Mount Sterling News

CBS Sunday Morning, May 27, 2012. Every American soldier killed in war, is a fallen hero, and deserves both the nation's thanks and a 'Hero's Welcome'. That's what the 'Flagman' Larry Eckhardt believes, and wait until you see what he does about it.

A Prestonsburg native who is living in Mount Sterling and was until recently a Lexington firefighter is being held on a $50,000 full cash bond, after being indicted May 11 on a rape charge.

A Prestonsburg native who is living in Mount Sterling and was until recently a Lexington firefighter is being held on a $50,000 full cash bond, after being indicted May 11 on a rape charge.

U.S. Army Brig. Gen Thomas Seamands, from Ft. Bragg, spoke at the funeral for U.S. Army Pfc.

Once again, on Wednesday, people got the chance to pay their respects to a fallen Montgomery County soldier.

Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Thursday, May 17, 2012, in honor of a Kentucky soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Citizens lined up along a Mount Sterling street Monday afternoon as the procession of a Montgomery County soldier killed in Afghanistan prepared to move through the area.

TV reports the drive in Mount Sterling on Saturday came less than a week after 19-year-old Pfc.

Saturday morning 'Operation Dustin Gross' begins. The Montgomery County soldier was killed in Afghanistan, and in his honor, his hometown is putting together care packages for his fellow soldiers.

TV in Lexington reports 19-year-old Dustin Gross, who graduated from Montgomery County High School in Mount Sterling last year, was killed by a roadside bomb.

Dustin Gross was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division out of Ft. Bragg, and died when a roadside bomb exploded near the truck he was in.