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Looking back at columns over the last 20 years

I've done over 20 New Years Eve columns at this newspaper. As I prepared for another one I looked back at some of the subjects I've written about.

Posted On 31 Dec 2008
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It’s been a good year, but let’s make 2009 a better one

Even though I have yet to reach the one-year mark here at the News Journal (I will do so Feb.

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Biggest New Year’s bash ever was the last for me

When it comes to New Years Eve, I'm a dud.

My obsession with celebrating the "high life" that surrounds the day ended in my youth at the tender age of 17 in 1991.

Posted On 31 Dec 2008
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Police suspect link in Woodbine break-ins

A Woodbine residence has been the target of burglars twice in the past week, and police are currently investigating the link between the suspects involved and the victim in the case.

Posted On 31 Dec 2008
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Border Bowl to feature 9 Div. 1 players

Organizers say this year's Second Annual National Guard Border Bowl, which is scheduled for Jan.

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Local merchants defy national trend

Despite reports of retail gloom and doom on a national level, local merchants seem to have bucked the trend when it comes to reports of poor spending.

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Carbon monoxide trial ends with settlement

Sixteen present and former employees of Wal-Mart Distribution Center 6097 in London reached a settlement agreement this month following three weeks of often dramatic and detailed testimony regardin

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London man severely injured in crash on KY 92 east

A London man was severely injured Saturday after he lost control of his vehicle on a treacherous Whitley County roadway and plunged 40 feet over an embankment into the woods.

Posted On 31 Dec 2008
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Ammonia leak forces evacuations in Corbin

An anhydrous ammonia leak at the Corbin Ice Plant early Tuesday evening caused the evacuation of nearly everyone within a half-mile area of the plant.

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