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GAY MARRIAGE-KENTUCKY

Kentucky clerk appeals order putting her in jail

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky county clerk has appealed a judge's decision to put her in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Attorneys for Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis officially appealed the ruling on Sunday. The three page motion does not include arguments as to why Davis should be released but amends Davis' earlier appeal of the judge's order.

Davis objects to same-sex marriage for religious reasons and stopped issuing all marriage licenses in June after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. Two gay couples sued her. U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered Davis to issue the licenses but she refused to do it saying she could not betray her conscience.

Bunning sent Davis to jail on Thursday for disobeying his order. Her deputy clerks then issued marriage licenses to gay couples Friday.

FATAL CRASH

Child dies of injuries in deadly crash in central Kentucky

(Information in the following story is from: Lexington Herald-Leader, http://www.kentucky.com )

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 5-year-old child injured in a deadly crash in central Kentucky over the weekend has died.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the child, Lauren Osland, was a passenger in a Ford pick-up that was struck head-on on U.S. 27 in Nicholasville Sunday afternoon. The driver of the truck, 28-year-old Rusty Johnson, and 51-year-old Robbie Chaffins, the driver of an SUV that hit the truck, both died at the scene Sunday.

Lauren Osland died Sunday night at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital.

Two other passengers in the truck, 33-year-old Rachel Osland and 10-year-old Michael Osland remained hospitalized Monday.

Police say Chaffins' vehicle crossed the center line, glanced off one car before hitting the pick-up.

WKYT-TV reports that Osland was Johnson's fiancee and the children were hers.

SLAYING-ABDUCTION

Suspect in Ohio I-75 shooting files lots of jail complaints

(Information in the following story is from: The JournalNews of Hamilton, http://www.journal-news.com/cgi-bin/liveique.acgi$sch=jnfront?jnfront )

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — An Illinois man accused of kidnapping a Kentucky woman and fatally shooting her last year in southwest Ohio has lodged dozens of complaints in jail.

The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports 41-year-old Terry Froman, of Brookport, Illinois, has made 93 medical complaints and 59 inmate requests at the Warren County Jail. He's been held for nearly a year awaiting trial.

Defense attorney Melynda Cook says Froman is a diabetic and is having issues with the food.

Warren County Sheriff Larry Sims says Froman complained from the start "about one thing or another."

A judge instructed a deputy to alert jail officials to Froman's latest complaints.

Froman is accused of killing his estranged girlfriend's 17-year-old son in Kentucky, then killing her along Interstate 75 in Ohio.

His trial is set for February.

GAY MARRIAGE-KENTUCKY

Kentucky clerk appeals her jailing over gay marriage

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A defiant county clerk in Kentucky is willing to stay in jail for her beliefs, but she would prefer to be a free woman.

Attorneys for Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis have officially appealed a judge's decision to put her in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The three-page motion doesn't include arguments as to why Davis should be released but amends Davis' earlier appeal of the judge's order.

Davis objects to same-sex marriage for religious reasons. U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered her to issue the licenses and the U.S. Supreme Court upheld his order.

But Davis still refused to do it, saying she could not betray her conscience. Bunning then put her in jail for refusing to obey his order.

COACH-ABUSE CHARGE

Kentucky court session planned in former women's coach case

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A pretrial conference is planned in the case of a former college women's basketball coach accused of groping a player.

The session has been scheduled for Tuesday morning in a Kenton County court for Bryce McKey. McKey's attorney has entered a not-guilty plea for him on a charge of third-degree sexual abuse, a misdemeanor.

Hours after his arraignment Aug. 14, the University of Maryland announced that he had resigned as an assistant women's basketball coach.

According to a sworn affidavit, a player McKey coached as an assistant at Xavier (of Cincinnati) said McKey asked her to come to his home in Covington, Kentucky, in May. She said during the evening, he repeatedly touched her inappropriately.

McKey has been ordered to stay away from her, and from Xavier's campus and events.