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May 21, 2012 6:36 AM
Firefighters battled a fire near a building stocked with flammable paint in Scott County early Monday morning.
Officials say a passer-by spotted flames and debris rising into the air from the Elkhorn Plaza on Paris Road around 1 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find a load of carpet scraps in...
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May 21, 2012 5:56 AM
A Georgetown police officer shot a woman when she tried to flee the scene of a domestic dispute late Sunday night.
Police responded to a domestic dispute call at a home along Fawn Run Court just before midnight. Police say the argument spilled out into the driveway, and when...
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May 17, 2012 7:03 AM
Georgetown police say they caught a would-be thief red handed breaking into a restaurant Wednesday night.
Investigators say a business owner spotted a man smashing the window of Fava's Restaurant around midnight. A police officer in the area ran the man down and made an arrest.
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May 17, 2012 4:45 AM
Georgetown police took two men into custody after thwarting an apparent home invasion Wednesday night.
Police say officers went to a home along Dorchester Drive, just north of the bypass, after a 911 hangup call just before 11 p.m. When nobody answered the door, the two officers began looking...
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May 11, 2012 8:11 AM
Kentucky State Police arrested a man in Scott County on child pornography charges.
Police say members of the Kentucky State Police electronic crimes branch, FBI agents and Scott County sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at a home on Gemini Trail after an eight month investigation.
Police arrested...
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March 24, 2012 5:03 PM
A man was seriously hurt Saturday afternoon in Scott County when he lost control of his motorcycle.
The crash happened in Georgetown just after 2:30 along Highway 62 near Oxford Drive.
Investigators say the man was not wearing a helmet, but was alert and talking on scene.
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March 9, 2012 9:32 AM
Magnolia disaster relief, an organization based in Atlanta, will collect donations for Magoffin and Menifee Counties at the Lowe's department store parking lot in Georgetown Saturday at 8 a.m. They will also collect donations at Georgetown Fire Department No. 3. The organization is collecting the following items:
Shoes and...
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March 6, 2012 7:44 AM
A car went into a ditch along I-75 in Scott County Tuesday morning.
Police say three people, including two kids over the age of 10, were in the southbound car when the driver lost control near mile marker 125.
EMS took the victims to the hospital, but officials...
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March 5, 2012 8:29 AM
A Scott County Sheriff's deputy suffered injuries in an accident in Georgetown Monday morning.
Officials say Deputy Mark Isaacs was hurt in a two-vehicle crash on Cherry Blossom Way around 7:30 a.m. EMS took the deputy to a local hospital for treatment.
There was no information immediately released...
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February 27, 2012 5:16 AM
Authorities located a meth lab inside a Georgetown home after a man showed up at the hospital for treatment of burns early Monday morning.
Officials say doctors called police after a man showed up in the emergency room suffering from burns and initially told them a meth lab exploded,...
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February 22, 2012 5:23 AM
Family members say a well-known political figure died in a Scott County fire Tuesday evening.
The blaze broke out around 7:30 p.m. in a home on Lakeview Drive, just west of Georgetown. Officials say firefighters found a male victim in the back of the house. The coroner has not...
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February 2, 2012 6:53 AM
A man was hurt in a single vehicle accident in Georgetown early Thursday morning.
Police say the driver lost control of his car at the intersection of Frankfort Pike and Longview Drive around 5:30 a.m. and slammed into a guardrail. The victim was trapped in the car, and firefighters...
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February 1, 2012 5:38 AM
Police in Georgetown continue to search for a person who crashed a car early Wednesday morning.
Police say the driver of the vehicle likely crossed the center line along Lexington Road, and then went off the pavement. The car rolled over at least once, coming to rest in a...
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January 26, 2012 7:57 AM
Police in Georgetown continue to search for three men involved in a home invasion Tuesday night.
Investigators say the three suspects stormed into a home on Powers Avenue around 10 p.m. Police say the men held one woman at knife-point as another woman and three kids looked on. The...
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January 3, 2012 5:31 AM
A crash in Scott County left a woman in critical condition Monday afternoon.
Police say the driver of a car lost control along HWY-460 outside of Georgetown and crashed head on into an SUV. Both vehicles then went off the shoulder into some trees. EMS took three people to...
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December 29, 2011 7:57 AM
An accident in Scott County Wednesday left an Owen County man in critical condition.
