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Louisville mayor announces budget cuts

Dec 1, 2008 7:06 pm

Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson has announced budget cuts, saying street and road repaving will be stopped and some community services will be more limited. The cuts announced Monday are part of an...

Beshear to ask Obama for help with Ky. budget

Dec 1, 2008 5:58 pm

Gov. Steve Beshear will be meeting with President-elect Barack Obama and other governors this week and he says he'll be asking for federal help with the state budget. Beshear says Kentucky could us...

EKU gets $4.65 million to start alternative-fuels research program

Dec 1, 2008 5:58 pm

Eastern Kentucky University is launching a new alternative-fuels research program in tandem with a San Diego energy firm that will look at producing diesel . and potentially jet fuel . from plant ...

EKU to study alternative fuel technology

Dec 1, 2008 5:53 pm

Eastern Kentucky University is planning a research center aimed at developing fuel from non-edible plants. The school in Richmond is joining up with California-based General Atomics to create a new...

Judge rejects sale of Curlin

Dec 1, 2008 5:43 pm

A judge has rejected a proposed sale of the minority interest in reigning Horse of the Year Curlin. Circuit Judge Roger Crittenden made his ruling Monday during a hearing intended to sort out a com...

Some vindication for sick vets, but little relief

Dec 1, 2008 4:51 pm

Ground combat in the 1991 Persian Gulf War lasted just 100 hours, but it's meant 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans. Those who came home and complained of symptoms s...

Business awards

Dec 1, 2008 1:28 pm

Edward D. Hall, director of the University of Kentucky Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center, has been inducted into the National Spinal Cord Injury Association's Hall of Fame. A professo...

Whitley man demands proof of Obama's US birth

Dec 1, 2008 12:51 pm

A Whitley County truck driver has filed a demand that President-elect Barack Obama prove he is a natural-born U.S. citizen - one of the requirements to become president. The Lexington Herald-Leader...

In Garrard, murky history as tourist lure

Dec 1, 2008 12:28 pm

LANCASTER . Add Garrard County to the list of places in Kentucky and the nation seeking to capitalize on its connection to Uncle Tom's Cabin, the 1852 novel that stirred anti-slavery sentiment bef...

Red Sox fans can show their loyalty for eternity

Dec 1, 2008 10:43 am

Lifelong Red Sox fans can now take their love of the team to the next level - eternity. A Massachusetts funeral home recently took delivery of the first Red Sox casket, which features the team logo...

Greg Norman's Southern Cross Developments Selects River Rim Ranch

Greg Norman’s Southern Cross Developments, proprietor of the exclusive “Norman Estates” real estate brand, is pleased to announce that River Rim Ranch in Teton Valley, Idaho will be the location for its newest project, the “Norman Ranch Estates. [Read More]

Local News from The Hamilton Journal News via Yahoo! News

4th Ward site of 14 arsons in seven nights

Dec 1, 2008 3:51 am

Fourth Ward residents say that crime has gotten worse in their neighborhood and a rash of intentionally set fires is just the latest example of it.

Skinned canine turns out to be coyote

Dec 1, 2008 3:20 am

A report of a skinned canine dumped on the side of the road turned out to be a coyote, according to Butler County Sheriff's dispatchers.

Snow to mark December's arrival

Dec 1, 2008 3:20 am

Residents in Butler and Warren counties looking out their window Monday morning, Dec. 1, might see rooftops and grassy areas dusted with snow, but little in the way of real accumulation, according to ...

Officials: Obama set to introduce Clinton Monday

Dec 1, 2008 3:20 am

A deal with Bill Clinton over his post-White House work helped clear the way for Hillary Rodham Clinton to join President-elect Barack Obama's national security team as secretary of state, reshaping a...

Christmas on Friday in Trenton

Dec 1, 2008 3:05 am

Christmas in Trenton takes the 2 out of Dec. 25, with the city's annual holiday celebration slated for 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5.

Lens replacement procedure restores vision

Dec 1, 2008 3:05 am

Walter Wallace had worn glasses since the late 1970s.

The selling of the President-elect: Obama merchandise is hot

Nov 30, 2008 5:21 pm

Move over Tiger Woods, and take that NIKE swoosh with you because there's a new marketing giant in town.

Lieutenants to change assignments

Nov 30, 2008 5:20 pm

The Fairfield Police Department will undergo some slight changes at the beginning of the year.

