Beech Tree News Network

AROUND KENTUCKY …With the recent time change and deer on the move, AAA East Central cautions drivers to be especially vigilant on the roads in animal-prone areas. November and December are the most common months of the year for motor vehicle collisions with animals due to deer mating season. Inconvenience, cost, and possible injury can add up to major headaches for motorists. * * * Officials who attended a recent Owensboro forum focused on the criminal justice system said they learned more needs to be done to help people in prison and with felony convictions succeed when they attempt to reenter society. Officials said more job and skills training is needed and that barriers to re-entering society should be removed. --Messenger-Inquirer . * * * A year after a mom’s complaint about threats led police to purported evidence a Lawrenceburg man was allegedly going to attack multiple Kentucky schools, he has notified the court that he plans to plead guilty. Dylan Jarrell has requested a re-arraignment to enter the guilty plea, according to court records. The change comes about two weeks before his case was scheduled to go in front of a jury. --Lexington Herald-Leader