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Patton's former mistress resigns from lottery board Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Tina Conner, who was former Gov. Paul Patton's mistress and whom he appointed to the Kentucky Lottery Corp. board, has resigned from that post. Conner did not give a reason for her departure in a Jan. 23 letter to board president but said she "enjoyed my time on the lottery board and was very appreciative of the opportunity to serve on this board." Her term would have expired Nov. 28. Conner did not return calls seeking comment. Patton appointed Conner to the lottery board on Dec. 28, 2000,...

FRANKFORT - The Executive Branch Ethics Commission will meet Friday to review allegations that Gov. Paul Patton misused his office to reward and then punish a Western Kentucky business-woman with whom he has admitted having an affair. Jill LeMaster, the commission's executive director, said the five-member panel would have to vote whether to investigate Patton, who remained secluded in his Capitol office yesterday. An investigation probably would take at least a month, she said. Last night Steve Pence, U.S. district attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, said he could not "confirm or deny" whether a federal investigation into the...

From the WHAS Newsroom.... (Frankfort, KY) -- The Executive Branch Ethics Commission will meet Friday morning to consider the accusations against Governor Patton. Meanwhile, a hint today that Tina Conner may have indeed benefited from a special business designation some state workers say they were pressured to grant her. The "Paducah Sun" newspaper reports S-T Construction, owned by Conner and her husband, did some work on the Barkley Regional Airport. It wasn't a state contract, but did hinge on the special designation.

<p>Tina Conner has claimed that Gov. Paul Patton made harassing calls to her after she ended their relationship.</p> <p>FRANKFORT, Ky. -- From the beginning of 1997 through last month, 440 phone calls were made from the office of Gov. Paul Patton to five telephone numbers of the woman who has sued Patton alleging sexual harassment, state telephone records show.</p>