Berea News

The Berea College Theatre Laboratory continues its 2009-10 season with William Shakespeare's King Lear, 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturdady in McGaw Theatre of the Jelkyl Building.

Members of the Berea United Methodist Church have been busy recently making pumpkin rolls and peanut brittle for their annual holiday bazaar.

Thomas Bowman was arrested Wednesday,Oct. 28th, for an alleged 1st degree rape on a minor. According to the Madison County Detention Center, Bowman has been released Nov. 6, 2009 on a 50k cash bond and a 50k property or cash bond. Bowman is also charged with Sodomy, and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Nov. 12, 2009. Thomas Bowman is being currently being charged with two felonies, 1st degree rape of a minor and Sodomy.Thomas Bowman allegedly told police he did have sex with the girl, but he did not know her age.

The Madison County Health Department will hold a walk-in clinic at the 216 Boggs Lane location on Saturday, November 7th, from 10 AM till 2 PM.

The Berea College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, Stephen Bolster, conductor, will present two performances of the annual fall concert on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. in Gray Auditorium on the Berea College Campus.

When 6-year-old Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer, she began hiding hundreds of little love notes around the house for her parents to find after she was gone.

Construction work on Berea's new 28-acre city park addition should be complete in about 60 days, City Administrator Randy Stone told the city council Tuesday night.

BEREA - A Baugh Street resident tried to help someone out and she was rewarded by losing $2,600 in cash and jewelry.

People who live in a Berea neighborhood say there have been a rash of burglaries over the past month, but this is the first time it became a very dangerous situation.

Police are searching for a suspect after robbing Madison Bank this morning in Richmond.

A homeowner the in Whispering Hills subdivision, on US 25 between Richmond and Berea, told state police he was awakened by a loud noise at about 5 a.m. Saturday.

RICHMOND - Suspects in a South Killarney Lane burglary made off with a lot of property - including the family dog.

Several people have either called or come by the office about their sweet potatoes recently.

Richmond - The Kentucky Public Health laboratory has confirmed that the death of a 59 year old male on October 26 in Richmond was caused by complications from the H1N1 virus.

Police are investigating an Oct. 17 robbery at a cash-advance store where a suspect took an undisclosed amount of money at gunpoint.

Richmond police arrested five people Tuesday on methamphetamine manufacturing charges after investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle on Sizemore Drive.

RICHMOND - Two college students were arrested recently after allegedly losing consciousness then awakening to find themselves in strange surroundings, according to a report by the Eastern Progress.

Local girls and women are dancing for a good cause. On Thursday, the Foley Middle School Dance Team is hosting the Breast Cancer Awareness Showcase from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the school's gymnasium.

Charles Wheelan, author of "Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science," will speak at Berea college Oct.

Durell "Butch" Hamm, an English and communications teacher at Larry A. Ryle High School in Boone County, has been named Kentucky's Teacher of the Year.