A tuition hike for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, Kentucky State University, and Western Kentucky University has been approved. Students at Kentucky State and Western will see tuition rise five percent while students at Kentucky Tech will pay an additional four percent.

 

Franklin Police say Stacie Leigh Duke posted a $10,000 cash bond yesterday; she is accused of taking more than $22,000 dollars when she worked as a bookkeeper in the Simpson Circuit Court Clerk's office.

 

A Barren County man is dead after being thrown off his motorcycle. 48 year old Trandall Borders lost control of his bike, was thrown and received critical injuries. He was air lifted from the scene and pronounced dead at a local hospital. Borders was not wearing a helmet.

 

A father entered a plea of not guilty yesterday after he was accused of beating his son over a game of hopscotch.  46-year-old Christopher Robison is accused of severely bruising his five-year-old son after hitting him with a belt. Robison told authorities he took the disciplinary action after his son kept "lipping off" -his preliminary hearing is set for August 2nd.

 

Sad news to report; 15 yr old Robert Cunningham of Butler County lost his fight with cancer last night. Robert was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2007 at was treated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. His sister, Emily, donated the bone marrow that eventually put him into remission.

Robert relapsed last year, returned to St. Jude and was preparing for a second bone marrow transplant when doctors discovered his heart was too weak to withstand the chemo.

Robert fought his battle until the end; Our condolences go out to his brave family.

 

Because enough fans enjoyed the HullabaLOU Music Festival at Churchill Downs, the event will probably come back.  Churchill Downs Entertainment reports over 78-thousand people attended the inaugural event and fans said they had a great experience. The three-day music festival featured over 65 artists and wrapped up Sunday. 

 

SPORTS: Matt Garza fired the first no-hitter in Rays history as Tampa Bay topped Detroit 5-0 at Tropicana Field.

---The Brewers beat The Reds 3-2-

---The Hot Rods fell to the Cedar Rapids Kernels 6-0 last night; The Hot Rods now hit the road after an off-day today and then open a three-game series in Dayton, OH, with the Dragons.

 

Former Wildcat basketball star Ed Davender will not be sentenced until late next month on charges involved in a ticket scam.  Davender had pleaded guilty to 19 charges out of Fayette County.  The former UK player had been taking money for basketball tickets he didn't deliver and didn't have possession of.  He is also facing more charges involved with a similar ticket scam for the 2010 Final Four.

 

Six Flags and the Kentucky State Fair board have reached a deal in which the amusement park company would surrender its stake in Kentucky Kingdom. The deal requires the fair board to forgive almost three million dollars in lease-related payments owed by Six Flags and for the state to accept Six Flags release of its property rights in lieu of two point $5 million in back taxes. A Louisville businessman has plans to run the amusement park and hopes to have it open by next summer.

 

With new schools opening soon and new students coming aboard, officials are re-routing transportation plans. In Warren County, transportation officials have re-routed bus stops, particularly in the Warren Central, Greenwood and South Warren areas. Warren County schools operate 185 buses and transport about 8,000 students. Warren County buses travel an average of 13,350 miles a day. For Bowling Green Independent Schools, some routes will switch, but some of those changes still must be worked out. Parents are encouraged to attend the schools’ open houses, where some bus drivers will be on hand with re-routing information. They also can contact the transportation office or their child’s school to get an estimated bus stop time. The city has 38 buses and runs about 30 routes.

 

SPORTS: Felipe Lopez hit a solo homer in the top of the 11th inning to lift the Cardinals to a 4-3 win over the Cubs last night at Wrigley.  St. Louis moves a half-game ahead of the Reds atop the NL Central.

---The Astros shut out the Reds, 4-0 yesterday; Cincinnati kicks off a three-game series at Miller Park tonight against the Brewers.   

National League
Florida Marlins 5, Atlanta Braves 4 (11 innings)

---Ryan Wiegand picked up his 16th double along with an RBI on Sunday afternoon, but the Hot Rods couldn't string together enough hits in a 7-2 loss to the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Bowling Green Ballpark. The loss evens the series at one game each heading into the finale tonight first pitch is 7:05 PM.

---Andre Dawson was enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday; Former manager Whitey Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey were also enshrined.
---Jamie McMurray took the checkered flag at the Brickyard 400 at Indy yesterday. He took the lead from Kevin Harvick after the final restart with 11 laps left and became the third driver to win the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same season.  Greg Biffle finished in third place.

---At the World Games basketball tournament for the Special Olympics, Kentucky's team took home gold medals. The Bowling Green-based basketball team representing team Kentucky held off Minnesota 19 to 16 to win the gold medal at the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games in Nebraska. The team adds a national games gold medal to the gold it won at the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in China.