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Local News from Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo! News

Bird alert: Look for misplaced hummingbird

Nov 22, 2008 7:57 am

Be on the lookout for the maverick hummingbird. Biologists are trying to track hummingbirds that spend this winter in Kentucky. Ruby-throated hummers that come to Kentucky in spring and ra...

 

Study: New Madrid quake would hit Tennessee hardest

Nov 22, 2008 7:57 am

MEMPHIS . A new federal study predicts that Tennessee would see the highest level of damage if a major earthquake were to shake the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the southern and central part of the ...

 

Curris withdraws name from CPE search

Nov 22, 2008 7:56 am

FRANKFORT . Former Murray State University President Constantine W. "Deno" Curris is out of the running for president of the state's Council on Postsecondary Education. John Hall, ch...

 

Park settles over injury

Nov 22, 2008 7:56 am

LOUISVILLE . An amusement park said Friday it has reached a settlement with the family of a Louisville teenager whose feet were severed when a thrill ride malfunctioned last year. Six Flags Ke...

 

Correction

Nov 22, 2008 7:56 am

House Majority Leader Rocky Adkins, D-Sandy Hook, said he was not upset that Gov. Steve Beshear did not seek input from legislators while developing a state energy plan. Adkins was misquoted in an...

 

Ky. budget shortfall worsens

Nov 22, 2008 7:56 am

FRANKFORT . After the state's projected budget shortfall grew by more than half on Friday to $456.1 million, Gov. Steve Beshear warned that the blooming financial crisis may bring tax increases, l...

 

Delta revises strategy; will scale back flights

Nov 22, 2008 7:48 am

ATLANTA . Nine days after announcing new overseas routes for 2009, Delta Air Lines Inc., the world's biggest carrier, said in a regulatory filing Friday it plans to reduce future domestic and inte...

 

Having new team could calm roiled markets

Nov 22, 2008 7:47 am

WASHINGTON . Why aren't the government bailouts working? The presidential transition might be adding to the uncertainty roiling the financial markets. In fact, knowing the names on President-e...

 

Analysts say Chrysler, GM must cut costs drastically

Nov 22, 2008 7:47 am

DETROIT . When Chrysler was near death and awaiting a government bailout in 1979, then-CEO Lee Iacocca ordered drastic spending cuts and required that all expenses of more than $1,000 be approved ...

 

Business role for Old Governor's Mansion

Nov 22, 2008 5:56 am

After the Old Governor's Mansion in Frankfort is redecorated in an interior design contest, Kentucky's Economic Development officials will use it as a guest house to help lure new businesses to th...

 
 

Local News from The Hamilton Journal News via Yahoo! News

5 things to do this weekend

Nov 22, 2008 6:38 am

1 The Holiday Kids Parade in downtown Hamilton kicks off at 9 a.m. today, Nov. 22, at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts on Monument Avenue. It will proceed east on Ludlow Street, south on Front Stre...

 

Sheriff issues a call to action

Nov 22, 2008 6:38 am

Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones, a Republican who cast his vote for GOP candidate John McCain, wrote a letter of congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama along with a call for him to tak...

 

79-year-old bride: 'He's just a keeper'

Nov 22, 2008 6:38 am

Two o'clock can't get here soon enough for Pauline Sorrell.

 

Baby shower connects mothers-to-be, agencies

Nov 22, 2008 5:38 am

Melissa is a 16-year-old junior at Middletown High School.

 

Tree lighting makes it official: Holidays are here

Nov 22, 2008 5:38 am

You can't go wrong with free hot chocolate and cookies, children singing and free carriage rides, even when the temperature is about 10 degrees below freezing.

 

HFSO conductor takes voluntary salary cut

Nov 21, 2008 11:38 pm

Less than a year after becoming the Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra's first full-time conductor and musical director, Paul John Stanbery recommended to the board of directors last week several b...

 

District reaches nearly all goals set in 5-year-plan

Nov 21, 2008 11:23 pm

Midway into its five-year plan, Ross Local Schools officials say they have met all but one of the goals set in May 2006.

 

What do you think about Hamilton police?

Nov 21, 2008 10:53 pm

Residents are invited to share their views as the Hamilton Police Department is assessed for an accreditation program.

 

Submit work for Winter Solstice exhibit

Nov 21, 2008 10:23 pm

The Oxford Community Arts Center has scheduled a Winter Solstice Art Exhibit and invites artists of all ages to submit their work. Although the title for the exhibit is Winter Solstice individual inte...

 

Road to close for sewer work

Nov 21, 2008 10:08 pm

South Second Street between Minster and Owen streets will be closed to all through traffic beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24, and ending at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26.

