http://http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Kentucky.com en-us Copyright 2009 Kentucky.com Latest News 60 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:21:53 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench interactive-ops@herald-leader.com http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1019341.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1019341.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:50 EST
State Budget Director Mary Lassiter told agencies whose budgets have already been slashed that more cuts may be needed to resolve a $160 million to $170 million shortfall this fiscal year, which began July 1.

In the letters, Lassiter asks agencies to show how a possible six percent cut would affect programs, services and their workforce. Those plans are due to her office by Nov. 30.

The letters indicate that several state agencies will be exempt from cuts, as they were in previous budget reductions. Those include Kentucky Educational Television, public universities, the main funding formula for K-12 schools, prosecutors, public defenders, Medicaid and mental health services.

Kerri Richardson, a spokeswoman for Beshear, cautioned that Beshear's office was collecting the data for planning purposes and no final decision has been made.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1019343.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1019343.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:36 EST
Kristine Lafoe could be sentenced to up to five years in federal prison on Wednesday, but Lafoe is asking for 12 to 18 months of home detention and community service.

In a court document filed in October, she said her actions were in part motivated by a "desire to be a part of the male dominated culture" at the jail and "to compensate for her lack of any real supervisory authority over the males under her command."

"In reality, Kris did not have the actual authority that her title would indicate," her attorney Patrick Nash said in an Oct. 14 motion asking for no prison time.

Lafoe's contention comes amid recent allegations in lawsuits and jail documents that men working at the jail have behaved inappropriately toward female inmates and one female officer. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018658.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018658.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:49 EST
Dr. Garrett Adams of Louisville told conferees that a national single-payer system would be the ultimate solution, providing quality health care for all, including the millions who now lack coverage.

Adams argued that President Barack Obama should have championed a single-payer plan from the beginning, rather than being "backed into a corner defending weaker and weaker alternatives."

Meanwhile, Twila Brase, president of a market-based health care policy group out of Minnesota, said that if the reform bill passed by the U.S. House last weekend becomes law, patients' rights and privacy will suffer, and the quality of care will decline in a gradual government takeover of the health system.

Brase pictured the bill as bringing "socialized medicine and socialism to the shores of America."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1019173.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1019173.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:31 EST
Americans - especially the victims and family members of those who perished in the suicide hijackings - "deserve the opportunity to see the alleged plotters of those attacks held accountable in court," Holder said. "After eight years of delay, those allegedly responsible ... will finally face justice." He said he expected prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

Holder's decision raised a raft of legal, political and ethical questions, including what kind of evidence will be used against men whom the U.S. government subjected to brutal interrogation methods. In the case of alleged plot mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the CIA has acknowledged using a simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding, which many legal experts have said is torture.

"There could be all kinds of problems with the evidence. Some of it might be linked to waterboarding. Other evidence may have come from intelligence-gathering overseas," said Matthew Waxman, a Columbia University law professor who served as a top Pentagon lawyer in the Bush administration.

"That said, the government would not be moving forward if they were not confident they can prove their case" with untainted evidence, Waxman said.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018523.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018523.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:53 EST
The money goes to Bluegrass PRIDE (Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment), which will use it for a grants program, environmental education in schools and communities, and in developing a plan to shape Central Kentucky's environmental future.

The funding was announced at the Green Earth Bio-Fuel of Kentucky site in Estill County.

Clark, Estill, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison, Montgomery, Powell and Nicholas counties are eligible for the programs.

Some of the money will be used to survey air and water quality, waste management resources, green space, storm water issues, and environmental awareness in the Appalachian Regional Commission counties that PRIDE serves.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1019348.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1019348.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:53 EST
Terry D. Gilreath of Pulaski County was fired in October 2004 by then-Corrections Commissioner John Rees, who accused Gilreath of committing fraud upon the state.

However, the state later agreed to void the termination in a settlement that required Gilreath to drop an appeal of his firing. He also agreed not to seek future employment with the Department of Corrections.

Rees' dismissal letter to Gilreath was obtained by the Herald-Leader from the state Personnel Board through an Open Records Request.

