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Bagworms can cause serious, even fatal, damage to a variety of trees and shrubs. A bagworm infestation often will not be readily noticeable until after substantial damage has been done and the insects have retreated into their bags. According to Dr. Lee Townsend, extension entomologist with the University Of Kentucky College Of Agriculture, it is time to check for bagworms. Small bagworm larvae have been feeding and growing for about a week, and the bags that they carry are getting larger.

A local businessman and an 11-year-old girl scored a copy of Clark County's history for their knowledge of two historic Winchester neighborhoods. In May, the Clark County-Winchester Heritage Commission sponsored a pair of photo scavenger hunts in the Thomson neighborhood and the downtown district as part of Historical Preservation Month. The winners' names were drawn from all those who correctly identified the structures in the contests. Dudley Taylor won the Thomson neighborhood contest, and 11-year-old KayLee Babb won the downtown district contest.

LOUISVILLE - Defending Kentucky Open champion Phil Hendrickson of Danville kept his hopes of a repeat alive by shooting 69 on Wednesday. Hendrickson was five strokes off the lead at 4-under-par 140 when the final round of the 54-hole tournament began today at Audubon Country Club. One shot behind him was fellow Danvillian Ben Fuqua, who shot 71 in the second round. Trey Bowling of Manchester and Troy Hawkins of Elizabethtown shared the 36-hole lead at 135. Hendrickson was tied for seventh place; Fuqua was tied for 12th.

I've been asked to write a little about the bear hunt that will take place at the end of this year. According to a news release from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources' Web site, the bear hunt will take place on the third weekend in December in Harlan, Letcher and Pike counties and will be limited to just two days and 10 bears. "Research clearly shows that Kentucky's bear population can sustain a hunt," Steven Dobey, a black bear biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, said in the release.

Never go into the woods in Manitoba, Canada, without a good insect repellent that will repel ticks and just about any other type of insect. Also take along one of the commercial units by ThermaCell that give off a repellent odor for mosquitoes when the unit is switched on. "I bought all of the refills for the ThermaCell unit I could get at the local sporting goods store," said Lisa Owens, the men's and women's cross country and track coach at...

I am anticipating next weekend with more than just a little trepidation. There's trepidation because I am scheduled to work Saturday morning and have not yet tried to make any arrangements to be off that morning to go turkey hunting. Why not? Because I have to wait for the eye specialist's report on my grandson's eye. If the doctor says he can't stand the recoil from his 20-gauge shotgun, then I will have to put off our hunt on the opening date of the youth hunt turkey season. I still have not been able to make any inroads on my transportation problems in the field.

Danville resident and retired Gen. Howard Hunt is among those tasked with helping the Kentucky Association of Counties move forward after a tumultuous time. On June 1, Hunt started work in Frankfort as KACO’s director of human resources, a position that was created following the passage of Senate Bill 88. The bill required more transparency in the organization and implementation or strengthening of ethics, personnel and compensation guidelines — policies Hunt already has started working to improve.

Hello, my name is Beauregard. I'm a 3-year-old, 60-pound basset hound at the Jessamine Humane Society. I am the friendliest hound dog you've ever seen, and I love to hunt. For more information on how to adopt me or one of my friends, please call the humane society at 887-1577 or visit www.jessaminehumanesociety.org.

Six pitmasters. Nine bands. Two days of food and festivities. That's what is on tap for the Kentucky State BBQ Festival, set for Saturday and Sunday in and around Constitution Square Park. The festival, now in its second year, is an “eating event” - hungry stomachs are a must - and will feature activities for children as well as cooking demonstrations to go with the good eats. Festival organizers Brad and Cindy Simmons said last year's festival drew several thousand people. Last year's pitmasters are returning this year.

President Barack Obama might have some fancy digs at which to host the annual Easter egg roll on the White House lawn, but Tasha Key puts on a pretty egg-cellent Easter shindig herself. About 75 kids descended on the backyard of Key's Greenview Drive home Saturday afternoon, where some 4,500 eggs lay in wait. Eggs that Keys and her family had been filling since February - 4,100 with candy and 400 with cash - all of them scooped up within minutes. “The whole yard was covered.

