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TEA party draws 700 people
Around 700 people showed up on the state Capitol steps on Independence Day to stage their own TEA Party and voice their displeasure with policies of President Barack Obama and Congress

Story and slide show: Monkee makes the scene
Micky Dolenz opened his Summer Motion performance with the song “That Was Then, This is Now.”

Some gave all
The culmination of Summer Motion will be the Some Gave All town hall event on Sunday honoring Kentucky soldiers who paid the ultimate price for our nation’s freedom.

Finalists named for Education Commissioner
The Kentucky Board of Education has named four out of state applicants as finalists for commissioner of education.

Companies recall products linked to milk processor
Food distributors across the country announced on Thursday they are recalling nonfat dry milk, cocoa and other products that are linked to a possible salmonella contamination at a Plainview, Minn., milk processor.

State police watching for impaired drivers
State police are going to be cracking down on impaired drivers over the holiday weekend.

Fireworks, grilling safety tips offered
The Office of Emergency Management for Ashland, Boyd County and Catlettsburg has issued tips for safety during the July 4 festivities

'Two Rooms' to be performed at fairgrounds
The play “Two Rooms” will be performed tonight, Saturday and Sunday at the Boyd County Fairgrounds.

Ex-mayor reveals hidden talent
Many may know Rudy Dunnigan as a former mayor of Ashland, having served two terms in office.

Police step up holiday patrols
Had a few? Don’t even think about getting behind the wheel.

Local Briefs: 07/03/09

Rockin’ in the Park
For the second night in a row, Central Park hosted a rockin’ concert attended by hundreds.

Making the show go
It takes a team of specialists and a small army of volunteers for the bands of Summer Motion 2009 to be seen and heard from the stage.

Judge dismisses most of former student’s claims
A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims made against two former Carter County school administrators and the school system in a 2007 sexual harassment suit filed by a former student.

2 killed in Elliott accident
A man and a woman were killed Wednesday in a one-vehicle accident in Elliott County.

Park provides setting for Jake Owen show
While some said they missed the view of the river, people in Central Park for Wednesday’s first night of live music during Summer Motion 2009 seemed quite satisfied with their surroundings.

Ashland night a blast in Cincinnati
An appearance from Brandon Webb was about the only thing that would have made Ashland Community Night at Great American Ball Park better for the more than 200 fans who showed up Wednesday night.

Local briefs: 7/2/09

Ex-credit union employee to be sentenced
A former employee of an Ashland credit union is scheduled to be sentenced Monday in federal court on charges of fraud, identity theft and unauthorized credit card use.

Survey results reveal support for initiatives downtown
A survey by Main Street officials completed during June’s First Friday reveals respondents overwhelmingly support a variety of initiatives downtown.

DuPont trial begins in federal court
Trial is under way in U.S. District Court here in a massive civil lawsuit against chemical giant DuPont stemming from a 2004 release at the company’s Wurtland plant.

Morehead State loses bid as site for 2010 program
The 340 rising high school seniors at Morehead State University for the Governor’s Scholars Program this summer will be the last on the campus for at least three years.

Scholars visit Ashland
A group of rising seniors walked through a large room dominated by a metal printing press strung with spools of paper on Tuesday. Red and black ink dripped from canisters on the scaffolding around the press.

Sky's the limit for area holiday activities
Anyone who can’t make it to Ashland to celebrate the Independence Day weekend will have plenty of options for fireworks, family and friends throughout the are

Luallen will audit KACo, KLC
State Auditor Crit Luallen announced Wednesday her office will audit the Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) and the Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) in the aftermath of a series of stories questioning the organizations’ spending policies in the Lexington Herald-Leader.

School report: Coach followed rules
A school system report released Wednesday on the heat-related death of a football player concluded a Louisville coach and his staff did not break any high school athletic rules, and found evidence the sophomore was ill with a headache and other symptoms before the practice.

County association spends thousands on trips, food
A newspaper investigation has found that executives at the Kentucky Association of Counties have spent nearly $600,000 in travel, entertainment and other expenses over the last two years.

Deadline is approaching for delinquent taxes
Delinquent county property taxpayers have a little more than a month to pay their bills before they can be sold to a third party.

Anticipation for new police station grows
Excitement among Ashland police officers is rising alongside the department’s new building in the heart of downtown.

Local briefs: 7/1/09

Food drive must go on
A 15-year Summer Motion tradition of helping feed the hungry will continue this year, but because of the change in venue, it will be a bit different.

Expect Monkees favorites at Micky Dolenz's Ashland show
When former Monkees drummer Micky Dolenz performs in Ashland on Friday as part of Summer Motion 2009, he will respect the fans.