Gilreath, who is running for the 85th House District seat in the May primary against fellow Republican incumbent Tommy Turner of Somerset, said he is "very concerned" that the 2004 letter from the corrections commissioner was made public.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018438.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018438.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:55 EST
That meeting was scheduled to discuss the city's response to a request before the state Public Service Commission by Kentucky American Water to build a $162 million treatment plant and pipeline. That request was ultimately approved.

City officials had planned to meet behind closed doors. But the Herald-Leader objected, citing the state's Open Meetings Law.

The city argued the meeting fell under an exception that allows a public agency to discuss "proposed or pending litigation" out of the public's view.

Fayette Circuit Judge Sheila Isaac agreed with the newspaper, and the 21/2 hour meeting was opened.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018412.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018412.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:54 EST
The trial of Pamela Bartley is scheduled to begin Dec. 7 in Morehead. She is accused of killing Carl Bartley, a used-car dealer who was found shot in the back of the head in the garage of his Jeffersonville home in 2007.

In July, the trial was delayed because a jury could not be seated in Mount Sterling, so the judge decided in August to move the trial to Rowan County.

In a motion filed Thursday in Rowan Circuit Court, defense attorneys Grover Carrington and Ben Shields asked that the trial be moved back to Montgomery County.

The motion acknowledges that after a full day of individual questioning of potential jurors on July 14 in Montgomery Circuit Court, a sufficient number did not qualify.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018222.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018222.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:45 EST
Deputies Wayne Bartley, 42, of Springfield and Bill Mattingly, 40, of Mackville were arrested Thursday on charges of selling marijuana, official misconduct, theft, tampering with evidence and criminal mischief, according to a news release from the state police West Drug Enforcement unit in Bowling Green.

The deputies were arrested by investigators from the state police and the Springfield Police Department.

Bartley had been a deputy six years and Mattingly had been a deputy three years, the news release said.

State police provided no details beyond the news release.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018478.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018478.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:57 EST
In the chapter 7 bankruptcy filed Nov. 3, which was first reported by The Columbus Dispatch in Ohio, Anderson claimed $1.8 million in liabilities and $60,000 in assets.

Anderson was chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press when he was kidnapped in Lebanon by Iranian-sponsored terrorists. He was freed in 1991. He is now a lecturer at the University of Kentucky.

After being released, Anderson received a $26 million judgment in a lawsuit against Iran. In 2004, he lost an Ohio Senate race.

The bankruptcy filing lists 17 credit cards, some with debt related to a restaurant in the Virgin Islands.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1019027.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1019027.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:12 EST
According to police, the men pried their way into the store through the back door, smashed two display cases and got away with laptop computers and cell phones worth $6,000.

The incident was captured on security video cameras, and police with dogs inspected the scene. As of Friday night, police said they did not have any suspects in the case.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018961.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018961.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:14 EST
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 21, and a service will start at noon at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 511 Thurman Drive.

Burial will be after the service at Highland Memorial Cemetery, 235 East Second Street. Cobb was known for his shoeshine business he conducted downtown and his frequent appearances at Lexington Fayette Urban-County Council meetings. He died Wednesday from unspecified cardiac problems.

He is survived by his mother, Betty J. Beatty, sisters Velma Johnson, Valois Lewis, and Arletta Taylor; and three half brothers Demarus, Ricky and Arthur Cobb. A memorial fund has been set up, and contributions can be made by contacting Taylor at (859) 523-3758.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018804.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018804.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:32 EST
Jimmie Darrell Gay, 62, admitted that from Oct. 13, 2008, to Jan. 28, 2009, he knowingly received pornographic depictions of children through e-mail and the Internet. He was indicted in June 2009.

The case was investigated by the FBI and the Kentucky Attorney General's CyberCrime Unit.

Gay is scheduled to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Gregory F. VanTatenhove in London on March 4. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018797.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018797.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:48 EST
Police charged Robert Keith Clark, 45, of Eubank with drug trafficking.

State police said in a news release that officers found the mushrooms in an indoor-growing operation at Clark's residence when they went to check on a report of a possible methamphetamine lab.

