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A Crestwood man has admitted to mutilating a tiny kitten and now, he's headed to jail.
Tanner Hublar, 18, appeared in Oldham district court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to his involvement in the death of a kitten June 15.
His court appearance included a packed audience of animal lovers wearing ribbons marked "Chandler's Prayer" and carrying signs to express their anger against animal cruelty.
Chandler is the name of the kitten stolen from the barn of Lynn and Gordon Robinson with three other kittens in mid-June.

Toxicology reports released today show that a 16-year-old La Grange girl's death in February is the result of prescription drug abuse.

A friend found Summer Leigh Williams, 16, of La Grange, dead on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at a home on Monroe Street.

Williams, a junior at Oldham County High School, had spent the night at a friend's house and died during the night. 

While the number of foreclosures fell to the lowest rate since 2007 last year, rates are beginning to rise as banks make up for delays caused by a robo-signing settlement signed earlier this year.

After 28 months of declining foreclosure rates, May and June rates crept higher, according to RealtyTrac, a foreclosure listing firm.

Locally, Oldham County foreclosure filings are up 15 percent over last year with 180 filings since Jan. 1, up from 152 filings during the same period last year.

Many of America’s heroes are coming home and fighting a silent battle of their own — a battle many won’t acknowledge and can go undiagnosed and untreated for years.

Post-tramautic stress — commonly known as PTSD — is being diagnosed in soldiers at increasingly higher rates. Many organizations are opting to drop “disorder” from the title to lessen the stigma associated with mental illness.

It is likely not that more soldiers are experiencing PTS, but that the U.S. military has started paying more attention to it.