Dyer murder trial date again rescheduled

Posted May 15, 2013 at 1:58 pm

Another continuance for a trial has been granted in the case of a local man charged with murder in connection with a two-vehicle accident that occurred over two years ago.

During a pretrial conference in Clinton Circuit Court last Monday, May 6, Judge David Williams granted a defense motion for continuance in the case of Commonwealth vs. Ira Boles Dyer, III. Judge Williams rescheduled the trial for three days, August 14-16 and also set a pretrial conference for July 15.

Late last year, Dyer was originally given an April trial date and prior to that, earlier in 2012, an October trial date on charges of murder and three counts of each of wanton endangerment and second degree persistent felony offender.

The case has been ongoing in court since he was indicted following a state

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    Read and Feed program begins June 3

    Posted May 15, 2013 at 1:56 pm

    Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday the Clinton Co. Public Library is sponsoring a reading program for all children up to the age of (18) eighteen years old.

    There will be story time, crafts, movies, and much

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    Eight die on Kentucky roadways last week

    Posted May 15, 2013 at 1:53 pm

    Preliminary statistics* indicate that eight people died in eight separate crashes on Kentucky’s roadways from Monday, May 6 through Sunday, May 12, 2013.

    Three single-fatality, motor vehicle crashes occurred in Jefferson County. None of the victims were

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    Beard elected to SKRECC board seat

    Posted May 8, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    Clinton County farmer Greg Beard will represent the District 5 area of South Kentucky RECC that includes Clinton County, after being elected in an election that saw new directors chosen for four districts.

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    Cross featured speaker at Libary series

    Posted May 8, 2013 at 2:38 pm

    From his beginnings as a journlist, reporting on basketball and baseball games for the Clinton County News, to a 26 year career with the state’s largest newspaper and now working with newspapers across Kentucky as

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    School board has brief special meeting last week

    Posted May 1, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    Clinton County Board of Education held a brief special meeting last Wednesday morning, April 24 with four of five members present and two official items of business on the agenda.

    The board, on a motion by Jeff Sams, voted to appoint Jimmy

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    Postal service will continue to deliver mail on Saturday

    Posted May 1, 2013 at 2:03 pm

    The U.S. Postal System’s Board of Governors has announced it will indefinitely delay its planned implementation of five-day mail delivery in the U.S. on August 5.

    The board said restrictive language from Congress prohibits it from reducing the current six-day delivery

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    Relay for Life has another successful run

    Posted May 1, 2013 at 2:03 pm

    Although final collection figures weren’t available by presstime this week, early indications are that last weekend’s Relay for Life American Cancer fundraiser was another successful event for Clinton County. The News hopes to have a complete

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    Public meeting on jail closing issue is Friday

    Posted May 1, 2013 at 2:02 pm

    Clinton County Fiscal Court will conduct a public meeting this coming Friday, May 3 at 6 p.m. in the upstairs courtroom of the Clinton County Courthouse.

    The sole purpose of the meeting is for the court to conduct a “public comment period”

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