Lynch News

In a surprising decision to local officials, several attractions in the Tri-Cities will not be transferred to the Kentucky Department of Parks.

Marriage licenses The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the office of Harlan County Clerk Wanda Clem.

Over $1,000 was raised in just a few hours two Saturdays ago during a golf scramble at the Lynch Country Club for the Quillen family.

Two accidents Saturday in Glasgow injured three motorists. The first occurred at 10:45 a.m. at the intersection of South Lewis Street and East Main Street. via Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow, KY

A man who walked away from work detail in Harlan County is back behind bars. The Harlan Daily Enterprise reports officers were able to re-arrest 35 year old Hershel Dewayne Holland of Coldiron Friday night. via WKYT-TV Lexington

Police in Harlan County are searching for an inmate they say escaped while on work release. via WKYT-TV Lexington

“I feel like I can lead the city forward and that is what I am going to try to do. It would be difficult to ask somebody to just walk in and take over as mayor”

LYNCH, Ky. -- The mayor of a small Eastern Kentucky town dropped plans to resign two weeks after saying he would walk away from the job. via The Courier-Journal

Fidelity Vice Chairman Peter Lynch recently settled a complaint against him filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. via TheTimesTribune.com

“At Cambridge, I hope to conduct research leading to a Ph.D. in chemical engineering with the biochemical engineering research group led by Dr. Howard Chase”

Williamsburg native secures fifth national scholarship Click here to see the March 1, 2008 Neighbors section in its entirety Special to the Times-Tribune Andrew Lynch, a University of Kentucky chemical ... via TheTimesTribune.com

“Bill Turner knows more about black people in the mountains of the American South than anybody in the world.”

Dr. William H. Turner, the National Endowment for the Humanities chair in Appalachian Studies at Berea College, will speak at Somerset Community College for Black History Month on Thursday, Feb. via Commonwealth Journal

“He's a superstar in that area.”

Andrew Lynch got a rude introduction to the University of Kentucky in 2004 when he failed his first exam -- in calculus.

'I went to the professor and said, 'I don't want to drop out,'' Lynch recalled Sunday. 'He said, 'It's not my problem. It's your problem. You failed the test. Why are you coming to me?''

The course was notorious for a high number of failures. So, Lynch, the valedictorian at Whitley County High School only three months earlier, called on his budding sense of 'self-reliance,' boned up for the next exam and scored 115 out of 100. (It was designed so that a student could score as high as 120.) Read more

If there has been one theme in this column through the years it's the inability of Harlan Countians to work together to help Harlan County. via Harlan Daily Enterprise

The development of synthetic base layering and clothing with wicking properties makes going afield in winter and early spring pleasurable compared to the way things used to be in the days of wool and ... via Winchester Sun

“You cannot shoot them because they are an endangered species, but I'm an endangered species too. We are just a little bit concerned that it is a health problem.”

Several Glasgow residents are being bothered by buzzards. In an effort to try and roust them from their tree roosts, city officials have blasted propane cannons in their direction. via Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow, KY

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“Kentucky's reputation is on the line”

Saying Kentucky's word and reputation are on the line with a commitment to provide world class facilities to host the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Gov. via Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow, KY

“I am confident TV Guide is aware of the FCC regulations”

The directors of the Frankfort Plant Board say they will review their contract with TV Guide after receiving complaints that the preview channel includes inappropriate content. via State Journal

Cynthiana couple wreck in Grant A Cynthiana man died after his SUV rolled over a 300-foot embankment in Williamstown on Jan. via Cynthiana Democrat

Ryan Patrick Love, 27, Harrodsburg, Ky., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, at his residence. via Commonwealth Journal