Day 5 blog: Marching Thunderhawks perform in Wakiki Holiday Parade

Nov 30, 2008 2:20 pm

Editor's note: The Lakota East Marching Thunderhawks band was invited to perform at the Pearl Harbor Memorial in Hawaii on Tuesday and marched in the 10th annual Waikiki Holiday Parade on the island o...

Hamilton's step team: Diversity has a beat

Nov 29, 2008 4:35 am

It's all about the beat ... loving it, feeling it, moving your feet to it, say members of the Hamilton High School Step Team.

Local News for Western Kentucky from bgdailynews.com

Wanted: 60 acres in Butler

Dec 1, 2008 5:56 pm

A local factory is asking the city Tuesday night to sell 60 acres of unused land in Butler County for storage of its industrial waste. The city owns 268 acres on Doolin Lake Road. Part of that is a f...

PHOTO: Hanging of the Greens

Dec 1, 2008 5:56 pm

A crowd gathered to watch the Festival of Lights and the Hanging of the Greens on Sunday night at Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Downtown shopping begins now

Dec 1, 2008 5:56 pm

As local department stores take a breath after the Black Friday shopping frenzy, many downtown shops are just getting started. “In the last three years, I have discovered that it’...

Another tool in place to feed hungry in area

Dec 1, 2008 5:56 pm

In anticipation of an increase in demand for food, Angel Food Ministries has added a Christmas Box of food for the holiday to its regular offerings this month. Restoration Unlimited, the host site fo...

Plans taking shape for 601 State St. site

Dec 1, 2008 5:56 pm

If all goes as planned, 601 State St. will have a renovated interior for a restaurant and small office space for the Downtown Redevelopment Authority. “We have a verbal agreement with the W...

Cards Cooked

Dec 1, 2008 5:56 pm

The Hilltoppers pulled off a 68-54 upset win over third-ranked Louisville at the Sommet Center in Nashville on Sunday. Click here to find complete details and photos from the game in sports.

Local News for Glasgow, KY from Glasgow Daily Times

Season's first snow

Dec 1, 2008 11:45 am

The season?s first snow in the area began after daybreak Monday morning.

Budgets may be tight for schools

Nov 29, 2008 1:48 pm

With the 2009-2010 school year looming, local school districts are looking ahead to next year?s budget and trying to think of ways they can cut and save.

Bike trail draws praise

Nov 29, 2008 1:48 pm

MAMMOTH CAVE ? Mammoth Cave National Park?s new hiking and cycling trail has been named ?Trail of the Week? by Adventure-Crew.com, according to National Park Concessions, Inc.

Light Up Glasgow

Nov 29, 2008 1:09 pm

People gather around the newly-lit Christmas tree on the courthouse grounds Saturday night.

Line out the door

Nov 28, 2008 11:33 am

A long line of early-bird shoppers gather at additional registers in Wal-Mart?s Christmas section Friday morning in Glasgow.

Braving Black Friday

Nov 28, 2008 11:24 am

The Russell sisters came out with 10-month-old Blake Russell to fight the crowd for children?s toys.

Iacconi named new IDEA director

Nov 28, 2008 11:23 am

A Glasgow resident and general manager of J.L. French Corporation for the past eight years has been named the new executive director of the Glasgow-Barren County Industrial Development and Economic Au...

Changes coming to EPB cable lineup, cost

Nov 28, 2008 11:22 am

The Glasgow Electric Plant Board has announced that effective Jan. 1, EPB cable customers will see some changes to the EPB lineup, including the return of some old faces.

IN MINUTES: Metcalfe Fiscal Court

Nov 28, 2008 11:20 am

Magistrates approved minutes of their Nov. 12 regular monthly meeting.

IN MINUTES: Glasgow Electric Plant Board

Nov 28, 2008 10:22 am

Approved the following: minutes of previous meeting.

News from Kentucky.com

Rice says she won't give Clinton too much advice

Dec 1, 2008 7:56 pm

Happily contemplating another woman as the top U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will offer advice, privately, and then get out of the way. "She won't - and you ...

Phone numbers presented in Politkovskaya trial

Dec 1, 2008 7:56 pm

Defense lawyers in the trial of three men charged in the killing of Russian investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya said Monday that prosecutors' evidence is insufficient. Prosecutors called two fr...

Raid on Parliament sets off debate

Dec 1, 2008 7:51 pm

A decision by London's anti-terror police to arrest a lawmaker and raid his offices in an inquiry into the leaking of sensitive documents has triggered a passionate debate about democracy and the hist...

