Henderson News

Patriot Coal Co. won a recommendation from the Henderson City-County Planning Commission that it be permitted to construct a 100-foot-long fan on Upper Delaware Road to help ventilate its underground Freedom Mine.

Hundreds of Henderson County students and their families got a headstart on the upscoming school year.

Police are looking for Devin Damond Suggs, 34, in conncetion with a murder that happened in Henderson on June 26 .

City, county, state and federal government offices - except for emergency services - will be closed Friday for the July 4 holiday.

The Henderson City-County Planning Commission when it meets Tuesday will consider rezoning land near the corner of Chaney Road and Kentucky 351 so it can be strip mined.

In 1989 the body of Marvin Rowe, a local businessman in Ohio County, was discovered in rural Butler County off of Hwy 231 north of Morgantown.

Henderson's population is growing, although at a rate less than half the state average, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Police say a drunk man tried stealing several items from Methodist Hospital in Henderson.

FRANKFORT The Kentucky General Assembly passed an economic incentives package Wednesday, June 24, that not only offers enticements to attract new events and business and provide assistance to struggling Kentucky families and businesses, but also establishes an avenue for funding mega transportation projects.

There is already one casualty of Monday's Senate committee vote that killed the video gaming bill.

Police are investigating a break-in overnight at a service station in Henderson.

Three groups are planning events next year to mark the bicentennial of John James Audubon's arrival in Henderson County.

Work will begin this week in earnest on installing a three-foot-thick water line down Main Street between Washington and Sixth streets.

The superintendent of the Henderson County school district will not be taking his one-percent raise that was mandated for all certified and classified employees throughout the state.

The Kentucky House of Representatives, which convened Monday for a special legislative session, passed two key bills Wednesday.

On June 13, 2009 Kentucky State Police responded to the 1st Christian Church in Sturgis, KY reference a child lodged in an elevator.

Opponents of a plan to legalize video slot machines at Kentucky's horse racing tracks packed the Capitol on Tuesday, urging lawmakers to reject the plan in anticipation of a possible vote later this week.

Nine-year-old Douglas Powers is an avid Webkinz collector with more than 100. Recently he was spending the night with his grandparents, Glen and Judy Stone, and while his Aunt Kim Mays was over visiting he decided to have a Webkinz Dog Show.

Nearly 70 businesses, including UPS, Ford Motor and General Electric, announced support yesterday for legislation that would help pay for the Ohio River Bridges Project.

It was a straightforward statement, really. Avery Pitt mentioned that now that his mother, Brenda, is home most of the time, his clothes get cleaned more.