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GIRLFRIEND MURDERED

Louisville man charged with murdering girlfriend

(Information in the following story is from: WHAS-TV, http://www.whas11.com)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a 26-year-old Louisville man has been charged with killing his girlfriend.

According to WHAS-TV, Deshon Dorsey was charged with one count of murder in the death of 24-year-old Porcia Mills. Officials say Dorsey was the live-in boyfriend of Mills.

Authorities discovered Mills' body at her apartment on Friday after friends requested a welfare check. A coroner says Mills died from multiple stab wounds.

Dorsey was being held in the Jefferson County Jail.

Court records do not show if he has an attorney.

FATAL STABBING

McCreary County man found stabbed to death

(Information in the following story is from: WYMT-TV, http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews)

HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the murder of a McCreary County man who was found with stab wounds inside his burned home.

According to WYMT-TV, the body of 66-year-old Johnny G. Taylor was discovered in his home in the Pine Knot community around midnight on Friday.

An autopsy is being performed on his body. No arrests have been made.

Authorities are also investigating the cause of the fire.

TEEN KILLED

Harrison County teen killed in crash

(Information in the following story is from: WKYT-TV, http://www.wkyt.com)

SADIEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Harrison County teenager on his way to take a college entrance exam was killed when his vehicle flipped over an embankment.

According to WKYT-TV, the incident happened near Sadieville around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Harrison County coroner Tom Ware says 17-year-old Colton Lane Burus was on his way to take the ACT when he apparently lost control of his truck.

Authorities don't suspect drugs or alcohol was involved.

Ware says Burus was an honor student, a flight commander in Junior ROTC, and a two-time state athlete.

TREE PLANTINGS

Dispute centers around urban tree plantings

(Information in the following story is from: The Courier-Journal, http://www.courier-journal.com)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tree advocates and state transportation officials are at odds over whether plantings in urban areas are more beneficial to the environment or more detrimental to road safety.

The Courier-Journal reports the dispute has come to a head over 17 trees planted near Brownsboro Road in Metro Louisville to curb urban heat.

The newspaper reports the state has ordered the trees, which were put in at public expense, to be removed before Christmas for safety reasons.

Highways department chief district engineer Matt Bullock says if the trees aren't removed, the state will take them out and charge City of Rolling Fields Commissioner Dan Tafel, who led the project to plant the trees.

Tafel says state rules are being selectively enforced and are too restrictive for urban areas like Louisville.

HISTORY AND ART

Captain of his own route

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Bill Macintire retired from one career in Frankfort and started a new one.

Macintire wedded his ambitions to establish himself as an artist with his professional experience in historical research and survey to restore a building on Logan Street in south Frankfort as his working studio.

The beauty of Macintire's studio for him is that it has two histories: one as a grocery store from the early 1900s and when the building was made into a house in 1949.

Two years ago, he and his wife noticed no one lived in the building and after negotiating with the owner he bought it.

Now refurbished, restored and repurposed, the once house and grocery store has a new life as his studio.

PAROLE OFFICER SHOT

Man who shot officer guilty of attempted murder

(Information in the following story is from: WYMT-TV, http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews)

HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) — A man who shot at four Kentucky Department of Corrections Probation and Parole officers, injuring one, has been found guilty of attempted murder.

WYMT-TV reports a Knott County jury pronounced the verdict on Friday in the case of Rocky Wicker Sr. Wicker also was found guilty of one count of attempted manslaughter and two counts of wanton endangerment in the 2013 shooting.

Wicker shot at the officers when they came to his home in the Mousie community to look for his wanted son.

Wicker testified that he thought the officers were bounty hunters who were going to kill his son. He claimed the officers shot first and he was only protecting himself.

Prosecutors say Wicker was trying to shield his son from law enforcement.

They have recommended a 17-year-sentence.