Police beat: 7/1/09

Blazer JROTC shines in competition
Despite challenges from a late start because of winter weather and the reality of difficult questions about literature, science, history and mathematics, a small team of cadets from the Paul G. Blazer High School claimed third place in the College Options Foundation’s 2009 JROTC Leadership and Academic Bowl last weekend in Washington, D.C.

Collins enjoys music and hometown
Ritch Collins is “the show-must-go-on guy.”

Gospel Harmony Boys show
One of the most distinctive gospel groups in the business will perform at 7 p.m. July 17 at the family life center of Plaza Church of the Nazarene.

Fiery act
It’s an integrated career for The Toluenes, a southwestern country band that also produces jewelry and has made an award-winning television pilot that is being shopped around Hollywood.

Chilly theme to museum's summer series
The Highlands Museum and Discovery Center, 1620 Winchester Ave., will host a series of children’s workshops on Fridays in July.

HOT's musical to inspire whole lotta shakin'
Huntington Outdoor Theatre will present the new musical “All Shook Up,” which centers around the most memorable music of Elvis Presley.

Some Summer Motion events missing
The relocation of Ashland’s Summer Motion to Central Park this year has caused the temporary absence of two popular Summer Motion staples, the All-American Soap Box Derby and the Independence Day Parade.

Elliott jailer found guilty
The jailer of Elliott County is now a convicted rapist.

Main Street asks to sell alcohol at single event
City officials in Ashland are undecided about a request by Ashland Main Street to serve alcohol at a street party at the end of July.

Joint recycling program dead issue
There will be no joint Ashland-Boyd County recycling program funded in part with state grant funds.

Feeling the Power
When his fingers press the keys on the massive pipe organ at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan, John Cantrell can feel the power.

Worthington woman killed in accident
A recent Raceland-Worthington High School graduate was killed Sunday evening in a single-vehicle accident in Greenup County.

Donation from McDonald's will fight breast cancer
Golden Arches met pink ribbons on Monday when a local McDonald’s owner presented Susan G. Komen for the Cure with a check for $2,427.

'Hannah Montana' co-star coming to Summer Motion
Jason Earles, a co-star on the popular Disney channel show “Hannah Montana,” will be at Ashland’s Central Park as part of Summer Motion.

5 face burglary charges
The Boyd County Sheriff’s Department arrested five on burglary charges Sunday.

Abu Ghraib scandal haunts W.Va. reservist
More than two years since leaving her prison cell, the woman who became the grinning face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal spends most of her days confined to the four walls of her home.

Wine-tasting room open
Jim Ross says people will see “things you just don’t expect to see” when they visit the new CCC Trail Vineyard Tasting Room at the Pendleton Art Center.

Eat at Ricks
If you try his food once, Rick Miller is confident you’ll come back and bring a friend.

Party to raise funds for charities
Party on the Roof: A Star Spangled Celebration will raise funds for children’s health, benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Tri-State and Cabell Huntington Hospital’s Children’s Hospital Project.

Several thefts reported

Free clinic will serve uninsured
A free clinic for low income people without insurance in Boyd and Greenup counties is in the planning stages.

KDMC has ambulance service
King’s Daughters Medical Center now has its own ambulance service.

High court upholds Simpson’s conviction
The Kentucky Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction and life sentence given to an Ashland man in the 2006 shooting death of a woman who had been living at his apartment.

Organizers urge awareness during events
The landscape of Summer Motion will be different this year because of its relocation to Ashland’s Central Park.

A change for the Guard
In a ceremony filled with military tradition and history, the 201st Engineer Battalion known as “Workhorse” welcomed their new commander Saturday morning while saluting the officer they recently followed to Afghanistan.

Cruise slated for area charity
When Tresa Myers’ 2-month-old son Jace had a rare tumor on his back the doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center didn’t try radiation. Instead they gave him Celebrex, an arthritis medication.

Summer Motion taking shape
It’s beginning to look like Summer Motion in Central Park.

Service with valor
The unison voices of members of the 201st Engineer Battalion rang through the rafters of the Ashland Armory Saturday morning as the soldiers came to attention for a ceremony to honor those among them selected to receive the Bronze Star for valor during combat during their recent mission in Afghanistan.

Local brief 6/28/09

32 charged in Lewis drug roundup

32 arrested in Lewis drug bust
A drug bust in Lewis County resulted in the arrest of 32 Saturday. It was the culmination of a four-month covert investigation by the Lewis County sheriff’s office.

Mail carrier finds baby on front porch
Authorities say a postal carrier has found a newborn baby girl with her umbilical cord still attached at an abandoned home.

Learning the ropes
Kris Wilson, a 30-year-old from Ironton, climbed the rungs of a 100-foot ladder outside Ashland Central Fire Station up into a bright blue sky.