Dave Gilbert, director of the Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force, said Friday that officers had counted more than 800 suspected mushrooms taken during the raid.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018742.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018742.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:19 EST
Thomas Allen Turner, 61, faces up to 180 years in prison and a $15 million fine, according to a news release. His sentence will likely be much less.

Turner admitted that between January 2003 and March 2006, he helped prepare 60 returns for several different people that included deductions the taxpayers were not entitled to take. That included claims that the people used certain vehicles exclusively for business when that wasn't true, Hill announced Friday.

Turner, of Columbia, is to be sentenced in February.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018557.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018557.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:08 EST
Brian Allen McGuire, 27, of Lexington is scheduled to go to trial Nov. 1, 2010 in the death in June of Jos Daniel Donato, a fellow custodian. Donato, 38, was shot multiple times and died at the scene. A grand jury indicted McGuire on charges of murder and unlawful possession of a weapon on school property. McGuire is scheduled to appear in court Jan. 29 for a motion hearing.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018522.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018522.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:16 EST
Terry D. Gilreath of Pulaski County was fired in October 2004 by then-Corrections Commissioner John Rees, who accused Gilreath of committing fraud upon the state.

However, the state later agreed to void the termination in a settlement that required Gilreath to drop an appeal of his firing. He also agreed not to seek future employment with the Department of Corrections.

Rees' dismissal letter to Gilreath was obtained by the Herald-Leader from the state Personnel Board through an Open Records Request.

Gilreath, who is running for the 85th House District seat in the May primary against fellow Republican incumbent Tommy Turner of Somerset, said he is “very concerned” that the 2004 letter from the corrections commissioner was made public.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018475.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018475.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:16 EST
In the chapter 7 bankruptcy filed Nov. 3, which was first reported by The Columbus Dispatch in Ohio, Anderson claimed $1.8 million in liabilities and $60,000 in assets.

Anderson was chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press when he was kidnapped in Lebanon by Iranian-sponsored terrorists. He was freed in 1991. He is now a lecturer at the University of Kentucky.

After being released, Anderson received a $26 million judgment in a lawsuit against Iran. In 2004, he lost an Ohio Senate race.

The bankruptcy filing lists 17 credit cards, some with debt related to a restaurant in the Virgin Islands.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018436.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018436.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:19 EST
"These are people who orchestrated a mass murder, and it was an act of war, not a criminal matter," McConnell told reporters gathered in his Louisville office.

McConnell, R-Ky., reacted to word that self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged conspirators in the 2001 attacks will stand trial in a civilian federal courthouse in New York. Attorney General Eric Holder said the defendants should be tried where their crimes occurred.

Prosecutors expect to seek the death penalty.

McConnell said bringing the suspects to the U.S. was a "step backward for our national security."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018171.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018171.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:51 EST
The Paducah Sun reports that the crime lab found at least five pieces of DNA evidence, including blood found on athletic shoes, connecting 37-year-old Kevin Wayne Dunlap to the scene of the Trigg County slayings.

Dunlap has pleaded not guilty to charges that he stabbed the siblings to death, injured and sexually assaulted their mother and burned their house last October.

Police have said the mother survived by playing dead.

The forensic reports were included as exhibits in a defense motion asking that prosecutors turn over evidence for independent testing. The judge was scheduled to hear arguments over the motion Friday.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018280.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018280.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:15 EST
“That's my life, that's what I've done for 20 years now,” he said.

Sheehy, 45, made $80,500 a year as the city's government relations director. He held several other positions before joining Mayor Jim Newberry's administration, most notably as a vice president of what was then called the Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce.

Susan Straub, a spokesman for Newberry, said Sheehy resigned effective Wednesday “for personal reasons and to pursue other opportunities.”

Sheehy said he had “nothing but praise” for Newberry, his staff, and members of the Urban County Council.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018096.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018096.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:02 EST
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A Winchester resident was one of 101 people who received a $10,000 prize from the Publishers Clearinghouse sweepstakes . The Winchester Sun reports that Diana Johnson was presented with her prize Wednesday at her workplace in Lexington.




The November issue of The Lane Report profiles local television weather broadcasts. From the story: Local news is the big moneymaker for stations, and weather has long been the star of local newscasts driving viewers to a particular station and a favorite weatherperson, increasing ratings and thus advertising revenue.



