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By ALEX HORTON | The Washington Post | Published: March 11, 2021 It was early September 1864 when Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan, with a reputation among Southerners as a swashbuckling gentleman, was surrounded by federal soldiers outside a Tennessee mansion. Morgan fled across the lawn. A Union bullet shredded the general's heart, a member of his staff wrote to Morgan's wife, ending his campaign of ambushing and capturing U.S. troops. Nearly 160 years later, Morgan's legacy lives within 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment of the Kentucky National Guard, which traces its lin...

Chipley unpauses CRA grants; votes to sell foreclosed property Carol Kent Wyatt The News CHIPLEY – A popular grant program is once again accepting applications after being on hold since January. Chipley City Council temporarily suspended applications in January for residential and business improvement grants through the Chipley Redevelopment Agency. The suspension was to give CRA board members and City Attorney Michelle Jordan time to make a change in the application agreement language that would help recapture funds should grantees sell or “flip” the property. Council members voted in ...

Lafayette Residents Question Flood Prevention Plan The Lafayette Parish Council is giving the green light to retention ponds that Lafayette Consolidated Government says could alleviate flooding on the Vermilion River. Those proposed retention ponds would be located on Lebesque Road near Scott, on Robley Drive just north of the Vermilion Parish line, and on Homewood Drive in Milton. Last night, the parish council declared the Lebesque Road and Robley Drive retention ponds “public necessities.” The council introduced an ordinance to declare the Homewood Drive pond a necessity. While L-C-G s...

Monroe City Hall to see main floor overhaul Monroe City Hall's main floor could soon see some significant changes. City council reviewed proposed modifications of the main floor of the building during its virtual work session on Monday. Kohler Architecture of Monroe has been contracted for preliminary design work. The changes are designed to streamline the process for residents who come to the building, as well as address potential safety concerns and ensure compliancy with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  The hope is that the work can be completed by the November election. The...

Facebook’s AI doctoral research programme makes inroads into UK Facebook collaborates with University College London to bring artificial intelligence doctoral research programme to the UK, with aim to open-sourcing the findings Share this item with your network: By Published: 24 Feb 2021 17:00 Facebook is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) PhD programme to the UK through a four-year partnership with University College London (UCL). The PhD programme – which adds to those Facebook already has underway in the US, France and Canada – will initially host four students over the ...