The last two defendants in an interstate oxycodone trafficking ring bringing thousands of pills into Clark County recently began serving their federal sentences. Freddy Campbell II¿of Lexington and Steven “Bear” Washington of Florida were the last of 15 defendants in an 18-month investigation that originated in Clark County conducted by the Kentucky State Police's Drug Task Force. The investigation, dubbed Operation Bear Hunt, started with mid-level pill dealers and continued until they charged Washington, one of the main suppliers from Florida, KSP¿Sgt.

JOHNNIE STEVEN HUFF Johnnie Steven Huff, 89, of Winchester, widower of Norma Clay McIntosh Huff, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, at the VA Medical Center in Lexington.  Mr. Huff was born in Nada on Aug. 22, 1923, to the late Benjamin and Minnie Rice Huff. He worked for many years at Leggett and Platt and retired from Link-Belt.  He was a Kentucky Colonel, a World War II Navy veteran, and a member of the Ephesus Baptist Church. Survivors include his daughter, Frances (Charlie)

Six pitmasters. Nine bands. Two days of food and festivities. That's what is on tap for the Kentucky State BBQ Festival, set for Saturday and Sunday in and around Constitution Square Park. The festival, now in its second year, is an “eating event” - hungry stomachs are a must - and will feature activities for children as well as cooking demonstrations to go with the good eats. Festival organizers Brad and Cindy Simmons said last year's festival drew several thousand people. Last year's pitmasters are returning this year.

FORKLAND - Terry Davis had just slid into her backyard swimming pool Saturday afternoon when a gold Chevy pickup truck barrelled into her yard and plowed over a tree 50 feet away. A¿man rolled out and started toward her. She heard sirens as they made eye contact and the man took off toward the creek behind her home. “He was coming right at me,” Davis said. “I was terrified.” The man, David Walls, was captured about an hour later, at 4 p.m., by a swarm of officers who had been chasing him much of the afternoon.

BURGIN - Police officers are continuing their search today for a man suspected of breaking into at least three homes in the Chimney Rock area near Herrington Lake, including a burglary on Monday in which the bandit struggled with a homeowner over a gun before escaping with a duffel bag full of jewelry. Mercer County Sheriff Ernie Kelty said this morning officers have resumed their search of the area after failing to locate the man in an extensive manhunt Monday afternoon and evening.

East Jessamine's Seth Hunt will be playing Division I football in the fall after signing with Eastern Kentucky University last month. The senior has been recruited as a fullback by the Colonels. Hunt had a productive senior year on both sides of the ball, but his junior year was cut short by a torn ACL. “I've watched the young man grow up ... went through the heart break of the torn ACL and had a few tears with him and watched him come back his senior year,” East Jessamine coach Mike Bowlin said.

With walls decorated by memorabilia from the likes of John Travolta and Elizabeth Taylor and structures built and furnished over 63 theater seasons, it's easy to imagine why the TV show “American Pickers” might be attracted to Pioneer Playhouse and what they may have taken with them when they left. Unfortunately, due to a pesky confidentially contract between Playhouse owner Charlotte Henson and the show, all we can do is imagine. What we do know is that the History Channel's show hosts, Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, spent time and money there earlier this month, filming an episode that likely will run in early summer.

There could not have been a more beautiful day for Wilmore's annual Easter-egg hunt at Centennial Park on Saturday, parks and recreation director Amy Fitch said. Dozens of children, from infants to 10-year-olds, convened at the park located behind the Ichthus grounds to meet the Easter Bunny and search for hidden treasure in the grass. “I'm just out here with my granddaughter,” Wilmore Mayor Harold Rainwater said. “I try to come out here every year; it really is a nice event, beautiful day, and Amy just does an amazing job.“ With only a few white puffy clouds in the sky, Fitch and Rainwater both agreed conditions could not be better but that there were fewer children than in year's past.

There will be prizes, plenty of eggs and, of course, the Easter bunny at Saturday's annual community egg hunt. The event, which will be from 10 a.m. to noon, is jointly hosted by the Civitan Club and Winchester/Clark County Parks and Recreation and is free to all children in the community. First year Parks and Rec Director Jeff Lewis said the event will go on, rain or shine. In case of inclement weather, the egg hunt will be moved from College Park to the College Park gym. “Hopefully, it's outside.