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City to announce small business relief recipients Tuesday evening
BY FRED PETKE Sun Reporter Two dozen small businesses in Winchester are set to receive up to $1,000 each from the city. The Winchester Board ...
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Stolen, forged check case sent to grand jury
A Winchester woman charged with stealing and forging her mother’s checks sent her case to the grand jury Wednesday afternoon. Donna Marie Roe, 62, was ...
by Fred Petke, Thursday, February 18, 2021 9:54 am
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10 Clark prisoners positive for COVID
BY FRED PETKE Sun Reporter Weeks after the Clark County Detention Center recorded its first case of COVID-19, 10 more prisoners have tested positive for ...
by Fred Petke, Friday, February 12, 2021 3:37 pm
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Grand jury declines to indict in 2019 fatal crash
BY FRED PETKE Sun Reporter The Clark County grand jury decided not to indict the driver in a 2019 crash that killed a Winchester woman. ...
by Fred Petke, Friday, February 12, 2021 3:30 pm
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County to split storm water repair with Verna Hills HOA
The Clark County Fiscal Court approved a joint project with a home owners association to split the costs of repairing a failed storm water system ...
by Fred Petke, Friday, February 12, 2021 1:10 pm
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Police and fire reports for Feb. 9, 2021
CLARK COUNTY FIRE • At 8:08 a.m. Thursday, firefighters were called to the 11 mile marker on the Mountain Parkway for a smell of gas. • ...
by Fred Petke, Monday, February 8, 2021 6:38 pm
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Woman charged with stealing, forging mother’s checks
BY FRED PETKE Sun Reporter A Winchester woman was arrested this week after allegedly forging 17 checks on her mother’s account. Donna Marie Roe, 62, ...
by Fred Petke, Monday, February 8, 2021 5:51 pm
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Lighting up the city
PHOTOS BY FRED PETKE Sun Reporter Winchester firefighters and county employees help replace the lights across Main Street Wednesday afternoon with new LED strands. The ...
by Fred Petke, Saturday, February 6, 2021 3:15 pm
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Bill seeks to prohibit city employee from holding county office
BY FRED PETKE Sun Reporter Weeks after the Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed a city employee can hold an elected county office, Clark County’s state ...
by Fred Petke, Friday, February 5, 2021 3:13 pm
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City asked to increase 7th Street funds
BY FRED PETKE Sun Reporter The city of Winchester may need to come up with another quarter-million dollars to complete the Seventh Street project, following ...