Delbert Wesley, 66, of Dry Ridge, was killed late Friday evening in a traffic accident in Gallatin County.

        Kentucky State Police said they are investigating the accident at 5 p.m. along Ky. 16, five miles north of Napoleon.

        It appears Mr. Wesley had stopped to reload some tobacco that had fallen off his truck when a southbound vehicle driven by Carrie L. Noel, 20, of Verona, sideswiped him and the truck.

        Police said Ms. Noel said she was driving with glare from the setting sun directly in her eyes partially blinding her at the time of the accident. She was uninjured.
       

OKI meets Jan. 18 to plan bike path

               FORT MITCHELL — The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) will hold a public meeting Jan. 18 at the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission offices to present recommendations for the OKI Regional Bicycle Plan.

        The plan is intended to recommend ways to improve conditions for bicycling in the seven-county area

        That area includes Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties in Ohio; Boone, Campbell and Kenton in Kentucky. Other public meetings are scheduled in Ohio.

        OKI officials are seeking public comment on the plan, which will expand the region's road and trail system for bicycling. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at 2332 Royal Drive, Fort Mitchell.
       

Juvenile official's pay called shocking

               LOUISVILLE — The chief executive officer of the Kentucky Youth Academy was paid $245,000 in 1999, a figure that shocks state officials and child advocates.

        The Kentucky Youth Academy is a private, nonprofit agency that gets more than $4.5 million a year from the state to operate centers for juvenile offenders in Pike and Washington counties.

        The salary of its CEO, Rocky Hall, far exceeded those of top executives of similar children's agencies that contract with the state, according to federal tax forms nonprofit agencies must make public. No other executives make more than $100,000 a year.
       

Murder trial moved because of publicity

               BURKESVILLE, Ky. — The trial of two people accused of helping plot the murder of a prosecutor in Burkesville will be moved to Warren County because of pretrial publicity.

        Judge James Weddle said public opinion concerning the case against James and Patricia Vaughn has already been formed in Cumberland County making it difficult to conduct a fair trial. No date has been set for the trial.

        Mr. Vaughn is charged with facilitation to commit murder in the death of Commonwealth's Attorney Fred Capps.

        His brother, Eddie Vaughn, barged into Mr. Capps' home on June 5, 2000 and engaged him in a gunbattle. Both men died from their wounds.

        James Vaughn is accused of driving his brother to Mr. Capps' home and hiding in a field behind the house, where he could observe someone trying to escape through the back door.

        Eddie Vaughn's wife, Patricia, is also charged with complicity to murder in Mr. Capps' death.

        Police say she sat in a getaway vehicle with weapons and a pit bull while her husband was inside Mr. Capps' home.
       

UK to offer breaks on out-of-state tutition

               LEXINGTON — The University of Kentucky will offer tuition discounts to some out-of-state graduate students starting in the fall 2001 semester, officials said on Monday.

        New students who meet certain academic standards, such as earning a bachelor's degree with an undergraduate grade point average of at least 3.25, will be eligible for the Kentucky Graduate Scholarships.

        It will carry a value of $7,220 each academic year.

        All nonresident applications for graduate school will be automatically considered for the scholarship award, said Michael Nietzel, who is dean of the graduate school.

        UK decided to offer the program to attract more high-caliber graduate students at the national and international level, officials said.
       

Georgetown church cuts Baptist link

               GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Faith Baptist Church in Georgetown decided on Sunday to break its ties with the conservative Southern Baptist Convention.

        In a 162-13 vote, the 500-member church took what pastor Greg Earwood called “a symbolic action.”

        Pastor Earwood said the church is trying to hold to what it thinks is the real Baptist tradition.

        The church has been discussing withdrawing the church's affiliation since August, shortly after the Southern Baptist Convention revised its statement of faith to reflect its conservative shift.
       head State education official dies at 88

        FRANKFORT — Educator and former head of the Kentucky Teachers Retirement System Ted L. Crosthwait died Sunday in Frankfort. He was 88.

        Mr. Crosthwait became superintendent of Bardstown public schools in 1956 where he led efforts to integrate those schools. He became executive secretary of the Kentucky Teachers Retirement System in 1970.

        Mr. Crosthwait received the Kentucky Education Association's Lincoln Key Award in 1962 for his service in education.

        He is survived by his wife, Jean; a son, Kent; a daughter, Karen Seiler; and three grandchildren.
       

DAYBOOK

               Government and schools

        Kenton County canceled today'scaucus meeting. The fiscal court will hold its annual retreat from 7 p.m. Jan. 12 to 3 p.m. Jan. 13 at the French Quarter Suites in Maysville. The court will next meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Kenton County Courthouse in Independence.

        Covington: Board of Commission meeting, 7 p.m., city hall, commission chambers, 638 Madison Ave.

        Covington: John G. Carlisle Elementary Site Based Decision Making Council meeting, 6 p.m., 910 Holman St.

        Covington: Northern Kentucky Electric Authority meeting, 8 a.m., 533 Pike St., Suite 102.

        Florence: City Council meeting is cancelled.

        Fort Thomas: Northern Kentucky Animal Control Board meeting, 10:30 a.m., city building, 130 N. Fort Thomas Ave.

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