The New York Times reports on the case of Steve Nunn , recently indicted for the murder of Amanda Ross. From the story: The case has racked the genteel and insular political scene here, especially as new details have emerged from the investigation suggesting that Mr. Nunn planned to distribute nude photographs of his former fianc e in revenge and that he had physically abused his father.



Today is the 100th anniversary of the third worst mining disaster in U.S. history, when 259 workers and rescuers died in a fire Nov. 13, 1909, in Cherry, Ill. The Chicago Tribune reports on the disaster as well as special events in the area to commemorate the anniversary.



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Spacecraft that crashed into the moon last month kicked up a relatively small plume. But scientists have confirmed the debris contained water - 25 gallons of it - making lunar exploration exciting again.

Experts have long suspected there was water on the moon. So the thrilling discovery announced Friday sent a ripple of hope for a future astronaut outpost in a place that has always seemed barren and inhospitable.

"We found water. And we didn't find just a little bit. We found a significant amount," Anthony Colaprete, lead scientist for the mission, told reporters as he held up a white water bucket for emphasis.

He said the 25 gallons of water the lunar crash kicked up was only what scientists could see from the plumes of the impact.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1017616.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1017616.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:12 EST
The commission adopted the South Nicholasville Road Small Area Plan, which will guide future development along the corridor, including the 52 acre-Fritz Farm and the nearby 103-acre University of Kentucky Horticultural Research Farm.

John Fritz Jr. expressed relief after the Planning Commission's vote. "It's the end of a very long road," he said. "I'm a happy guy."

Now the farm can be developed one-third commerical, one-third mixed-used and one-third residential.

Fritz said he only wished his father had lived to see this day. John R. Fritz Sr., a farmer who died 11 years ago Thursday at age 79, started in the mid-1980's trying to get his land rezoned.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018086.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018086.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:15 EST

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Or at least, that's the plan.

After nearly a year of laying the groundwork to enforce its new policy, UK will officially become a tobacco-free campus on Nov. 19 the day of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout.

That means not only will smoking be banned inside UK's buildings, but it won't be allowed on university-owned sidewalks, roads, grassy areas, benches or picnic areas where students often light up between classes.

"UK is really committed to this," said Ellen Hahn, professor of nursing and director of UK's Tobacco Policy Research Center, who has co-chaired the tobacco-free task force. "We're in the business of serving young people and creating a healthy place for them."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018007.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018007.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:36 EST
Michelle Webb, a substance abuse prevention treatment counselor at the university, said a grant funded purchase of two passive alcohol sensor lights. The devices detect alcohol in the air, especially in close quarters like a car.

Webb said the lights are already in use and the aim is to increase detection and conviction rates for drunken drivers.

The lights also let police detect the presence of alcohol without leaning into a car.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1017425.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1017425.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:17 EST
Red Wing Shoe Co. announced Thursday that the plant which employs 206 people will close as part of a restructuring. The company will also eliminate the second shift of a plant in Red Wing, Minn., the company's home base.

Red Wing has operated the Danville factory since 1994. Production will shift from the Danville plant to a factory in Potosi, Mo., and the plant in Red Wing. Company spokesman Peter Engel said there will be a series of layoffs in Danville until final closure in June.

Red Wing President Dave Murphy said in a press release that the company's plants have been operating at "less than ideal efficiency through reduced work weeks and occasional shut downs."

"We were optimistic that the economy would recover sooner than later, however the continued record unemployment in the blue collar segment, which is our core consumer base, shows no sign of a quick recovery," Murphy said.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018019.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1018019.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:52 EST
WAVE-TV reported the incident began late Thursday when police went to a western Louisville neighborhood to check on the welfare of an elderly woman who other family members hadn't heard from since August.

Police arrived to find the woman's son threatening to kill himself and several hours of negotiations began.

The man put down his gun around 2 a.m. Friday and police found a badly decomposed female body in the house.

Deputy Coroner Jim Wesley said Friday that the woman, 89-year-old Sina B. Harris, died of natural causes and had probably been dead since May.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1017148.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1017148.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:17 EST
The developments announced Thursday will "transform the face and capacity of Midway College," said James J. O'Brien, chairman of the private college's board of trustees.

