The Manchester Enterprise: News

Prosecutors say Farmer's wrongdoing started before 2008

Prosecutors say former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer's "unwarranted sense of entitlement" goes beyond what he's been charged with.

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Emergency Watershed Protection Funds Available for Clay After April Flash Floods

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist Karen Woodrich announced that Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) funds are available to address restoration efforts in Clay County and eight other Kentucky counties.

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Farmer’s trial rescheduled for July 2

Former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer’s trial has been rescheduled for October 22^nd.

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Free GED Testing Through July 31

The GED test will be free in Kentucky May 15–July 31. Kentuckians taking the test during that timeframe will not have to pay the usual test fee, which will be paid by Kentucky Adult Education, a unit of the Council on Postsecondary Education.

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Former coach faces child pornography charges

Arnett was head coach at CCHS from 2008-2010

Former Clay County Tiger football coach, James Shannon Arnett remains in the Polk County Jail, on two charges of possession of child pornography.
On May 7th a Lake Gibson high school student turned a thumb drive in to a Polk County School Resource Deputy, telling the deputy he had found the thumb drive in the school's courtyard and that it had ''inappropriate'' photos on it.

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