Judge rejects sale of Curlin

Dec 1, 2008 7:51 pm

A judge has rejected a proposed sale of the minority interest in reigning Horse of the Year Curlin. Circuit Judge Roger Crittenden made his ruling Monday during a hearing intended to sort out a compl...

Judge rejects sale of Curlin

Dec 1, 2008 7:41 pm

A judge has rejected a proposed sale of the minority interest in reigning Horse of the Year Curlin. Circuit Judge Roger Crittenden made his ruling Monday during a hearing intended to sort out a compl...

Barbara Bush continues to recover

Dec 1, 2008 7:36 pm

A Houston hospital says former first lady Barbara Bush is in good condition and recovering from ulcer surgery as expected. Bush, 83, was hospitalized a week ago for abdominal pains and underwent surg...

Panel says US has been in recession since Dec. '07

Dec 1, 2008 7:36 pm

The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday. The NBER - a private, nonprofit research organization - said its group of academic ...

Correction: Students-Dishonesty story

Dec 1, 2008 7:16 pm

In a Nov. 30 story about a survey of high school students' honesty, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of an expert affiliated with the National Association of Secondary School Principals. ...

Louisville mayor announces budget cuts

Dec 1, 2008 7:16 pm

Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson has announced budget cuts, saying street and road repaving will be stopped and some community services will be more limited. The cuts announced Monday are part of an e...

Louisville mayor announces budget cuts

Dec 1, 2008 7:16 pm

Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson has announced budget cuts, saying street and road repaving will be stopped and some community services will be more limited. The cuts announced Monday are part of an e...

Regional News for Eastern Kentucky from PikevilleHospital.org

Gas altering summer travel plans

Jun 20, 2008 8:17 pm

PIKEVILLE - Gasoline prices have many area residents altering their summer travel plans.Driving an automobile these days is expensive, and as such, requires close management of gasoline consumption.&q...

Hatfield-McCoy Marathon: TAKE TWO - Engle wins for second straight year

Jun 20, 2008 8:07 pm

The Medical Leader / JOSHUA BALL ON THE RUN: A record 428 runners from 38 states, Canada and Great Britain participated in the ninth-annual Hatfield-McCoy Marathon on June 14. (Bottom) Kasten Br...

Local/Regional headlines for Louisville, Kentucky from Courier-Journal.com

Light Up St. Matthews glitters

Dec 1, 2008 7:20 am

Gray skies and 40-degree temperatures were a fine start for the holiday season during the 18th annual Light Up St. Matthews celebration at Brown Park. ? Motorcyclists, Marines gather Toys for Tots ? G...

Local bankruptcies are up 23 percent

Dec 1, 2008 7:20 am

In the New Albany and Louisville divisions of federal bankruptcy court, there have been a combined 8,661 company and individual bankruptcies so far this year -- an increase of 23 percent from a yea...

Australian composer wins Grawemeyer

Dec 1, 2008 7:02 am

A boldly scored, four-movement violin concerto dubbed "The Lost Art of Letter Writing" has won Australian composer Brett Dean the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Com...

Motorcyclists, Marines gather Toys for Tots

Dec 1, 2008 5:14 am

Cold temperatures and rain hurt the turnout for the 26th annual Toys for Tots motorcycle cavalcade yesterday, but the event still produced several thousand toys for disadvantaged children in the Louis...

Public golf courses get defibrillators

Dec 1, 2008 5:11 am

Marty Storch was a child in the late 1960s playing the Shawnee Golf Course with his father one day when an elderly man died on the course.

Quick games hone chess skills

Dec 1, 2008 4:49 am

While all the usual pieces were there, Evan Buelt and Kevin Heiny, both 16, were not playing a normal game of chess. In a matter of seconds, the North Oldham High School juniors would move a piece an...

Quiet teen inspired to speak out

Dec 1, 2008 4:48 am

Holly Poore has always thought of herself as a quiet person. But two classes she took at duPont Manual High School last year inspired her to try some new things and speak out for a good cause. Now a ...

TARC to study commuter rail service in city

Dec 1, 2008 4:45 am

The Transit Authority of River City plans to spend as much as $150,000 to hire a consultant and study the possibility of establishing commuter rail service between Louisville and points southwest of t...

Politicians' missteps deserve Leftover Turkey award

Dec 1, 2008 4:30 am

This seems like the appropriate time for a big helping of what remains of the political feast on which we have gorged ourselves the past 12 months.

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