LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A jury has begun deliberations in the corruption trial of a former Kentucky cabinet official and an influential contractor accused of scheming to influence millions of dollars worth of state highway projects.
The panel got the case around 2 p.m. Thursday after receiving some lengthy instructions from the judge.
Earlier Thursday, attorneys for former Transportation Secretary Bill Nighbert and road contractor Leonard Lawson gave separate closing arguments. Their approach was largely the same as they continued an attack on the credibility of a government informer whose testimony is a key part of the prosecution's case on bribery and obstruction of justice charges.
Prosecutors said the key evidence wasn't engineer Jim Rummage but rather the taped recordings he made talking with Lawson.
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Jury begins deliberating Ky. bid-rigging case
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Scrap metal plant explosion sends one to the hospital
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Fritts sentenced to 15 years
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Husband, wife indicted for robbery
A Walton man was handed a 33-count indictment by Judge Paul K. Winchester in Whitley County Circuit Court Monday.
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2 explosions at Boston marathon finish line
BOSTON (AP) — Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers in the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts.
Competitors and race organizers were crying as they fled the chaos. Bloody spectators were being carried to the medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners.
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Whitley jail inmate escapes
Whitley County Jailer Ken Mobley confirmed a detention center inmate walked off a work-release detail Monday.
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Seven confirmed dead in Saturday fire
By Jeff Noble
Staff Writer
Seven persons — a man, a woman and five children — perished Saturday morning in a house fire on Sam Parker Road in the Gray community in Knox County.
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'Several' perish in Saturday morning blaze
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Emergency responders are on the scene of a Saturday morning fire along Sam Parker Road in Gray.
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BREAKING NEWS - Two children hospitalized after crash
Police said two children were taken to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash with a tractor-trailer at the intersection of Hwy 80 and KY 1535 at approximately 8 a.m. Monday
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Apparent explosive device found in Canadatown residence
According to the Williamsburg Police Department shortly after 1 p.m. WPD was asked to assist Kentucky Probation and Parole at 421 Nanny Hubbard Road in the Canadatown community of Whitley County.
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