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STANFORD - A Lincoln County man and his daughter were airlifted with unknown injuries after a car flipped upside down north of Stanford Sunday night. Doug Rayborn was driving his vehicle east on U.S. 150 around 6:45 p.m. when the wreck happened just outside Stanford city limits. Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Ryan Kirkpatrick said Rayborn's vehicle traveled out of its lane and dropped off the left shoulder of the road "for an undetermined reason. " "It went into a 180-degree slide, hitting a culvert, which caused the vehicle to flip onto its roof," Kirkpatrick said.

Authorities are trying to determine the identity of the driver who died in a fiery crash early Saturday morning on the north U.S. 127 Bypass just north of Maple Avenue. Boyle County Coroner Don Hamner said Saturday afternoon that the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was a white male, but there was little else to go on because the body was so badly burned. It might be a day or two before the body can be ID'd using DNA or dental evidence, he said.  A license plate from the car, a Chevy Impala circa 2006, was recovered from a fence row near the crash scene, Hamner said.

BURGIN —  A Harrodsburg man was airlifted Monday morning after his Jeep overturned near Shaker Village in a one-vehicle crash police say may have been caused by alcohol. Henry E. Combs Jr. of College Manor wrecked about 10 a.m. while driving west on U.S. 68, about two miles north of the U.S. 127 bypass. Mercer County deputy sheriffs said according to witness statements, Combs was driving in a reckless manner moments before the crash. Deputies found unopened cans of Budweiser beer at the scene.

LANCASTER ? The Lancaster City Council is considering upping its one-time tax on life insurance policies taken out by city residents. Mayor Don Rinthen introduced an amendment to the municipal insurance premium tax ordinance at Monday's meeting. The amendment would change the one-time tax the city charges on life insurance policies from 6 to 13 percent. A 9-percent one-time tax on other insurance policies would remain the same. The amended ordinance would apply to all insurance companies who sell to Lancaster residents and would take effect July 2010.

KSP responds to gunshot victim in Garrard LANCASTER -   Kentucky State Police is investigating a late-night shooting incident in Garrard County over the weekend. According to a release, at 11:48 p.m. Saturday, KSP Richmond Post received a 911 call about a male being shot at a residence. Trooper Rodney Wren arrived on the scene and found a male in the garage of a residence with an apparent gunshot wound to the leg.   During the course of the investigation, it was learned there was an altercation between two individuals, resulting in one male subject allegedly being shot in the leg.   The investigation is continuing by Wren and will be presented to a Garrard County grand jury.

Teens and others in town are not waiting for an official identification to begin grieving the death of a driver who died Saturday morning in a fiery car crash in Danville. Messages of sadness and loss are already posted on Facebook, and kids in town are comforting each other, reeling from the shock. Boyle County Coroner Don Hamner said it may take a few days to identify the driver, a white male, who was the sole occupant of a vehicle involved in the crash fatality. DNA likely will be used for identification, he said, to confirm what police may have learned from a license plate that was recovered from the fence at the scene.

FRANKFORT - More than 22,000 Kentuckians are diagnosed with cancer each year, and nearly 10,000 Kentuckians die from the dreaded affliction. It is a terrible human toll, but one that can be reduced through early detection and treatment. The Senate passed two bills last week aimed at making sure every Kentuckian is able to get the tests and treatment they need for some of the most common and deadly forms of cancer. Senate Bill 96 would require all health insurance plans to cover colorectal screenings for those over 50, as well as anyone at increased risk.

Editor’s note: Taken from the Danville 911 records, the Police Blotter represents a history of the initial calls and the information used by the dispatcher to send officers to investigate complaints. It is not necessarily an indication of what the officer found upon arrival at the scene, or of how the complaint may have been handled. APRIL 3 12:34 a.m., report that a female is vomiting in the Speedway parking lot and may be under the influence of alcohol. 1:06 a.m., officer out with three subjects on East Main Street; tow truck requested and arrest made.

Editor's note: Taken from the Danville 911 records, the Police Blotter represents a history of the initial calls and the information used by the dispatcher to send officers to investigate complaints. It is not necessarily an indication of what the officer found upon arrival at the scene, or of how the complaint may have been dealt with. APRIL 21 1:32 a.m., report that a driver in a dark colored, four-door sedan backed into driveway of abandoned house on Baughman Avenue; driver checked OK and was waiting for a friend to get home next door.