Springfield News

Local Republican officials on Tuesday selected state Rep. Jimmy Higdon as the GOP candidate in the Dec.

Gov. Steve Beshear said Monday he appointed Republican Sen. Dan Kelly of Springfield Circuit Judge in the 11th Circuit "based on his qualifications." But he didn't deny he wants to see the balance in the Republican controlled Senate change at least enough to pass legislation to allow video lottery terminals at horse tracks.

Country music filled the air as visitors tasted wine or ate chili and the guest of honor huddled under a blanket to keep warm.

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- It's more than just a road through central Kentucky. The Lincoln Heritage Highway has been designated a National Scenic Byway.

An ambulance run, taking a south-central Kentucky woman to a hospital, ended with the patient and two ambulance crew members being treated there.

Senate President David Williams is demanding that a Lebanon lawyer retract statements he made last week in a letter to newspaper editors raising the specter that Williams has accepted financial benefits from Indiana casino interests in return for his opposition to expanded gambling in Kentucky.

Growing up in Springfield, Ill., Bob Cruickshank got sick of Abraham Lincoln. "Every time some family came to visit, we were off to his tomb and his home and to New Salem, where he first opened a store," Cruickshank of South Point said.

The Kentucky State Police Post 15 is investigating a collision that occurred 9/26/09 at 2:28 a.m., two miles south of Springfield on Johnson Road.

The investigation into the alleged UK ticket scam by former Wildcat Derrick Miller continues to grow, as another alleged victim has now come forward in Washington County.

Kentucky State Police in Columbia are investigating an accident that killed a 21-year old Springfield man.

A collision occurred at 9:28 p.m. on Ky 152, 2 miles East of Loretto. Jo Lunsford, age 30, of Willisburg, was belted, was operating a 2000 Jeep.

Dan Griffin said he quit smoking a decade ago, but came to the pipe-smoking contest at the Gaslight Festival to compete anyway.

Akebono Brake Industry Co., an affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp., may pay cash for Robert Bosch GmbHa s North American brake business, Akebono President Hisataka Nobumoto said.

The search for a new superintendent for the Russellville Independent School District has been narrowed down to three finalists.

Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY Springfield, KY - The Kentucky State Police are investigating a collision that occurred today, Monday, August 3, 2009 at 10:30amET/9:30amCT, 4 miles south of Springfield on KY 0055 that claimed the life of 27-year-old Matthew J. Zygmunt of Lebanon, KY.

Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY Springfield, KY - The Kentucky State Police are investigating a collision that occurred today, Monday, August 3, 2009 at 10:30amET/9:30amCT, 4 miles south of Springfield on KY 0055 that claimed the life of 27-year-old Matthew J. Zygmunt of Lebanon, KY.

Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY Springfield, KY - The Kentucky State Police are investigating a collision that occurred today, Monday, August 3, 2009 at 10:30amET/9:30amCT, 4 miles south of Springfield on KY 0055 that claimed the life of 27-year-old Matthew J. Zygmunt of Lebanon, KY.

Washington Co, KY HS Band tunes up for new season at LWC By Duane Bonifer, LWC Director of Public Relations COLUMBIA, KY - The Washington County High School band, Springfield, KY, prepared for the upcoming 2009 season by holding a camp Sunday through Friday on Lindsey Wilson College's A.P. White Campus.

In just five weeks, 16 Fuller Center volunteers will bike 1,300 miles across the United States, from Benton Harbor, Mich., to Tallahassee, Fla., hoping to change eight communities for the better along the way.

The Eastern Kentucky University International Graphic Arts Education Association, together with Kentucky Chautauqua, on Monday will present Abraham Lincoln: "I, too, am a Kentuckian" Chautauqua at 8:15 a.m. at the EKU O'Donnell Auditorium Student Service Building in Richmond.