Deputies say William Herzner, 48, ran a red light at the intersection of Paynes Depot Road and the Georgetown bypass, and slammed into a utility truck hauling poles. Officials say Herzner was ejected from his...
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December 28, 2011 1:28 PM
A man suffered serious injuries in an accident at the intersection of Paynes Depot Road and the Georgetown bypass just before noon Wednesday.
Scott County Sheriff's Office deputies say William Herzner, 48, was westbound on the bypass when he ran a red light and slammed into a utility truck...
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December 19, 2011 5:21 AM
Shots rang out near a Georgetown elementary school early Monday morning.
Neighbors reported hearing several gunshots along Fairfax Way, across from Southern Elementary, around 3 a.m. They also say they saw at least one person running down the street.
Police say somebody fired off eight shots. When officers...
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October 27, 2011 9:46 AM
Toyota said Thursday that it will suspend overtime production Saturday in four North American auto plants, including the Georgetown plant, due to a disruption in parts shipments caused by flooding in Thailand.
Other plants in Indiana and Canada and an engine factory in West Virginia will be affected by...
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October 5, 2011 11:57 AM
LEX 18 sources have confirmed that two major drug busts that happened in Lexington and Georgetown Tuesday night are connected.
In the first bust, Lexington police arrested two people after finding thousands of pounds of marijuana inside a home on Ice House Way, located in the the Hamburg area....
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September 16, 2011 6:35 AM
Georgetown police say they have stepped up patrols after thieves hit a neighborhood again early Thursday.
Detectives say the thieves stole iPods, purses, tools and a pair of guns from vehicles in the Indian Acres neighborhood. Police say there have been more than 70 thefts in the area since...
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September 8, 2011 6:01 AM
Georgetown police say they made an arrest after an attempted gas station robbery thanks to a quick thinking clerk.
Police say a man pulled a gun and demanded money outside at the Swifty Station on Paris Pike around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. The clerk told the robber she needed to...
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September 6, 2011 5:40 AM
Investigators continue to look into the cause of a fire that burned through a Georgetown mobile home Monday night.
Firefighters say the blaze broke out just after 9 p.m. in a trailer along North Broadway. Officials say the family inside escaped without injuries.
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August 18, 2011 11:51 AM
Georgetown Police said Thursday that a Scott County Middle School teacher arrested Wednesday and charged with almost four dozen counts of sexual misconduct involving minors now faces 36 new charges of first-degree sexual abuse in the case.
Jason Carpenter was originally facing 23 counts of promoting sexual performance of...
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August 10, 2011 12:46 PM
A woman walking to a friend's house fought off a sexual assault in Scott County Tuesday evening.
Georgetown police say it was still light out as the victim was walked along Bourbon Street around 8 p.m. A man approached the 21-year-old and implied he wanted sex. The victim said,...
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August 10, 2011 11:53 AM
Police are investigating a theft at a Georgetown motel.
Police say the night clerk at the Comfort Inn Suites told them a man came into the motel around 4:15 a.m. Wednesday. He told the clerk he was a guest and went to a second floor pop machine. He then...
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July 25, 2011 9:11 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - NFL owners and players agreed early Monday to the terms of a deal to end the lockout, and players were expected to begin the voting process later in the day, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity...
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July 21, 2011 6:03 AM
NFL players and owners continue to negotiate, working to end a lockout that threatens to postpone the beginning of training camps.
Owners will meet Thursday in Atlanta. Twenty-four of the league's 32 team presidents must approve the bargaining agreement. The players also have to agree. They failed to take...
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July 7, 2011 5:30 AM
Police are searching for a man who robbed a Georgetown gas station late Wednesday night.
Police say a man armed with a handgun walked into the Shell gas station on East Main Street around 11:15 p.m. Witnesses could only give officers a vague description of the suspect.
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May 30, 2011 6:24 AM
Georgetown police continue to search for a suspect who robbed a gas station late Sunday night.
The man walked into the Shell Station at Showalter and Broadway around midnight. Police say the robber waited until the clerk opened the cash register for another customer, then reached across and grabbed...
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May 12, 2011 5:41 AM
Police in Scott County arrested a woman after she tried to run over two officers with her car.
And when police searched that car, they found an active meth lab inside.
Georgetown police were called to an apartment complex on the corner of College and Maddox Streets after...
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May 5, 2011 3:47 PM
Police say a woman who claimed a man broke into her Georgetown home and set it on fire over the weekend made the story up, and she has been arrested.
