http://www.dailyindependent.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_134215112.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_134215112.html Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination. Tue, 13 May 2008 06:38:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133121057.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133121057.html Chelsea Clinton asked supporters to talk to their friends and get out the vote for her mother during a campaign stop in Ashland on Monday morning. Tue, 13 May 2008 06:36:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133230758.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133230758.html Three, including a mother and her baby, escaped serious injury when a tree fell on their moving cars this morning Tue, 13 May 2008 06:35:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133232900.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133232900.html Did former Boyd County High School assistant football coach Vincent Jones force a female student at the school to perform a sexual act on him? Mon, 12 May 2008 23:26:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133232715.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133232715.html Saying “petty politics” has become as important as protecting the public, Grayson Police Chief Keith Hill has written a letter to the city’s mayor announcing his intention to retire. Mon, 12 May 2008 23:25:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133232545.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133232545.html Local Barak Obama supporters turned out by the dozen Monday night to officially kick off the Illinois senator’s local Get Out the Vote Campaign. Mon, 12 May 2008 23:09:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133231130.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133231130.html Mon, 12 May 2008 23:08:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133230919.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_133230919.html A spring storm turned into something far more violent Sunday morning as it rampaged through the Grahn community in Carter County, leaving at least one family homeless and many in the area with no electricity or other utilities for days to come. Sun, 11 May 2008 23:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132234641.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132234641.html A series of severe storms, including a possible tornado, blew through northeastern Kentucky on Mother’s Day. Sun, 11 May 2008 23:42:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132234410.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132234410.html Friends of animals in Lawrence County say they are pleased with their first Walk for the Animals in Louisa, and with the announcement the local shelter will soon receive thousands of dollars to expand, renovate and improve facilities. Sun, 11 May 2008 23:41:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132234235.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132234235.html Sun, 11 May 2008 23:37:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132233911.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132233911.html The Wayne National Forest is seeking volunteers for plant and wildlife projects in the Ironton Ranger District this spring and summer. Sun, 11 May 2008 23:35:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132233706.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132233706.html Sun, 11 May 2008 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132224528.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132224528.html Fuel prices are driving much of the planned increases in the budgets of county offices for the coming fiscal year.During a Boyd County Fiscal Court budget meeting Thursday afternoon, the projected cost of fuel was the most mentioned item by Judge-Executive William “Bud” Stevens. Sun, 11 May 2008 22:42:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132224353.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_132224353.html In the weeks ahead, many things at the Chimney Corner Cafe will be much like they were when the business began 75 years ago.Chef Paul Runnels said he hopes to celebrate the downtown restaurant’s diamond anniversary with a return to comfort foods, Cajun flavors and Appalachian cuisine under the umbrella of casual fine dining.