Lincoln

Cases in Lincoln District Court. List includes all names of those charged who are not identified as minors. 3/25/13 Jeremy Chad Daugherty, no/expired registration plates, no/expired Kentucky registration receipt and failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance 1st. Dismissed. Jordan Denson, license plate not legible, operating on suspended/revoked operator's license amended to no operator's license in possession and failure to  notify address change to Department of Transportation - merged.

STANFORD - Lincoln County is aiming to earn a $10,000 bonus for becoming one of the first school districts in the state to require school attendance by 17- and 18-year-olds. The Lincoln County Board of Education unanimously voted April 11 to pass the first reading of a revised attendance policy that would alter the district drop-out age beginning in August 2015. If the revised policy passes a second reading, it would require all Lincoln County "students between the ages of six and 18" to "enroll and be in regular attendance" at school.

STANFORD - The following people were indicted last week by a Lincoln County grand jury: • Tara Lake, 28, of Danville, first-degree assault for allegedly hitting Melissa Pike with a baseball bat on Feb. 22. Bond was set at $25,000. Deputy Chase Marcum testified before the grand jury. • Joseph B. Brewster, 36, of 117 Harris Creek No. 3, Stanford, third-degree assault and terroristic threatening for allegedly being armed with a deadly weapon while trying to injure Kentucky State Trooper Josh Chenault and threatening harm to Cynthia Reardon on May 18, 2012.

Micah Miniard struck out 13 batters in a two-hitter Monday as Boyle County defeated Lincoln County 4-0 at Stanford to clinch the top seed for the 45th District Tournament. Miniard allowed two hits and six walks for Boyle (12-6, 5-0), which has a 2 1/2-game lead in the district standings. Casey Whittle hit a three-run home run and drove in all four of the Rebels' runs, Brady Wehmiller went 4 for 4 and Connor Blevins had two hits. Whittle's homer in the fifth inning off Lincoln reliever Zach Brown gave Boyle, which has won five of its last six games, a 3-0 lead.

The Lincoln County team of Hunter Biggs and Dallas George finished 11th Saturday at the first state bass fishing tournament at Kentucky Lake. Biggs and George caught 10 fish totaling 27 pounds, 2 ounces in the two-day tournament. On Saturday, they caught five fish weighing 14 pounds, 10 ounces. The Calloway County duo of Bracken Robertson and Dillon Sparks won the tournament with 10 fishing totaling 34 pounds, 4 ounces. Zach Warner and Ridge Porter of Muhlenberg County finished second (32 pounds, 7 ounces)

HUSTONVILLE - About 15 years after the EPA first designated western Lincoln County an “impaired watershed,” officials hope they're close to funding the first step of a solution to the severe water quality issues that have plagued the Dix River area. “The majority of the problem is human waste that's in our creeks,” Hustonville Mayor David Peyton said at a city council meeting in March. “Just downstream from Hustonville, the count is almost the same as the sewer pipes going into the Danville water treatment plant.

STANFORD - The Mercer County baseball team lost to Lincoln County early in the season, but the Titans put the sting of that loss behind them Thursday - and in convincing fashion. The Mercer pitching staff allowed just three hits and the offense pounded out 14 hits as the Titans defeated the Patriots 7-3. “Timely hits and good pitching, that's what baseball is about and we had it tonight,” Mercer coach Jeremy Shope said. “I love the way our pitchers pitch. I love the way our defense is playing defense.

Lincoln County scored four times in the bottom of the fifth inning Thursday and went on to beat visiting Mercer County 5-2. Lincoln (8-11) only had four hits, one a double from Alyssa Meece, but took advantage of four Mercer errors. "We are still not hitting as well as I would like at this point in the season, but we played well enough defensively and got great pitching, and most of the time, that's enough to get a win,” Lincoln coach Kevin Bandura said. “(Mercer pitcher Megan)

LANCASTER - A Garrard County grand jury has indicted a Stanford man on charges that he twice forced a woman to have sex with him. Jordan Floyd, 23, of 3345 Wilderness Road, was indicted on two counts of first-degree rape for allegedly using forcible compulsion to engage in sexual intercourse with a woman on two separate occasions between March and August 2012. Bond was set at $50,000. Trooper Rodney Wren testified before the grand jury. The Garrard County grand jury also indicted seven others from Lincoln County: • Jimmy Helton, 22, Cody Helton, 21, Patrick Bullen, 20, and Brittany Fowler, 20, all of Crab Orchard, were indicted on two counts of theft for allegedly taking property belonging to Randall Jordan on March 13. Jimmy Helton and Cody Helton also were indicted for being persistent felony offenders.

STANFORD - As Lincoln County school officials continue to tighten their financial belts, they are pondering a wide variety of different cost-saving measures, from implementing a staff attendance policy to revamping bus routes. Board members and school officials discussed ways the district might reduce its substitute costs by improving attendance among full-time staff members at a working board meeting Thursday. Superintendent Karen Hatter said the district has already come a long way in that regard, having cut its annual costs for substitute employees from around $2 million down to less than $1 million.