Lewisport, KY

Tue Dec 23, 2008

WFIE-TV Evansville

Aleris to lay off more than two dozen

Hancock County Kentucky's largest employer announces more than two dozen layoffs.

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Fri Dec 12, 2008

TristateHomepage.com

Shooting in Hawesville, Update

Update: The Sheriff's Department now tells Fox 7 News the shooting was self-inflicted. Previous Report: Developing news out of Hancock County, Kentucky this Thursday evening.

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Wed Dec 03, 2008

WFIE-TV Evansville

Nuclear plant locations proposed for Western KY

Hancock County, KY Two Tri-State counties are under consideration for nuclear power plants, and that news has caught some elected officials off-guard. It's part of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear's new energy ...

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, US Governors, Steve Beshear

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