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Erica Canfield was crowned Miss Ashland Area 2010 at last weekend's pageant at Park Place.

With their attention turning from the carefree days of summer to the pressures of exams and classrooms, students entering college this fall risk adding an inch to their waistlines by sophomore year, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

Where have you gone, American heroine and suffragette Alice Paul? Your valiant spirit might stir and start street marches in Washington, this time on healthcare reform.

Mt. Juliet First Baptist Church has approved Andy Hale as its new senior pastor, concluding a 34-month search in which over 400 resumes were received.

Here are regional performances of George Frideric Handel's famous oratorio: ■ Christ Church Cathedral: Featuring the Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, Cathedral Girls Choir and Lexington Bach Ensemble; soloists soprano Katharine Dain, countertenor Christopher Conley, tenor Andrew Ranson and baritone Woodrow Bynum; conductor Erich Balling.

Photo By Hilly SchifferGeorge McGee, who is impersonating Henry Clay, acts with fourth-grade students Jackson Borders, playing Andrew Jackson, and Isaiah Durham, playing Andrew Jacksona s friend, at The Frankfort Christian Academy Monday morning.

LEXINGTON, Ky. The public is invited to check out a collection of postcards related to Honest Abe as the University of Kentucky Special Collections and Digital Programs presents an exhibit of postcards related to the nation's beloved 16th president from Lincoln historian Carl Howell.

Occupation : Professor of psychology and director of the Certificate in Infant Mental Health, Chatham University Education : Bachelor's degree in psychology, Bucknell University, 1991; doctorate in clinical psychology, University of Kentucky, 1997 Background : Chatham faculty since 2004; Indiana University of Pennsylvania faculty, 2000-04; ...

Higher education stands at a crossroads in this country. The unprecedented economic difficulties currently being faced by all Americans have caused every institution, including Georgetown College, to examine its business model and evaluate its priorities.

Nigel Hoover of Duluth, Ga., Larry Benson Jr. of Memphis, Tenn., and Roderick Jackson of Atlanta, Ga., received scholarships from Troon Golf, TaylorMade Golf and Callaway Golf to attend The PGA Professional Golf Management Accelerated Program at PGA Education Center in Port St.

Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow.

When Amy Norman runs into friends from her high-school days, their first question is: Are you still doing art? When people from the past visit her Facebook page, they ask the same question.

Volunteers at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games could herd crowds, check tickets, escort athletes and do any number of other tasks during the event next year with no specific qualifications.

The history of Halloween is filled with the undead and their incorporeal issues.

Second-ranked Sacred Heart - trying for its third straight state soccer title - will make its fourth consecutive appearance in the final four after a 2-1 victory over visiting Manual on Thursday in the Section Two final.

Asbury's Melanie Dickson was named Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for Oct.

Strange occurrences were the norm at the 19th-century Harrison County home where Macy Wyatt once lived with her family - electric lights mysteriously flashing in different rooms on different nights, the distinct sound of footsteps mounting the stairs when the entire household was accounted for.

Megan Lineberry, a University of Kentucky student, was crowned Miss Lexington on Saturday night at the 50th anniversary pageant.

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane Graduate student Connie Goodwin gathers her thoughts as she prepares to answer the final questions of the oral exam that will determine whether she goes on to her doctoral studies within Harvard's hallowed walls.

This is an image of the installation of "Honoring America's Coal Miners" at Georgetown College.