ERLANGER — A 16-year-old accidentally shot his younger brother in the lower left leg Friday morning at their family's apartment, Erlanger police said.

        A 13-year-old was taken by ambulance to Children's Hospital Medical Center where he was in fair condition, according to a nursing supervisor. The two were left home alone.

        Police went to an apartment in the 100 block of Eagle Creek Drive after receiving a 911 call shortly after 11 a.m. The mother of the boys arrived after police. Lt. Col. Jeff Kennedy said officers found a .38-caliber handgun, which was left in the apartment unsecured and loaded. A search warrant on file at the Kenton County courthouse indicates that officers confiscated the gun and a spent cartridge. Police described the shooting as accidental.

        Police, who didn't release the names of the two juveniles, were still investigating the shooting later Friday. No charges had been filed.
       

College offering high-tech certification

               The Northern Kentucky Technical College has formed a new partnership with I/Tech Services Inc., a Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center in Frederick, Md. Features of the new partnership include: the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer certification program, a professional credential for aspiring information technology industry professionals, and the A+ Certified Computer Technician Program, a program sponsored by the Computing Technology Industry Association that certifies the competency of service technicians in the computer industry.

        For a complete class schedule and further information, call toll-free (866) 248-6265.
       

A look at careers in anthropology

               HIGHLAND HEIGHTS — Northern Kentucky University presents Anthropology Careers Day, an opportunity to find out what types of careers anthropology majors can harvest. The event will take place 2 to 5 p.m. April 20 in 110 Landrum at NKU's Highland Heights cam pus. It is free and open to the public, featuring speakers, a film, free career handouts and refreshments. For more information, contact the school at (859) 572-5259 or check the Web site at http://www.nku.edu/~anthro/careers.html
       

Magistrate's son accused of pad theft

               BLEDSOE — The son of a Harlan County magistrate was arrested on Thursday, accused of stealing a doctor's prescription pad in order to get the painkiller OxyContin.

        Deryan E. Caldwell, 20, is accused of submitting a false prescription to the Lynch Clinic on Feb. 16 to obtain the narcotic, police said. He is charged with theft of a prescription pad and obtaining a controlled substance.

        Mr. Caldwell is the son of Magistrate Paul Caldwell and a Harlan County employee.

Singer battles stepmother's lawsuit

               FRANKFORT — The father of country singer John Michael Montgomery used to play the guitar and sing, but his career never reached the point that he was a public figure, lawyers for the younger Montgomery argued in court.

        Mr. Montgomery's lawyers had to convince the Kentucky Supreme Court Thursday that a 1997 music video about the singer's father did not violate the property rights of his father's estate, as his stepmother — the executor of the estate — claims in a lawsuit.

        Barbara Montgomery sued her stepson and Atlantic Recording for damages after they released a video to Mr. Montgomery's song, “I Miss You a Little.”

        The song was a tribute to Harold Edward Montgomery, who died in 1994, many years after a modest career as a country singer in central Kentucky honky-tonks. The video depicts the man's tombstone and a photograph of him.

        Under Kentucky law, use of a public figure's name or likeness is forbidden for 50 years after death without the written consent of the estate's executor.

        She appealed to the state high court after an appeals panel and a circuit court judge threw the suit out, ruling the elder Mr. Montgomery was not a public figure.

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