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WBFF Fox 45 ::  Lawrenceburg Resident Charged with Rape
A Lawrenceburg man indicted on six counts Aggravated Statutory Rape.
George Staggs was taken into custody Friday following a Grand Jurt Indictment.
   According to police Staggs is believed to have had an unlawful sexual relationship with a 17 year old girl.
   Staggs is currently in the Lawrenceburg County Jail with a $60,000 bond.
   He is scheduled to appear in front of the Lawrence County Circuit Court in December. Lawrenceburg Resident Charged with Rape

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House passes 2-year moratorium on dam barriers
May 21, 2013 19:12 GMT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- The U.S. House has passed legislation that would put a two-year moratorium on an Army Corps of Engineers plan to erect barriers to prevent people from fishing below dams on the Cumberland River.

U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield heralded final passage of the Freedom to Fish Act on Tuesday. Whitfield was a leading proponent of the measure in the House.

The bill, introduced by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., was co-sponsored by Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Bob Corker of Tennessee.

Whitfield said the bill thwarts, at least temporarily, an effort to "take away some of the best fishing in Kentucky." Passage of the measure, Whitfield said, allows time to work out a permanent solution.

The measure now goes to President Barack Obama for consideration.

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