 
 

Local News for Western Kentucky from bgdailynews.com

Beshear names Ridley to tourism authority

Nov 22, 2008 6:18 am

Gov. Steve Beshear on Friday designated Carolyn M. Ridley chair of the Tourism Development Finance Authority. Ridley of Bowling Green is the vice president of Regulatory Affairs for TW Telecom, Inc. ...

 

Youth program to showcase arts event

Nov 22, 2008 6:18 am

Kaleidoscope, a community youth arts program, will host a showcase event highlighting the music, poetry, dance and visual arts of its participants. “Speak Up!” will be at 7 p.m. M...

 

Mammoth Cave project under way

Nov 22, 2008 6:18 am

Work is under way to restore a portion of Mammoth Cave National Park to its original barren state. A project began this week to clear cedar and pine trees from 64 acres of parkland in Barren County, ...

 

Employee insurance decision postponed

Nov 22, 2008 6:18 am

How much Warren County will contribute toward monthly premiums for the 179 people covered by the county’s employee insurance plan remains undecided. Magistrates voted 5-0 Friday morning &am...

 

Woman?s Club collecting coats for needy kids

Nov 22, 2008 6:18 am

For 14 years, the Bowling Green-Warren County community has donated thousands of coats for children in need. Organizers of the Coats for Kids Drive are hoping to once again collect more than 1,000 co...

 

Beshear visits to talk agriculture

Nov 22, 2008 6:18 am

Gov. Steve Beshear and the Kentucky Agriculture Development Board renewed its support Friday of the “Kentucky Proud” marketing effort. The board, while meeting in Bowling Green, a...

 

State ends life of child murderer

Nov 22, 2008 6:18 am

EDDYVILLE — A Kentucky inmate who resisted all appeals to stop his execution was put to death Friday for murdering two young children. In the state’s first execution in nine years...

 

Prayers for the departed

Nov 22, 2008 6:18 am

Two groups of citizens gathered Friday night, banding together against the state’s use of capital punishment. Marco Allen Chapman died at 7:34 p.m. Friday at the Kentucky State Penitentiary...

 
 

Local News for Glasgow, KY from Glasgow Daily Times

Thrift stores help charities

Nov 21, 2008 11:14 am

Money generated from the sale of items at two area thrift stores help support charities.

 

?Green roots? group forges on with plan

Nov 21, 2008 11:11 am

Could the people of Glasgow and Barren County feed themselves if local supermarket chains made the financial decision to pull out of the community and close their stores?

 

Students show what they know

Nov 21, 2008 11:09 am

Community and school district leaders met Thursday at Park City Elementary School to lunch and learn about the good things the school is doing.

 

District finishes SMART Board installs

Nov 21, 2008 11:07 am

Jack Shive didn?t think he would be able to use a SMART Board in his art classes when school administrators first talked about installing one in his classroom.

 

Beshear releases energy plan

Nov 21, 2008 11:05 am

Gov. Steve Beshear wants to replace much of Kentucky?s current energy production with conservation, renewable energy sources, coal-to-liquids and even begin discussing the use of nuclear power.

 

LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

Nov 21, 2008 11:03 am

Man arrested on drug chargesPursuit ends in man?s arrestFirefighters respond to car blaze

 

The Sneed Family plans to keep on singing for the Lord

Nov 21, 2008 10:44 am

The Sneed Family has been singing and traveling for the Lord since 1982 and have no plans to stop.

 

Jails vex county judge-executives

Nov 20, 2008 12:29 pm

Davie Greer doesn?t look like someone who should know much about jails.

 

Christmas open house set

Nov 20, 2008 12:28 pm

Nearly every downtown business in Cave City will be hosting a Christmas open house this weekend in an effort to kick off the holiday shopping season.

 

Beshear asks for help on crisis

Nov 20, 2008 12:24 pm

Gov. Steve Beshear painted a ?dire? state budget picture Wednesday to local county officials meeting in Lexington, but promised to find ways through efficient government to continue delivering service...

 
 

News from Kentucky.com

Carter, Annan, others refused entry to Zimbabwe

Nov 22, 2008 7:57 am

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he and others have been refused entry to Zimbabwe for a humanitarian mission. Carter says he and other members of The Elders group were informed Friday night b...

 

Having new team could calm roiled markets

Nov 22, 2008 7:42 am

WASHINGTON . Why aren't the government bailouts working? The presidential transition might be adding to the uncertainty roiling the financial markets. In fact, knowing the names on President-elect...

 

Nebraska safe-haven law limited to infants

Nov 22, 2008 7:42 am

LINCOLN, Neb. . Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law Friday a bill adding a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law that had allowed 35 children . including teenagers as old as 17 . to be abandoned at st...

 

3 meatpacker managers face immigration charges

Nov 22, 2008 7:42 am

DES MOINES, Iowa . A federal grand jury has issued a 12-count indictment alleging that managers were intricately involved in efforts to employ illegal workers at a kosher slaughterhouse that was the...

