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Drivers can add a symbol that stands for hope and generosity on something drivers carry with them everywhere – a driver’s license.

Like Indiana, Ohio and several other states, Kentuckians will soon have the option to have an organ donor heart printed on their license.

For more than 20 years, circuit clerks across the Commonwealth have been educating their communities about the life-saving mission of organ donation. 

Kentucky Department of Corrections Deputy Commissioner James Erwin today announced that Randy Hargis has been promoted to deputy warden at Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women in Pewee Valley.

Hargis began his new assignment Jan. 16.

Hargis began his career as a correctional officer in 2001 at Roederer Correctional Complex.

While at RCC, he received promotions to sergeant in 2003 and to lieutenant in 2004.  He became a member of RCC’s Corrections Emergency Response Team in 2004 and was named a tactical team squad leader.

A Louisville couple has been arrested in connection with theft of lawncare equipment from North Oldham High School.

After a four-hour standoff with police, James David McGuffin, 24, and Jennifer Cheatham, 23, were arrested peacefully Jan. 8 at their Portland home.

Lawn care equipment, including two John Deere Gators and two zero-turn radius lawnmowers, were recovered from the property.

A 16-foot utility trailer used by the NOHS band was recovered by Louisville Metro Police Jan. 7, and police found band equipment at McGuffin’s home.

A Crestwood student recently graduated from the Bluegrass ChalleNGe Academy, a National Guard program in Fort Knox.
Dakota Williams, 18, completed the 22-week program that includes academics, leadership and job skills in a quasi-military setting.
Started in 1999 as part of a national program, BCA holds two classes per year with about 100 students in each class.
Williams plans to attend Eastern Kentucky University this semester.