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- Local Couple Discovers Photography Out of Difficult Times
Sunday, January 4, 2009 Jan Seale and Bob Brandenburger were both working for the county four years ago, when unfortunate circumstances turned their world upside down.
- Otter Creek Park likely to be padlocked through June
Otter Creek Park appears certain to close for an indefinite period on Friday, despite efforts to keep it open.
- Cable TV Gets Ready for DTV
South Central Rural Telephone Cooperative is based in Glasgow, but one of their transmission stations is only a few miles from WBKO-TV. SCRTC receives WBKO's digital signal at the tower, then sends it out ...
- Raise revenue
This recession, or downturn in the economy as the politicians want to call it, has been coming for two years.
- Readers react to Louisville's budget crisis
If I have to get a drug test to go to work and pay occupational and state taxes to support our city services and pay for welfare, I would like to know why welfare recipients do not have to take a drug test to ...
- Brooklyn Historic Houses Decorate, Plan for Holidays
Throughout the holiday season, the 13 historic house sites in the Historic House Trust's collection - including three in Brooklyn - will be festively decorated for the holidays and will host various events.
- ABC's 'Nightline' to Feature SPLC Tonight
The Southern Poverty Law Center's trial against the Imperial Klans of America , which ended with a $2.5 million verdict Friday will be featured in a segment on ABC's 'Nightline' tonight.
- Latino Teen Wins $2.5M Judgement Against Klan
Cindy Gruver, left, hugs her son,19-year-old Jordan Gruver, an American citizen of Panamanian Indian descent, who sued the Imperial Klans of America Imperial Grand Wizard Ron Edwards and one of his former ...
- Associated Press Writer
Jury deliberations have begun in the case of a teen who says two white supremacists beat him after being urged to violence by the leader of a Kentucky-based Ku Klux Klan organization.
- Ky. Klan group ordered to pay $2.5M in damages
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- Cheviot racist 'equal opportunity hater''
Cheviot resident and white supremacist Jarred Hensley and his teenage victim, Jordan Gruver, agree on one thing - not even $2.5 million can stop hate.
- Former member: Klan plotted to kill Dees
BRANDENBURG, Ky. - The head of a Kentucky-based Ku Klux Klan organization led a failed plot to kill the co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups and challenges white supremacists, ...
- Trial of Klan group begins in Kentucky court
The lawsuit, brought on behalf of Gruver by the Southern Poverty Law Center [advocacy website] seeks to place responsibility for the beating on the IKA and Ron Edwards, the "Imperial Wizard" of the Klan.
- Former member: Ky. Klan plotted to kill attorney
How smart is your dog? Extra: Fire truck sirens you can hear and feel The South Trail Fire District installed new "Howler sirens" in two of its fire rescue trucks.
- Jury Selection Begins In KKK Civil Suit In Meade Co.
A civil trial against a wing of the Ku Klux Klan got under way in Brandenburg, Kentucky.
- Klansman sued over attack
Jarred Hensley didn't vote for Barack Obama last week. That's partly because he's just out of prison, partly because he's not big on politics, but mostly because he's a white supremacist who quit the Klan ...
- Business Watch
A 10 percent drop in year-over-year revenue during September and October has prompted the Horseshoe Casino in Harrison County, Ind., to lay off 60 employees, both managers and hourly workers.
- Today, Sat. Nov. 1, 2008: ACHS band at State
EVENTS: Spotlighting, in brief, today's events for Day 306 of 2008 6:00am to11:00amCT: Eunice Church of God breakfast at Chamber 7:00am-10amCT: Breakfast by Columbia United Methodist Church Women 8:00am to ...
- Weekend Events Oct. 31 - Nov. 2
For more information, call 584-1205 or 428-5849 or check out http://www.actorstheatre.org/ "Pride and Prejudice" at Actors Theatre Louisville through November 8 Tickets: $25 - $60 584-1205 or 428-5849 or check ...
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City DescriptionBrandenburg is a city in Meade County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,049 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Meade County.
Brandenburg was built on a 3,000-acre (12 km) tract of land called Falling Springs, purchased in 1804 by Solomon Brandenburg. He opened a tavern around which the community grew, and in 1825 the community became the county seat, but the settlement didn't incorporate until March 28, 1872.
Brandenburg was devastated by an F5 tornado during the Super Outbreak of April 4, 1974; 31 were killed in the city.
During the American Civil War, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan crossed at Brandenburg to start his Raid into Indiana in July 1863.
Brandenburg is located at 37°59′34″N 86°10′29″W / 37.99278, -86.17472 (37.992664, -86.174657).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10.3 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,049 people, 844 households, and 535 families residing in the city. The population density was 518.0 people per square mile (199.8/km²). There were 917 housing units at an average density of 231.8/sq mi (89.4/km²). The racial makeup of ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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