 

Regulators fired, disciplined for taking gifts from oil firms

Nov 22, 2008 7:42 am

WASHINGTON . Two employees of the Interior Department have been fired and eight others disciplined in a scandal over the acceptance of meals, junkets, gifts and, in some cases, illicit sex and drugs...

 

The spy who swarmed me: Bug-size robots in the future

Nov 22, 2008 7:42 am

DAYTON, Ohio . If only we could be a fly on the wall when our enemies are plotting to attack us. Better yet, what if that fly could record voices, transmit video and even fire tiny weapons? Such a...

 

Space water-recycling system goes awry

Nov 22, 2008 7:42 am

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. . NASA's revolutionary new space water-recycling system is having serious hiccups. The $154 million device for turning astronauts' urine and sweat into drinking water aboard...

 

Bird alert: Look for misplaced hummingbird

Nov 22, 2008 7:41 am

Be on the lookout for the maverick hummingbird. Biologists are trying to track hummingbirds that spend this winter in Kentucky. Ruby-throated hummers that come to Kentucky in spring and raise t...

 

Ky. budget shortfall worsens

Nov 22, 2008 7:41 am

FRANKFORT . After the state's projected budget shortfall grew by more than half on Friday to $456.1 million, Gov. Steve Beshear warned that the blooming financial crisis may bring tax increases, lay...

 

Bird alert: Look for misplaced hummingbird

Nov 22, 2008 7:41 am

Be on the lookout for the maverick hummingbird. Biologists are trying to track hummingbirds that spend this winter in Kentucky. Ruby-throated hummers that come to Kentucky in spring and raise t...

 
 

Regional News for Eastern Kentucky from PikevilleHospital.org

Gas altering summer travel plans

Jun 20, 2008 8:17 pm

PIKEVILLE - Gasoline prices have many area residents altering their summer travel plans.Driving an automobile these days is expensive, and as such, requires close management of gasoline consumption.&q...

 

Hatfield-McCoy Marathon: TAKE TWO - Engle wins for second straight year

Jun 20, 2008 8:07 pm

The Medical Leader / JOSHUA BALL ON THE RUN: A record 428 runners from 38 states, Canada and Great Britain participated in the ninth-annual Hatfield-McCoy Marathon on June 14. (Bottom) Kasten Br...

 
 

Local/Regional headlines for Louisville, Kentucky from Courier-Journal.com

JCPS break may end early

Nov 21, 2008 9:15 am

A plan by Jefferson County public school officials to make up five school days lost to Hurricane Ike is drawing fire from some parents and board of education members. Superintendent Sheldon Berman wi...

 

Beshear: Add experts to state pension panels

Nov 21, 2008 9:03 am

Gov. Steve Beshear yesterday recommended ways to improve the investment strategies of the state's pension systems that consultants say have underperformed by $5 billion over the last decade.

 

Beshear releases energy plan for state

Nov 21, 2008 9:03 am

Gov. Steve Beshear yesterday unveiled a state energy plan that calls for coal to retain a major role while also emphasizing renewable energy and conservation and perhaps giving nuclear power a part.

 

14 face charges in plot to defraud VA

Nov 21, 2008 9:02 am

Former Marine pilot Dean Toth had perfect hearing when tested over the past three years by Southwest Airlines, for which he now flies.

 

Metro firefighters may lose state incentive pay

Nov 21, 2008 9:02 am

Louisville firefighters will lose $3,100 a year in state incentive pay if metro government follows through with its plan to opt out of the voluntary program Dec. 1, state fire commission officials sai...

 

Auto industry rescue plan stalls

Nov 21, 2008 8:58 am

The $25 billion rescue plan for the auto industry collapsed yesterday as Congress drew the line at one more bailout and Democrats said they wouldn't consider it until the companies produced a convinci...

 

Volkswagen Beetle pulled from Beargrass Creek

Nov 21, 2008 6:27 am

The steering wheel from a Volkswagen Beetle that's been stuck in the muck of Beargrass Creek for nearly 30 years will be fashioned into an environmental award.

 

Groups want preschool for more children

Nov 21, 2008 6:13 am

Gov. Steve Beshear threw his support yesterday behind a new campaign to expand early-childhood education in Kentucky.

 

Prosecution accused of breaking secrecy rules in road-bid case

Nov 21, 2008 6:08 am

Attorneys for contractor Leonard Lawson and two other defendants in a federal road contract bid-tampering case have asked that the charges be dismissed on grounds that the prosecution "egregiousl...

 

Water-rate hike faces opposition

Nov 21, 2008 6:06 am

The Louisville Metro Council will consider a resolution in the next few weeks asking the Louisville Water Co. to rescind a 5.5-percent rate increase, which would take effect Jan. 1.