Audrey Polley is charged with first-degree arson, three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment and falsely reporting an incident.
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May 2, 2011 5:17 AM
A man broke into a woman's home and set it on fire Sunday night in Georgetown.
Police say three children and their mother were in the home along Emerson Trail around 11:15 when a masked man broke in and confronted the woman. He bound her hands with duct tape,...
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April 29, 2011 6:49 AM
Officers from multiple agencies searched for several hours Thursday night after a woman reported a man apparently trying to abandon a baby in Georgetown.
Police say the woman told them she saw the man near Southern Elementary around 8 p.m.
"She described a young male over at the...
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April 28, 2011 6:30 AM
A fire caused damaged at a Georgetown restaurant late Wednesday night.
Firefighters say the blaze broke out in the smokehouse at Fat Boy's Barbeque on Cincinnati Pike around midnight. The fire destroyed freezers, the smoker and some other equipment. The main restaurant building did not sustain any damage.
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April 19, 2011 6:14 AM
A family in Scott County got a shocking wakeup call early Tuesday morning.
As strong thunderstorms rumbled through the area, lightning struck a Georgetown home.
Firefighters quickly responded to the house along West Main Street.Crews checked out the attic area, but there was no fire. Firefighters say lightning...
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April 13, 2011 5:41 PM
No injuries were reported after a fire broke out in a restaurant located in a Georgetown shopping center Wednesday afternoon.
The fire broke out in the kitchen of the China Buffet restaurant located in the Washington Square Shopping Center on U.S. 25. All of the stores in the shopping...
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April 4, 2011 12:59 PM
Police arrested a man after officers discovered an explosive device inside a car at a Georgetown apartment complex Monday morning.
Georgetown police say the homemade explosive device found tucked away in a parked car could have easily injured a hand or an eye, or even killed somebody. The Lexington...
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April 4, 2011 5:14 AM
Police say they took several people into custody after an explosive device was discovered inside a car at a Georgetown apartment complex early Monday morning.
Members of the Lexington Police Department bomb squad assisted Georgetown police, defusing an explosive device inside of a car at the Georgetown Terrace apartment...
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March 21, 2011 9:51 AM
Officials have identified the man killed in a Scott County crash over the weekend.
Police say Ashby Sanderson was driving along U.S.-62 in Georgetown Sunday afternoon when he crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a truck.
Sanderson was airlifted to UK Hospital where he later died....
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March 15, 2011 9:43 AM
Toyota's Georgetown manufacturing plant is cutting overtime shifts as company officials try to weigh the impact of the recent disasters in Japan on the plant's supply of parts.
According to the Business First website , Toyota officials do not expect to have a shortage of parts in the short...
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March 8, 2011 6:28 AM
Kentucky State Police say an 18-year-old man faces arson charges in Scott County after he tried to burn down his ex-girlfriend's home.
Police arrested Brian Beaucham after the Sunday morning fire along Bunkerhill Drive in Georgetown.
Police say Beaucham poured gasoline in the crawlspace and lit it in...
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March 3, 2011 5:21 AM
A man was hospitalized after a mattress caused an accident along I-75 near Georgetown early Thursday morning.
The mattress flew out of a pickup truck along northbound I-75. When the driver of a car swerved to avoid it, he slammed into a barrier. EMS transported the driver to the...
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January 18, 2011 11:49 AM
Georgetown Police have released a photo of a man wanted after he allegedly fired shots into a Georgetown home Monday night.
Police say they are looking for Jarvis Garrett, 18. Investigators say he may be driving an orange colored Chevy Cavalier with Michigan tags.
Police say three people...
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January 18, 2011 5:32 AM
The Scott County Sheriff's Department is looking for a suspect wanted after someone fired shots into a Georgetown home.
Georgetown police say three people were inside that home along Cherry Bark Court Monday night when somebody fired five shots into it.
Investigators say there was an attempted break-in...
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January 11, 2011 6:50 AM
A clerk was injured during a violent gas station robbery in Georgetown Monday evening.
Police say a man wearing a camouflage hunting mask approached a clerk the Swifty gas station on Paris Pike and asked for cigarettes. When the clerk turned to unlock the case, the suspect hit him...
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January 10, 2011 3:38 PM
When Pamela Ivey, 42, of Georgetown, purchased her Mega Millions ticket for the $380 million January 4 drawing she expected to only pay $5. However, the clerk told her the ticket cost $10. The Megaplier feature had been accidentally added.
