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• Stephen Glaze Peach

  21-10-2026 21:43 via State-Journal
  
  LAWRENCEBURG — Services for Stephen Glaze Peach, 69, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Ritchie & Peach Funeral Home. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. until the time of service Saturday at the funeral home. Peach died Tuesday, Oct 20.
  
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• Regina Hatter

  21-10-2026 20:29 via State-Journal
  
  Regina Carole (Perkins) Hatter, 69, of Frankfort, Kentucky, dearly beloved mother, wife, sister and aunt, passed away peacefully October 18, 2026, following a brief illness. She is deeply missed.
  Regina was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, on October 9, 1957, to Flora and Kenneth Perkins. She was raised in Frankfort, graduating from Franklin County High School in 1976. She met Mark Allen Hatter of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1977 and they were married at Myrtle Avenue Church of Christ in Frankfort on Octob
  
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• Guest columnist: KSU: The answer is obvious

  21-10-2026 07:00 via State-Journal
  
  Over several decades, I have read various newspaper accounts addressing Kentucky State University’s seemingly lack of financial acumen. I have listened to government officials publicly (and privately) chastise KSU for a broad spectrum of issues. And over this same period, I have listened to friends, colleagues and acquaintances ask me this consensus question: What is going on at KSU?
  I have been the receiver of this question because for 18 years I worked in the Office of Budget Review of t
  
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• Santa approved: Local family creates Christmas Unlocked

  21-10-2026 04:39 via State-Journal
  
  What started as a way for a Frankfort man to create lasting holiday memories with his family has evolved into an online experience anyone can enjoy.
  Last Christmas, Josh Jacobs, who runs a web design and custom development business primarily building websites and technology solutions for small businesses, and his wife, Melissa, wanted to make the season more exciting for their five children.
  “My wife came to me and said, ‘You know, Josh, this will be the last year we will have any &l
  
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• PHOTO: Assibey-Mensah named Western Hills Player of the Game

  21-10-2026 04:36 via State-Journal
  
  Junior Dorian Assibey-Mensah was named Western Hills’ Bilby Law Office Player of the Game for the Franklin County game played Oct. 16. Assibey-Mensah scored the Wolverines’ touchdown in their loss to FCHS.
  
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• Guest columnist: ‘Your vote is your superpower’

  21-10-2026 04:36 via State-Journal
  
  Vote your choice (to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
  “Vote, vote, vote your choice
  Make yourself a plan
  Election Day or early vote
  Do it while you can.”
  Vote them out (to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
  “They let data centers in, Vote them out
  They’re bought by billionaires, vote them out
  We’ll remember in November how they acted in September
  If they’re crooks, or creeps or clowns, vote them out!”
  Above
  
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• Franklin Circuit Court indictments (Oct. 20)

  21-10-2026 04:34 via State-Journal
  
  The following people were indicted by a Franklin Circuit Court grand jury on Tuesday:
  • Elias V. Espinoza, 41, of Shepherdsville, first-degree possession of a controlled substance (fentanyl), a Class D felony; possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class A misdemeanor; and possession of marijuana, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance, first offense, no operator’s license, and failure of a non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first offense,
  
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