FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Historical Society is looking for items related to the state's women in the military for an upcoming exhibition called “Breaking Down Barriers: Kentucky Women in the Military.”

        The exhibition will be in the Kentucky Military History Museum and will highlight contributions made by the women of Kentucky in conflicts ranging from the Revolutionary War to the present.

        Specifically, the society is asking for gifts or loans of items such as uniforms, equipment, photographs and personal stories.

        Anyone interested in giving or lending items should contact museum curator Bill Bright by the end of the month at (502) 564-1792, ext. 4498, or at bill.bright@mail.state.ky.us.

Diabetics urged to get eye exams

        FRANKFORT — State health groups are urging Kentuckians with diabetes to undergo annual eye exams to detect eye disease in its early stages and to help prevent vision loss.

        The Health Plan Partnership of the Kentucky Diabetes Network and other groups are urging diabetics, who are 25 times more likely to lose vision, to be checked during this National Eye Care Month.

        Diabetes-related eye disease often has no early symptoms, so by the time changes in vision are noticed it may be too late.

        For more information, call the National Eye Institute at 1-800-869-2020 or visit www.nei.nih.gov.

KJHS to observe 40th anniversary         FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Junior Historical Society is searching for alumni of KJHS and its predecessor, the Kentucky Young Historians Association, to help celebrate its 40th anniversary.

        A reception will feature and honor alumni at the annual convention at 7 p.m. March 22 at the Farnham-Dudgeon Civic Center in Frankfort.

        KJHS has been a student outreach program of the Kentucky Historical Society since 1961. More than 50,000 students in every county have been members.

        To send information, call KHS student services program manager Rebecca Hanly at (502)564-1792 or E-mail her at rebecca.hanly@mail.state.ky.us.

Man's family threatens lawsuit

        LOUISVILLE — After learning that a Louisville detective who fatally shot a man last January won't be disciplined, a civil-rights activist called for a federal investigation and the man's family said it intends to sue.

        Patricia Lewis, mother of 18-year-old Clifford Lewis, said she was hurt and disappointed after learning Detective Johann Steimle would not be disciplined for her son's death Jan. 9, 2001.

        “I didn't feel like it was fair,” she said during a news conference at the Justice Resource Center Saturday.

        On Friday, the police department's internal investigation concluded Detective Steimle was justified in using lethal force against Clifford Lewis.

        Detective Steimle fired 13 shots, beginning when Mr. Lewis backed a van into another officer and continuing when Mr. Lewis reached into his waistband after he was ordered to show his hands.

        Mr. Lewis' family expects to file a lawsuit that would demand changes in police policy and monetary damages, Patricia Lewis said.

Man shot dead while driving car

        NICHOLASVILLE — An 18-year-old man was shot and killed while driving his vehicle Saturday night in Jessamine County, state police said.

        Police responded to a shooting complaint at 8 p.m. on Ky. 1980, six miles north of Nicholasville. The victim had apparently been shot while in his moving vehicle, police said. The vehicle left the roadway and struck a utility pole.

        Ryan Harris of Lexington was transported to University of Kentucky Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:05 p.m., police said.

Horse trainer Crabtree dead at 86

        SIMPSONVILLE — Helen E. Crabtree, renowned riding instructor, horse trainer, author, and the grande dame of the American saddlebred, died Friday. She was 86.

        Ms. Crabtree and her husband, Charles, operated Crabtree Farms, where they developed about 75 world champions. She also developed 22 winners of the National Equitation Championships.

        Ms. Crabtree was perhaps the first woman to train and show American saddlebreds professionally. She became so well known in the horse-riding world that she was invited to lead a group of riders in the inaugural parade for President Reagan in 1981.

        Ms. Crabtree also developed the Crabtree saddle, and wrote three books and numerous articles about riding.

Man arrested after body found in Ky.

        TULSA, Okla. — A Pawnee County sheriff's deputy on Saturday arrested a man suspected of killing an Oklahoman, ending a three-state manhunt.

        J.B. Cole was taken into custody after Tulsa police received a tip that he had been spotted nearby.

        Mr. Cole, who escaped June 4 from a Tennessee prison worksite, is a suspect in the killing of Donald Green Sr., 71, of Tulsa. Mr. Green's body was found Wednesday in a creek near Fishtrap in Owsley County, Ky., by Kentucky State Police.

        Mr. Cole had been driving a vehicle that Kentucky police had reported stolen earlier Saturday, police said.

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