"I glanced at her name tag and it said...
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December 29, 2010 5:22 AM
Two people were injured in an accident in Georgetown Tuesday night, one critically.
Police say a Chevy Lumina driven by Rosemary Warren crashed into Jonathan Hillard's Jeep as he turned on to U.S.-62 from Main Street around 10:30 p.m. The impact spun the Jeep, ejecting Hillard. He was taken...
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November 16, 2010 8:55 AM
Georgetown police arrested a man suspected in a Monday morning robbery.
Police say Daniel Ashcroft, 19, robbed the Shell gas station on Connector Road. Investigators say he admitted to the crime.
Witnesses say Ashcroft took an apologetic approach to the robbery, claiming he was sorry, but needed money...
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November 15, 2010 7:57 AM
Police are investigating after a robber hit a Georgetown gas station.
Police say the robber entered station on Connector Road early Monday morning. The suspect got away on foot, and investigators say they do think he took some cash.
Nobody was hurt.
Police say they have good...
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November 9, 2010 5:24 AM
Georgetown police continue to investigate an early morning robbery.
Police say they got a robbery report around 1:15 a.m. Tuesday at a home along Tanbark Drive. Officers confirm that there is an ongoing investigation, but have not released any other details.
A neighbor tells LEX 18 that she...
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November 3, 2010 9:24 PM
Georgetown Police have arrested a man who they say broke into a pharmacy by kicking a hole in the roof.
Police say the man caught on surveillance video, falling from the ceiling of J-and-L pharmacy, is 26-year-old Christopher Blake Tackett. He faces burglary and theft charges... and police say...
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November 3, 2010 5:21 AM
Fire destroyed two houses next door to each other in Georgetown early Wednesday morning.
The blaze broke out about 3:30 a.m. along Chambers Avenue near West Street.
Officials say both houses were vacant.
Firefighters say it was a difficult fire to fight because neither house had a...
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August 30, 2010 10:51 AM
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc. reached a significant milestone when its powertrain facility produced its eight-millionth engine on July 27. “Eight million engines is a hard number for me to grasp,” said David Cox, General Manager of TMMK’s powertrain operations. “But to put it in perspective, if you placed them...
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August 10, 2010 10:50 AM
Police in Scott County have still not made any arrests in the stabbing death of a man Monday. The incident happened at about 1:30 p.m. at a home on Washington Street in Georgetown. Maxwell Oliver Pomeroy, 26, was found stabbed to death by police. His girlfriend, Mindy Turner, was taken...
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August 9, 2010 2:27 PM
Police took a woman into custody at a Scott County home Monday afternoon after a stabbing incident that left a man dead.
The incident happened at about 1:30 p.m. at a home on Washington Street in Georgetown. So far, police have not released any other details in the incident,...
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July 28, 2010 1:47 PM
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) - A flamboyant Cincinnati Bengals receiver has the whole team talking, and this time it's not Chad Ochocinco. Bengals players are eager to meet new teammate Terrell Owens. The 36-year-old receiver agreed to a one-year, $2 million deal on Tuesday, uniting him with close friend Ochocinco. The...
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July 23, 2010 6:08 PM
Police in Scott County said Friday night that a standoff with an armed man ended peacefully, but that the suspect had to be taken to the hospital.
The incident began at about 5 p.m. in the Colony subdivision in Georgetown. Mike Vest barricaded himself inside the home on Williamsburg...
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July 22, 2010 10:23 PM
Georgetown Police are searching for the vandals who spray painted vehicles and buildings sometime overnight Wednesday. It happened in the area of Caudill Avenue and Clinton Street. People who live there woke up to find someone had tagged signs, buildings, a storage trailer and even vehicles. So far, police don't...
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July 7, 2010 7:14 AM
Georgetown police arrested a man after he slammed his car into the wall of a motel and then sped off Tuesday evening. Police say the driver of a Dodge Intrepid crashed into a bottom unit of the Motel 6 on Cherry Blossom Way around 7:30 p.m. The car punched a...
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June 7, 2010 4:34 PM
It was a close call Monday for Georgetown Police following a domestic dispute call. Officers surrounded a home on Pocahantas Trail Monday morning after a woman fled with her baby, and said her estranged husband was still inside.. possibly with weapons. Police say they think at some point the husband...
