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U of C receives $100,000 grant for student loans
Special to The Times-Tribune
University of the Cumberlands has been approved for a $100,000 grant from the Charles E. Schell Foundation through Fifth Third Bank as trustee.
The grant will be paid over a period of four years and is to be used as interest-free student loans.
Students who are awarded this grant must be citizens of Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia or adjoining states with parents of moderate means who are citizens of such states; between the ages of 18 and 25; “loyal to the United States and its institutions, including the Army, Navy and Air Force; honest, upright, intelligent, and of practical appearance; and maintaining a minimum 2.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.”
“Our young people are grateful for the opportunities they receive to earn a college education, and they know that these opportunities are possible because of friends like Mr. Schell who demonstrated his caring concern for others by the sharing of his resources,” said Cumberlands President Jim Taylor.
Taylor thanked Schell for remembering Cumberlands in his will and for “all he has done for our college and the young people we serve.”
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Kentucky Kid’s State Fair gets cancelled
An event tentatively scheduled at The Arena has been cancelled due to the management transition from SMG to the City of Corbin.
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Infinity Business Group declares bankruptcy
The Barbourville company that shuttered its doors Tuesday leaving about 20 people out of work has filed bankruptcy.
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Toddler recovering from dog attack
Residents on Old Whitley Road, alongside I-75 southwest of Lily in Laurel County, are looking for a brown and white dog.
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Gubernatorial ticket formed by Williams, Farmer
After all the speculation, it wasn’t much of a surprise Wednesday when state Sen. President David Williams and Commissioner of Agriculture Richie Farmer announced they’ve formed a gubernatorial ticket.
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17 parents arrested
At least seventeen parents who failed to pay child support have been arrested by police who hope to net a total of 60 arrests, according to Williamsburg Police Department Public Affairs officer Shawn Jackson.
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Corbin man allegedly head-butts state police officer
A Corbin man was Tasered Friday after he head-butted one Kentucky State Police officer and was attempting to head-butt a second officer, according to Kentucky State Police.
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Police believe hired person tampered with officer’s truck
Williamsburg police said they believe someone was hired to tamper with one of their officer’s personal vehicles, which caused the officer to lose control of the vehicle and drive off the road, according to the Williamsburg Police Department.
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Drug conspiracy trial continues
Day six of the London federal trial of five men charged in a multi-state drug conspiracy began with continuing testimony from Ernestina Hajric.
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Knox audit presents county’s assets
Knox County’s audit of financial records from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 “fairly present the county’s assets, liabilities and equity arising from cash transactions and revenues received and expenditures paid.”
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Artemus man indicted on charges of threatening to kill woman
Forty-one indictments were returned Friday by the Knox County grand jury.
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