Russell News

Jack Layne was awakened from a sound slumber by the persistent pounding on his apartment door Wednesday afternoon.

Law-enforcement agencies in Greenup County will be able to move several steps closer toward their goal of having all their vehicles equipped with mobile-data computers.

Adair, Russell and Boyle County make it to State band finals With Shamarie Claiborne update from on the road Jo Ann Curry has just written at 3:21pmCT, that Adair County, Russell County, and Boyle County have all made it to the State Finals of the KMEA Kentucky State Marching Band Championships in Louisvllle.

CASA expresses thanks to all the students, parents, faculty and staff of Ashland, Boyd County, Russell and Fairview schools for their participation in our annual Pennies from Heaven Campaign.

Tough times impact Russell tech center It was my pleasure to participate in the KY Tech-Russell Area Technology Center's annual fall steering committee meeting led by Principal Keith Parsons.

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From the line into the front door back to the buffet line, one comment could be heard anywhere within The Chimney Corner Cafe during Ashland's first Oktoberfest celebration Saturday - "This is great!" "This area didn't have an Oktoberfest or anything like that.

Dr. Glennard French of Russell is an Army veteran who served in Korea in 1951 and '52. He was awarded a Purple Heart after "getting in front of a machine gun." French has always been patriotic and remains so to this day.

It is nearly impossible for anyone to disguise their curiosities and interests when surrounded by items that helped define life in the past.

It was an assignment Tom Sawyer would have loved. RUSSELL--It involved bringing forbidden materials into the classroom and using them to re-tell his own story.

Diane DiLego, owner of the Paperback Exchange in Ashland, has an unusual gift. "For some reason I can remember what people have read.

Dr. Mike Porter, the executive director of the Kentucky Dental Association, said, "It's a start." Al Smith, former newspaper publisher, host of Comment on Kentucky and chairman of the Appalachian Research Commission under President Jimmy Carter, called it "a promise kept." It is a nearly $2 million state initiative, paid for by grants from the ARC ...

Several area high school bands will compete in the 2009 Blue and Gold Championship of Marching Bands on Oct.

A funeral director and former Greenup County coroner has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Flatwoods City Council.

A Grayson man charged, along with his father, in a federal case involving illegal weapon sales is expected to plead guilty on Friday.

The Bellefonte County Club is asking voters in one Greenup County precinct to approve the legal sale of alcoholic beverages at the establishment.

CORRECTION: A CNHI News Service story published Friday, Sept. 25, incorrectly listed the relationship of Linda Donovan, who died Wednesday, to Diana Ross, the mother of Amanda Ross who was murdered two weeks ago.

The community worship service at the start of Sunday's Poage Landing Days Festival will serve far more than those in the crowd.

Sorghum devotees flocked to Durbin by the dozen Saturday, eager to wrap their taste buds around the award-winning syrup made by the Ross family.