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June 3, 2010 5:23 AM
A mystery - even to herself. Georgetown police say they found a 27-year-old woman lying in the middle of the road behind the Winnder's Circle Motel along Edwards Avenue around 3:30 a.m. She told them she has no idea how she got there. She told officers that she only remembers...
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June 1, 2010 11:57 AM
A Scott County man was shaken up Tuesday morning when he accidentally hit his gas pedal and slammed into the side of a Georgetown restaurant. The incident happened just before 10 a.m. In downtown Georgetown. Carl Kasson said he was on his way to re-register his vehicle, and when he...
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May 20, 2010 12:28 PM
Scott County police and the FBI were on the scene at the Georgetown post office after an employee found a suspicious envelope Thursday morning.
Police say there is no danger and the post office, located on U.S. 25, remains open.
Police say the suspicious envelope may be connected...
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May 20, 2010 8:05 AM
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) - A Georgetown City Council candidate's death last month didn't prevent more than 1,000 voters from casting ballots for her. Signs were posted at the polls on Tuesday, stating that Vickie Moore had died and votes for her wouldn't be counted. The Lexington Herald Leader reported Moore...
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May 12, 2010 3:08 PM
Kentucky State Police said Wednesday that two juveniles have been charged with an arson fire that destroyed a wooden storage building in Scott County in March. The fire on March 17 destroyed a wooden storage building located on Lisle Road in Georgetown. The building was owned by the Scott County...
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April 12, 2010 5:09 PM
A Georgetown couple is recovering after police say they were attacked by baseball bats during a home invasion robbery early Sunday. Police say two men stormed into a home on Payne Avenue just after midnight Sunday morning demanding prescription drugs and cash. Police say the first thing the two men...
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March 17, 2010 2:04 PM
A Scott County man who was pulled over for having excessive window tint on his vehicle was arrested after police discovered drugs and a large amount of cash in the vehicle. Police say Frank Cuellar, 39, of Georgetown was pulled over Tuesday night on US-25 in northern Scott County for...
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March 9, 2010 9:03 AM
Georgetown Police say four women have been arrested in connection with a counterfeit check ring. Police arrested Jacqueline Barnes along with Alexis Ramos and Vanessa Regalado after a traffic stop Monday night. Barnes was charged with possession of forged instruments. Police say the group has cashed forged checks totaling more...
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March 9, 2010 6:17 AM
A Ford dealership in Georgetown announced Monday that it plans to close its doors. In a press release sent to LEX 18, Nolan Ford announced that it has agreed to close the dealership, supporting Ford's consolidation efforts. "We wanted to be part of the solution rather than the problem," Nolan...
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February 25, 2010 5:38 PM
(AP) - Toyota's president visited the company's largest North American assembly plant Thursday, telling workers that the automaker is at a "crossroads" and needs to rethink its operations to win back customers. Akio Toyoda toured the assembly line in Georgetown before giving a brief speech to about 100 employees. It...
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February 25, 2010 10:28 AM
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda, fresh off of a day of questioning by Congress about a rash of recent safety concerns and recalls, is planning to make a stop to visit the Georgetown manufacturing plant Thursday. Toyoda was expected to make his first visit to the Georgetown factory as CEO Thursday...
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February 25, 2010 8:09 AM
GEORGETOWN (AP) - Workers at Toyota's largest North American manufacturing plant know that if they encounter a problem and need to halt the whole process - even on an assembly line where new vehicles whip through some 400 stations - all they have to do is tug a nearby rope....
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February 23, 2010 11:38 PM
Austin Freeman's second-half resurgence helped Georgetown find its second wind. Freeman got 24 of his 29 points after halftime and the 11th-ranked Hoyas bounced back from consecutive losses with a 70-60 victory over Louisville on Tuesday night. Georgetown (19-7, 9-6 Big East) trailed the entire first half but took control...
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February 16, 2010 11:04 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Toyota said Tuesday it plans to idle production temporarily at assembly plants in Kentucky and Texas while it grapples with massive recalls in the United States. Toyota spokesman Mike Goss said a plant in San Antonio, Texas, has scheduled production breaks for the weeks of March 15...
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February 8, 2010 10:28 PM
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky lawmaker whose district includes a Toyota plant is urging people to offer up prayers for the automaker and its employees who are struggling through massive recalls that have tarnished the company's once-sterling reputation. State Rep. Charlie Hoffman said his prayer request is a natural...
