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submitted submittted submitted Amanda Anderson received Superior Third for her Beef Production Entrepreneurship Proficiency. Pulaski County FFA Members Haggan Bishop, Aiden Vanhooser, Amanda Anderson, and Braden Tilley entered their proficiencies into the Lake Cumberland Regional contest. These proficiencies were based on their SAE(supervised agricultural experience) projects. Bishop received Superior First for his Agricultural Communications Proficiency. His SAE is about educating and helping ...

SCAM: Elderly victims were targeted in the scam A MAN has been jailed for two years for his role in scams that tricked elderly and vulnerable victims to hand over more than £200,000. Claudio Megi, 26, previously of Green Farm Hostel, Clos Tan Y Ffarm, Cardiff, has been sentenced to two years for his roles in committing nationwide telephone and courier fraud offences against the elderly and vulnerable, which formed part of Operation Hyperion. Worcester Crown Court heard Megi played a sign...

Pupils at Bewsey Lodge Primary School were inspired by Captain Sir Tom Moore’s 100 challenge and have raised more than £2,600 for school funds. Youngsters from all year groups took inspiration from the late veteran’s 100 lap challenge and completed laps of the school grounds. Some children together with members of staff walked or ran 5km while others really pushed themselves and finished 10km. Headteacher Emma Wright said: “We asked for the event to be sponsored in the hope that ...

REPAIR work to a treasured building steeped in literary history has finally been completed after over a year of its ground floor being held up by scaffolding. The team at Allan Bank house in Grasmere has made the most of time closed during the pandemic to tackle longstanding woodworm damage to structural timbers in the cellar and ground floor of the former residence of William Wordsworth. Thanks to a financial boost from the government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, the £45,00...

The Comedy of Errors will be set by the sea in a karaoke bar. Award-winning director Matthew Parker said: “Think Brighton beach and end of pier style for our production of The Comedy of Errors.   The cast of the OVO production of The Comedy of Errors set for the Roman Theatre Open Air Festival in St Albans. - Credit: OVO "I love this play; it’s really funny and has all the zip and pace of a classic farce but with really funny characters and lots of room for physical comedy.   "I’v...

Pubs and shops reopen across Nottinghamshire Non-essential shops, pubs and gyms are opening The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Pubs, shops and cafes across Nottinghamshire have been busy today as restrictions were eased. All non-essential shops have been allowed to reopen for the first time in months, while pubs and restaurants can also serve guests seated outdoors from Monday, April 12. This has led to large queues for popular pubs such as The Magic Garden in Low Pavement. Magic Gar...

LAWRENCE, Kan. –Kansas volleyball heads to Wichita State Thursday for a midweek match against the Shockers at 6 p.m., before hosting WSU Saturday at 4 p.m. The Jayhawks concluded Big 12 play last weekend, sweeping TCU with two four-set match victories. The Jayhawks (8-10, 7-9 Big 12) finished their Big 12 schedule 7-9 and on a four-match winning streak. KU won six of their final eight Big 12 matches. Jenny Mosser led the KU offense in both matches against the Horned Frogs, recording 16 kills ...

The project is based at RSPB Geltsdale and is pioneering in terms of wildlife and conservation grazing. The new method of virtual fencing for livestock is being trialled in this part of the North Pennines to discover what benefits it has for wildlife conservation and high nature value farming in the uplands. In Cumbria, 19 Highland cross cattle on the RSPB reserve of Geltsdale have successfully trialled the £300-per-collar technology as part of the Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership ...

Police are warning residents after receiving reports of the Courier Fraud scam in Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire. Some jewellery shops are also being taken advantage of as part of the con. Detective Inspector Emma Wright, of West Mercia Police, said: “This type of fraud traditionally targets older, vulnerable people however cases reported in the last 24 hours would suggest the criminals are targeting a broader range of ages. West Mercias Economic Crime Unit is also makin...

Police say criminals pretending to be police officers are attempting to defraud vulnerable residents in the county, in a scam known as ‘courier fraud’. Detective inspector Emma Wright from West Mercia Police, said: “This type of fraud traditionally targets older, vulnerable people however cases reported in the last 24 hours would suggest the criminals are targeting a broader range of ages. “Courier fraud is an especially cruel type of fraud that sees vulnerable people prayed on by...