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Mike Haydon’s name is known by nearly everyone who calls Springfield home, but the town’s former mayor, who also served as Gov. Steve Beshear’s chief of staff, will now forever be connected to his hometown.

The bypass from US-150 at St. Catharine College to KY-555 that was completed in 2011 was named Mike Haydon Memorial Highway on Saturday, Haydon’s birthday.

Many members of local and state government were in attendance, including Beshear, who said the occasion was bittersweet.

Kristen Corey, a senior at Washington County High School, had planned to join the __ other students at the class of 2013 graduation ceremony this past Friday night. Unfortunately, a car accident in Marion County on Tuesday derailed those plans.

Corey, who was not in attendance on Friday while recovering from injuries suffered in the accident, was flown to the University of Louisville hospital by Air Evac on Tuesday with undisclosed injuries.

Dr. David Whitlock, pastor at Lebanon Baptist Church, watched national news coverage closely last Monday, as events unfolded from the tornado that ripped through the town of Moore, Okla., and surrounding areas, killing more than 50 people. The coverage included the well-publicized disaster at Plaza Towers Elementary School.

Actually, we all watched. Whitlock felt it.

Washington County resident Vicki Lawson is a fighter.

She’s been fighting for more than a decade, and just when the battle looked like it was turning in her favor, she had to start fighting all over again. So that’s just what she’ll do.

Lawson was diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer, 13 years ago, and has now been battling stage 2 throat cancer for about five years.

She had turned the corner to recovery, and had the condition at bay, at least until last fall.