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Boone officer shoots, kills Nicholas County woman on her farm By Steve Lannen - slannen@herald-leader.com A dispute over a horse could be the reason behind a deadly shooting in Nicholas County involving a sheriff's deputy. Scotty Hill, a five-year veteran with the Boone sheriff's department, shot Brenda May Pollitt on her property in rural Nicholas County after she threatened him with a pistol, according to Kentucky State Police. Pollitt, 55, was pronounced dead at the scene at 2630 Headquarters Road, according to a state police press release. The shooting occurred a little before 11:45 p.m. Monday. It appears that Hill,...

GUN TRAINER FACES PRISON Teenage thugs made Nolan's life a misery Lorna Hughes Exclusive A TOP racehorse trainer is facing jail after being accused of firing a shotgun at teenagers who caused £90,000 of damage to his cottages. Former jockey Donal Nolan was charged with twice firing the gun at a group of 14-year-olds after being driven to despair by malicious hooligans. The schoolboys had repeatedly vandalised and set alight the isolated cottages that the Lanarkshire-based trainer had spent thousands renovating. Last week, Nolan, 45, was cleared by a court of taking the law into his own hands and discharging...