TOPIC 1: Father faces charges for allegedly sending his child to Oldham County school
Louisville, Ky. (WHAS11) -- A Louisville father pleads not guilty to theft by deception charges after being accused of sending his son to Oldham County School illegally. Charles Lauron maintains his innocence and says he did nothing wrong.
“The facts as they allege are not clear. We think they are subject to some interpretation and we certainly don’t think he had any intent to deceive,” said Dale Warren, Lauron’s attorney.
Oldham County school officials say that Lauron used a friend’s address in Oldham County to register his son in their schools. Lauron’s son has been attending Oldham County schools since 2003. The address used is Donna Clagget’s. She denies knowing anything about Lauron using her address. She is facing charges as well. Lauron’s son now goes to school in Jefferson County.
“Chris has always gone to school in Oldham County and we think he has a right to continue to do that. (His) mom has always had a residency in Oldham County,” said Warren.
An attorney for Oldham County Schools says there are nine investigations underway of people going to school in Oldham County illegally. So far, some families have already withdrawn their students from the district that were going there illegally. District leaders say Lauron didn’t do that so they had to take legal action. Lauron will be back in court on November 2nd for a pre-trial hearing.
TOPIC 2: Postal service employees rally country wide in support of "Save the Post Office Day"
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Downtown Louisville was packed this evening. The national rallies were held by supporters and employees of the U.S. Postal Service. They hope to save it from drastic cuts and shutdowns. They rallied all across the nation at every congressional district to save local post offices. Dozens came out to Downtown Louisville by the Federal Building at 6th and Chestnut Street. Their message was to tell Congress to make a change.
They want support of a bill called H.R. 1351. Lawmakers want to make massive budget cuts that could lay off 120,000 postal workers, stop Saturday mail delivery and close thousands of post offices. That would mean about 1,000 workers would be unemployed in Louisville.
"If we want them to act like an independent business we need to let them compete and really that's what part of this controversy is all about," Congressman John Yarmuth said.
"This would give that money back that would enable the postal service to be in the plus side instead of minus for a change. To keep six day delivery which is vital. Nobody in this time and economy can afford to live without a job," said Missy Harris with the National Letter Carriers Association.
So far, 215 out of 320 in the House of Representatives support H.R. 1351 and want changes in favor of the U.S. Postal Service right away.