Ferguson moving into new role
After being a part of the 201st Engineer Battalion for roughly a third of the unit’s history, Lt. Col. Michael Ferguson says he is looking forward to his new job in Frankfort.

James Baker Hall dies at 74
A Lexington native and former poet laureate for Kentucky has died at his home.

Elliott jailer denies raping woman
Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard took the witness stand Friday and denied raping a woman he transported to the Boyd County Detention Center.

Jazz players offer taste of 'true American music'

Local briefs 062709

Trial by fire
Thirty-eight volunteer firefighters ran into a burning building Tuesday afternoon — five times.

Drown attorney resigns in Carter
A third defense attorney has resigned from the capital murder case of Robert Drown in Carter County.

A long day of play
The young and the young at heart enjoyed a long day of play at Ashland’s Central Park on Thursday.

Elliott County jailer’s wife testifies during trial
The wife of Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard testified Thursday that she normally accompanied her husband as a deputy jailer matron on trips where he had female prisoners to transport.

Local Briefs: 06/26/09

Fun and learning
Short sessions. Intense instruction. Fun with a purpose.

Jazz audience to share stage with musicians
Jazz fans will find seats so close they’ll be able to see the saxophonist’s sweat on stage tonight at the Paramount Arts Center during the first concert in the 2009 Jazz Alley series.

Court date set for man arrested for trespassing at 2 area pools
A court date has been set for an Ashland man who is in the Greenup County Detention Center for allegedly trespassing at a private pool.

Mike James: Drama of creationism

Ky. justices conclude T-shirts didn’t bias jury
Murder trial spectators did not bias a jury when they wore T-shirts bearing a photograph of the victim, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Report: Coal costly for Kentucky’s state budget
Kentucky spends a significant amount of public resources every year to subsidize the coal industry, according to a new study by the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED).

Gambling defeat may have political fallout
Kentucky’s debate over whether to legalize video gambling at horse racing tracks may have fizzled in the Senate earlier this week, but its political fallout likely will radiate into the 2010 legislative elections.

Ky. man charged in Pitino extortion case
A Louisville man has been charged as part of an alleged plot to extort University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, but won’t face jail time after reaching a deal with prosecutors.

3 charged in railroad track thefts
Three Kentucky men face federal charges of conspiring to steal and sell an estimated $190,000 worth of railroad tracks from Norfolk Southern.

Drown attorney resigns
A third defense attorney has resigned from the capital murder case of Robert Drown in Carter County.

Scientists study foes' ways at Creation Museum
In one of the largest gatherings of critics since the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky opened two years ago, six dozen paleontologists in the area for a conference Wednesday took a field trip to get a glimpse of the marketing tactics used by the other side of the evolution debate.

Disc sale at MSU
Morehead State Public Radio is having a summer CD sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 15 in the lobby of the Adron Doran University Center at Morehead State University.

Police investigate thefts, burglaries

Livestock in lockdown
Animal control officials in Boyd County are hoping someone will soon show up and get their goats.

Ashland native shows dark side in books
They say Finnish is the second-hardest language in the world to learn, just after Mandarin Chinese.

Duke plant fire minor
A large electrical transformer caught fire at the Duke Energy facility on Wednesday morning sending thick black smoke and flames high into the air.

Building on dreams
Stuart Young, 33, or Griffin, Ga., stood on the supports of a future laundry room floor. Several feet below him, the grass of Rosemary Boehringer’s back yard could be seen through the spaces between supports. He trailed glue along the edges, then helped several teenage assistants pound a piece of plywood over the opening.

School project in the works
New special education and physical education facilities are in the works for Greenup County High School.

Jailer’s alleged victim recounts incident
The woman who alleges she was raped by Elliott County Jailer Charles F. Howard tearfully recounted the incident on the witness stand Wednesday.

Multimedia: 'The Wiz' starts Thursday
Red Lion presents “The Wiz” by Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown at Greenbo Lake State Park Amphitheatre tonight through Sunday starting at 8:30 nightly.

Water connects works in HMA's newest exhibit
The Huntington Museum of Art opened an exhibit last weekend from its permanent collection titled “Reflections on Water.” The exhibit continues through Aug. 9.

Jailer admits to having sex with prisoner
Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard gave two vastly differing statements to a Kentucky State Police detective investigating an allegation that Howard had raped a female prisoner while transporting her to jail.

Riverfront to have restrooms
Construction on Ashland’s Veterans Riverfront Park is officially in full swing.

Snakes attack man in his yard
Joe Barnett was ready to trim some weeds from beneath a dogwood tree at his home on the outskirts of Flatwoods last week when he found himself in the middle of a nightmare.

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