The Woodford Sun, a local Kentucky newspaper in "in continuous publication since 1869" didn't think Shaun King's 1995 beating was newsworthy enough to merit a follow-up. According to The Woodford County Historical Society, which maintains back-issues of the Sun, the incident merited just one mention in the "News of Record" section of the Sun's March 8, 1995 issue which stated, "according to a March 1 report filed, a Woodford County High School student said was he was assaulted by another student while at school."