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Man gets 75-year term in child porn case HIS WIFE SENTENCED TO A LITTLE MORE THAN 30 YEARS By Greg Kocher CENTRAL KENTUCKY BUREAU Terry Adkins, the Nicholasville man convicted earlier this year of receiving hundreds of images of child pornography on his home computer, was sentenced by a federal judge yesterday to 75 years in prison. Adkins' wife, Jane, was sentenced to a little more than 30 years in prison for her role in the receipt and possession of child pornography from the couple's Nicholasville apartment. The sentencings brought to a close the federal case that was brought against...

Kerr lost battle on her own turf By Ryan Alessi HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU In her 12-point loss in last week's special congressional election, Republican Alice Forgy Kerr was failed by some of the voters who knew her best. Kerr, a state senator from Lexington, lost to Democrat Ben Chandler by an unexpectedly wide 55 percent to 43 percent margin in Tuesday's election to fill the 6th Congressional district seat. Political analysts have offered a host of theories why Chandler, a former attorney general, won so convincingly, including the high, 35 percent, voter turnout, which by tradition favors Democrats, and his...

Posted on Fri, Aug. 15, 2003 Alleged molestations in public places alarm parents By Mary Meehan HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER Susan Barberie never leaves her two children unattended when they are away from home -- not for a minute. But the case of Nicholasville resident Terry Adkins, who is accused or suspected of sexually abusing children in at least five counties, has her on even higher alert. "It's appalling and it makes you just want to hold your child closer," said Barberie, a board member of the Southeast Lexington MOMS Club. Adkins is charged with child sex-abuse crimes in Scott, Jessamine...