MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The latest on the defiant Kentucky clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, disobeying a federal judge and serving five days in jail for contempt (all times local): UPDATED 1:45 p.m.: A spokeswoman for Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway says he has reviewed marriage licenses issued in […]
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Kentucky clerk Kim Davis leaves jail
GRAYSON, Ky. — The latest on the case of a Kentucky county clerk who’s in jail over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples (all times local): Updated 2:50 p.m.: The lawyer for a county clerk in Kentucky who has been released from jail after she defied court orders says the marriage licenses issued […]
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Judge orders Kentucky clerk to issue marriage licenses or be jailed
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — The latest on the county clerk in Kentucky who has refused to issue marriage licenses since the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage (all times local): UPDATED 3:20 p.m.: Five of the six deputy clerks in a Kentucky county say they will issue marriage licenses to gay couples, despite their boss’ refusal […]
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Kentucky clerk refuses to issue marriage licenses on ‘God’s authority’
MOREHEAD, Ky. — Kim Davis sat in a church pew on a Sunday morning about four years ago, listening as the man in the pulpit preached of forgiveness and God’s grace. Davis until then might have seemed an unlikely candidate to wage a moral war over the institution of marriage. She has acknowledged through her […]
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Kentucky clerk still refuses to issue gay marriage licenses
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis explainsPosted by The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 UPDATED 12:03 PM: Federal Judge orders Kentucky clerk to appear in court MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A county clerk in Kentucky who has invoked “God’s authority” and is defying the U.S. Supreme Court by refusing to license same-sex marriage […]
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Robert R. Marcum Sr.
1930 – 2015 LEWISTON — Robert R. Marcum Sr., 84, of Lewiston, died at Central Maine Medical Center on Sunday, Aug. 2. He was born on Dec. 10, 1930, in Clifford, Ky., the son of Frank and Ella (Sparks) Marcum. Robert was employed at the Sun Journal as a linotype operator for 13 years. He […]
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Linda J. Gaskill
1960 – 2015 RUMFORD — Linda Jane Bulger Gaskill, age 55, of Franklin Street passed away on Sunday June 7th, 2015 at Rumford Hospital with her family and close friends by her side, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Fort Knox, Ky., on March 23, 1960, to Richard H and Vivian […]
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Huskies’ hurrah: UConn belongs with 60-54 win over Kentucky
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — No conference wanted them. Several teammates and their coach left them. The NCAA kept them out for a year. UConn won it all anyway. Shabazz Napier turned in another all-court masterpiece Monday night to lift the Huskies to a 60-54 win over Kentucky’s freshmen and a national title hardly anyone saw […]
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Gould graduate to challenge Sen. McConnell in Kentucky GOP primary
BETHEL — Matt Bevin, a Gould Academy graduate who spends time in the Bethel area and owns a vacation home here, recently announced his intent to challenge U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky in the Republican primary in 2014. McConnell is the minority leader in the Senate. On his campaign website, Bevin describes himself as […]