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February 8, 2010 5:50 PM
Police in Scott County are looking for a man who is posing as a water company worker and has gotten into at least one home. Georgetown Police say the man had on an official company shirt when he knocked on the door of a home on Robinson Avenue. they say...
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January 19, 2010 4:13 PM
No injuries were reported Tuesday afternoon after a fire broke out at a Scott County apartment complex. The fire broke out at about 3 p.m. at the Southern Oaks Apartments in Georgetown. Firefighters say a mother was putting one of her children to bed when the other one apparently got...
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January 13, 2010 10:57 AM
Police in Scott County are investigating after a man robbed a Georgetown check cashing store Wednesday morning.
The incident happened at about 10:15 a.m. at the Cash Express on Paris Road. Police say the suspect implied having a gun and demanded cash. He fled on foot with an undisclosed...
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January 6, 2010 2:08 PM
A Scott County autoworker is lucky he held on to the $128 million Powerball ticket he bought on Christmas Eve during some last-minute shopping - after all, it was printed by mistake. Lottery officials said Rob Anderson and his wife, Tuesday, were winners of the largest jackpot in the state's...
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January 6, 2010 9:59 AM
A press conference has been scheduled for Wednesday afternoon to reveal the winner of the $128.6 million Powerball jackpot ticket that was sold in Georgetown late last month. The news conference has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at Kentucky Lottery headquarters in Louisville. The $128.6 million winning ticket from the...
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December 31, 2009 9:44 AM
Georgetown police have released the name of the suspect arrested after a man was attacked in Scott County Wednesday night. Police found Ralph Stanley lying in a yard outside of a home on Locust Street. Police say he was in pain and indicated that he had been shot. "He was...
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December 31, 2009 5:14 AM
Georgetown Police are investigating a shooting with a bizarre twist. Police say they found the shooting victim lying in a yard covered in blood outside of a home on Locust Street. Officers followed a trail of blood to another house on Hamilton Street where they say that they found not...
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December 28, 2009 8:35 AM
Kentucky Lottery officials say that winning $128.6 million Powerball ticket was sold at the ProTravel Marathon on Success Drive in Georgetown.
The jackpot is the largest in Kentucky lottery history.
No one has claimed the ticket with the winning numbers 32-36-37-41-53 with a Powerball of 30.
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December 4, 2009 8:32 AM
It turned out to be an early Christmas present for one Kentucky city. Two days after Georgetown's Christmas lights went missing, a box containing the $2,000 worth of decorations turned up underneath a city public works truck. The Georgetown News-Graphic reported that the box contained no hint of who may...
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December 3, 2009 3:13 PM
A Georgetown couple was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Lexington for conspiring to defraud the local public housing authority and the U.S. government out of more than $10,000. According to the indictment, from August 2005 to November 2007 Gary Duncan, 53, and Noemi Duncan, 48, repeatedly provided...
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December 3, 2009 5:17 AM
Police say a man was stabbed trying to fend off a burglar early Thursday morning in Georgetown. The burglar tried to enter the home on Mallory Lane about 1 a.m., but ran away when an alarm went off. Police say the would-be burglar returned about 2:20 a.m. A man inside...
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December 1, 2009 2:58 PM
Police in Scott County made a quick arrest Tuesday afternoon after a man allegedly robbed a check cashing store with a pellet gun.
The incident happened at about 1 p.m. at the Check Into Cash store on Osborne Way in Georgetown. Police say the suspect, a white man in...
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November 5, 2009 11:37 AM
Police in Scott County say they have identified three thieves caught on camera stealing thousands of dollars of baby formula from the Georgetown Wal-Mart last week. Police say that after LEX 18 aired the story, one of the people allegedly caught on camera called them and said they wanted to...
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October 1, 2009 10:21 AM
Alcohol is suspected in a deadly crash late Wednesday night near Georgetown.
45-year-old Retha Pursel was killed when her BMW flew off the road and slammed into 2 trees. It happened on US 25 about two miles north of Georgetown a little after 11:00 Wednesday night.
We're...
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September 29, 2009 11:53 PM
The Henry Clay Blue Devils lowered their flag to half staff today, in honor of former player Jermaine Birch, who was found shot to death in a house on Georgetown Street Tuesday afternoon. Coach Sam Simpson heard the news just minutes before the team's practice for a big game on...
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