College President William Drake said the planned classroom building will allow the college to more than double its total enrollment, to about 4,000 during the next five years.

The new building, scheduled to open in 2010, will include classroom space for as many as 80 nursing students, classrooms with smart board technology, 48 faculty offices and a student lounge. It also will have an equine laboratory to study horse anatomy.

The new building is to replace the Starks Building, built in 1925.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1017123.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1017123.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:46 EST
Jamie Eads, director of the fund, said registration of Thoroughbred mares to participate in the fund is down about 10 percent and stallion registrations are down 6 percent, with seven stallions leaving Kentucky for Pennsylvania.

Fewer than 10,000 mares were signed up by the August deadline; to be eligible, mares must remain in Kentucky until they foal.

"We feel like the mares are the economic drivers in this state," Eads told lawmakers on Tuesday. And while seven stallions doesn't sound like much, she said, it is expected to cost Kentucky about $200,000 in revenue.

The equine incentives are funded by the 6 percent sales tax on stud fees, with 80 percent going to Thoroughbreds, 13 percent to Standardbreds for their annual Sire Stakes, and 7 percent divided among a variety of other breeds such as quarter horses, walking horses and saddlebreds.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1016983.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1016983.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:33 EST
State health officials announced Thursday that much of the seasonal influenza vaccine manufactured for this year has been distributed.

"In many cases, seasonal flu vaccine was given as soon as the vaccine arrived, in the months of September and October," said Dr. William Hacker, the state's Public Health Commissioner.

"We currently have a very limited supply left at the health department and will likely be completely out by the end of the week," said Kevin Hall, spokesman for the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department.

Some 6,624 shots have been given out in Fayette County so far. A small number of additional doses is coming, he said, but's unclear when. Hall said seasonal flu shots are usually available through his department until March.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1016971.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1016971.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:19 EST
The troubled theater's next show will be a site-specific staging of David Sedaris' The SantaLand Diaries at the former Portabella restaurant, 115 North Locust Hill Drive. It will run Dec. 10 to 20.

The show comes in the wake of a stormy summer and uncertain fall for the theater, whose funding from LexArts was eliminated and whose top two directors resigned. LexArts cut the funding, about $70,000 in recent years, saying it had concerns about the fiscal management and overall viability of the theater, Lexington's only semi-professional stage troupe for adults.

The SantaLand Diaries is Actors Guild's first production since Beguiled Again, a Rodgers and Hart musical revue that had a two-weekend run at the Downtown Arts Center in early fall. The season schedule that Actors Guild announced last spring was to include David Hare's The Vertical Hour and, for the holidays, a one-man version of It's a Wonderful Life .

Associate artistic director Eric Seale, the theater's only paid staff member, said SantaLand is a signal that AGL will continue presenting shows.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1016866.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1016866.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:25 EST
The driver and students were not seriously injured, according to a news release from the London Police Department.

The driver of the Mercury Mountaineer that hit the bus, Jeffrey G. House, 48, of London, had more serious injuries and was taken by helicopter to the University of Kentucky Hospital. He was in fair condition Thursday night.

House was driving on a suspended license and will face criminal charges, police said.

Police did not provide information on whether House has had prior criminal charges.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1016730.html http://www.kentucky.com/latest_news/story/1016730.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:30 EST
Laura Kirkpatrick, 19, of Stanford became one of two finalists on The CW's hit reality competition in the episode that aired Wednesday night. During the show, Kirkpatrick won a modeling challenge with an enthusiastic hip-hop dance and cried when her name was called to compete in the finals next week.

Top Model , created by model/talk show host Tyra Banks, will pick a winner next Wednesday. Kirkpatrick will compete against Nicole Fox, 18, of Louisville, Colo.

The grand prize is a $100,000 Cover Girl contract, a modeling contract with Wilhelmina Models and a cover photo and six-page spread in Seventeen magazine. Previous winners have had varying degrees of success, but most are working as professional high-fashion models.

Kentucky women have done well on Top Model as of late. Celia Ammerman, originally from Cynthiana, placed in the final four last season. ]]>