Greenup News

Greenup County EMS responded to a mobile home fire in the early morning hours Saturday, and transported a woman to Southern Ohio Medical Center.

A heavy fog Saturday morning may have slowed things down, but it did not prevent the Kiwanis Club of East Greenup County and its Key and Builders clubs from their annual delivery of Thanksgiving food baskets.

This year's Winter Wonderland of Lights Christmas Parade had all the staples paradegoers have come to expect but a new addition was met with holiday cheers and a few tears on Tuesday night.

ASHLAND An eldery woman was robbed around 5:30 on Monday night in the 2800 block of Carter Avenue.

For the 16th consecutive year, the Kiwanis Club of East Greenup County will deliver Thanksgiving food baskets to families throughout Greenup County.

Local residents are being encouraged to visit participating business to select a card representing one of nearly 900 children and 621 families who need help with gifts and food for Christmas through The Giving Tree program.

After such a fine article on the death penalty in Kentucky in last Sunday's paper, why was the execution of John Allen Muhammad mentioned in Wednesday's paper without saying how he was put to death? Also, how can they do in seven years what Kentucky can't do in 29? BRIAN HATLER Princeton, Ky.

The American Red Cross chapter based in Greenup County is looking for a new home but has no intention of leaving the county, according to one of its leaders.

Hunger is a significant problem in Greenup County, the director of the Greenup homeless education program says.

Two local county governments have signed resolutions supporting a pro-coal campaign.

Greenup County will pay the county's soil and water conservation service $40,000 to settle a lawsuit.

By KENNETH HART The Independent ASHLAND The following information was taken from Ashland Police Department reports: Theft - A man living in the 2800 block of Hampton Street reported Thursday that an electronic item valued at $50 had been stolen from his car.

The 2009 History, Art and Culture Lecture Series will present a oeJohn A. Roebling and his Suspension Bridge on the Ohio River a oe with Dr.

The Little and Preteen Miss Ashland pageant is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at Touchstone Ministries on Center Street in Catlettsburg.

The following information was taken from Ashland Police Department reports: Burglary -A man living in the 100 block of Carriage Gate Road reported Thursday that someone broke into his home and made off with $30,000 cash.

The Boyd and Greenup/Lewis County Bar Associations honored colleagues at a recognition dinner on Tuesday at the Ashland Plaza Hotel.

The U.S. Census Bureau is in the midst of opening an Ashland office to support 2010 census operations in eastern Kentucky.

A former Greenup City Council member has been charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident and could face additional charges in connection with a wreck Tuesday night near the entrance to Ashland Community and Technical College that injured three.

The 911 centers in Greenup and Boyd counties this week were awarded state Community Mobile Radio Service Board grants to improve their services.

The Kentucky General Assembly may craft legislation to help school districts beset by flu-related absences, and some area districts already appear likely to need it.