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Police looking for man who assaulted his estranged wife in Burlington

Submitted by Fox19 Web Staff
Sunday, July 10th, 2011, 11:05pm

 Boone County Sheriffs are looking for a man who assaulted his estranged wife in her home early Sunday morning.

 Around 3:00am, officials say 51-year-old Orrin Carroll broke in to his estranged wife's home and assaulted her. According to police,  Carroll physically assaulted the victim, tied her to a chair, and threatened to burn her.

 An arrest warrant has been issued for Carroll for Assault, Burglary, Unlawful Imprisonment and Violation of an EPO/DVO

 Carroll is believed to be driving a mid 1990's white Acura Integra.

 Anyone with information to the whereabouts of Orrin is asked either to call Boone County Sheriff's Department at 859-334-2175 or Crimestoppers at 513-352-3040.

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Customs intercepts opium hidden in gears from Turkey

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Friday, July 8th, 2011, 7:32pm

US Customs and Border Protection officers working at the DHL hub at CVG say they have intercepted 13 pounds of opium hidden in plastic gears coming in from Turkey.

Officers found the opium concealed within plastic gears coming from Turkey in a box labeled "yarn machine parts." The box contained eight small black plastic gear cylinders.

When officers x-rayed the box, the image revealed anomalies in the cylinders. Upon further inspection, officers discovered a black tarlike substance that tested positive for opium.

US Customs and Border Protection says the shipment weighed over 13 pounds and was addressed to a location in Canada. The investigation is ongoing.

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Police issue over 21,000 citations during Click it or Ticket

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Friday, July 8th, 2011, 12:32pm

This year's Click It or Ticket enforcement effort, coordinated by the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety (KOHS), resulted in citations to 21,348 motorists for not buckling up.  

The annual campaign, supported by more than 240 state and local law enforcement agencies, was held May 23 until June 5.

The campaign's main objective was to encourage seat belt usage through enforcement of Kentucky's seat belt law. In the process, officers at 825 traffic safety checkpoints throughout the commonwealth also made 1,347 drunken driving arrests, 1,381 felony arrests, and 1,156 drug arrests. They recovered 80 stolen vehicles and apprehended 2,003 fugitives. They also cited 10,995 drivers for speeding, 579 for reckless driving and 6,859 people for having no proof of automobile insurance.

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Ky. lawmaker proposes bill to penalize those who delay reporting missing children

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Thursday, July 7th, 2011, 12:06pm

In the wake of this week's conclusion in the Casey Anthony murder trial in Florida, Kentucky State Rep. Richard Henderson is pre-filing legislation that would make it a felony for those who fail to report children 12 and under who have been missing more than 12 hours.

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"My bill will hopefully help us avoid situations like Casey's daughter Caylee, whose disappearance went unreported for so long," said Rep. Henderson, D-Jeffersonville.  "I want to make sure that parents, guardians or anyone who is responsible for a child understands there are serious repercussions if they choose to delay filing a report."

House Speaker Greg Stumbo called Rep. Henderson's proposal "a very good idea."

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Ramp reopen after rollover crash

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Thursday, July 7th, 2011, 11:53am

The ramp from KY 18 to Northbound I-71/75 in Florence is reopen after a single car crash.

The crash occurred around 11:15 a.m. and involved a single car that overturned.

AirCare was placed on standby, but was not called to respond. There is no word on the extent of any injuries.

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Feed The Children Partners with Nascar Nationwide Series Drivers to Help Warsaw Families in Need

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 6th, 9:39 pm
Feed The Children Partners with Nascar Nationwide Series Drivers to Help Warsaw Families in Need

WARSAW, KY (FOX19) – On Thursday, July 7, Feed The Children will deliver a semi tractor-trailer full of food and essentials to Gallatin County High School located at 800 East Main in Warsaw. The food and essentials will be distributed to families in need at 1:00 p.m.

Several NASCAR Nationwide Series Drivers participating in the Feed The Children 300 will be on hand to help distribute food and essentials to families.

Feed The Children partner agency HOPE for Gallatin County has pre-identified families receiving the boxes. Each family will receive a 25-pound box of food, a 10-pound box of personal care items and a box of Avon products.

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NASCAR drivers visit Mazak plant

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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011, 4:49pm

Mazak Corporation is welcoming Penske NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing Team drivers Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski to its Florence, Kentucky, production plant on Wednesday.

The Penske Team drivers will gather in the Technology Center of the manufacturing campus to meet and greet Mazak employees. As time allows, the drivers will also tour Mazak's expansive Production-On-Demand machine tool manufacturing areas, where many of the Mazak machine tool models used by Penske's racing machine shops are built from the ground up.

"We are proud to be able to welcome the Penske Racing Team drivers to our facility and to display the Kurt Busch Sprint Cup No. 22 Pennzoil car and Brad Keselowski's No. 22 Nationwide Series Discount Tire car," said Brian Papke, president of Mazak. "Mazak has long been a strong Penske Racing technology sponsor since 1994, and theMazak logo can be seen on these Penske racing cars." 

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