One of the leading violinists in the world was in Ashland on Tuesday to perform with a group of college students
You can credit the fantastic fall foliage in the area to the combination of clear, sunny days and cool nights.
A steady rain soaked paradegoers in Catlettsburg on Monday but it did little to dampen spirits.
The stands of the H. L. “Hobie” Vanhoose Livestock Pavilion were packed when bidding started Saturday afternoon at the Greenup County Fair’s livestock auction.
The barns at the fairgrounds are filling up today with 4-H and FFA animals.
Every vendor slot has been filled and the purveyors of funnel cakes, shaved ice and lemonade are stocked and ready for hungry fairgoers.
On Ashland JFL Night, the Tomcats put on a show for the little ones and the whole crowd at Putnam Stadium.
Nothing says “county fair” quite like a livestock auction.
Interest is growing in an Aug. 25 special election in the 18th State Senate District, much of it from outside this northeast Kentucky rural district.
Want to know who’s going to win an election or just what’s going on generally in Greenup County?
Bidding at the 2009 Carter County Livestock Auction opened slowly Thursday but built momentum as the night progressed.
Wrapping a 75-foot logger’s tape measure around the trunk of a young oak tree, Pat Cleary jotted down its circumference and diameter.
Although they’re miles removed from one another in terms of the amount of risk they involve, Jonathan Morris says skydiving is a bit like eating potato chips.
Rolland R. Mayo smiled and waved his hat at people on the sidewalk from his seat on a horse-drawn buggy Saturday.
Floyd Willis didn’t count on performing shotgun weddings when he got into forestry.
The American chestnut is caught between those who remember it as the prominent tree in the forest and those trying to bring it back.
Once the royalty of the eastern forest, the American chestnut is frozen in time between the memories of those who lived with it and the new efforts of people trying to save it.
A photo finish was just icing on the cake.
Micky Dolenz opened his Summer Motion performance with the song “That Was Then, This is Now.”
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.
Thirty-eight volunteer firefighters ran into a burning building Tuesday afternoon — five times.
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.
First a 40-foot pine tree, then the tournament record.
Big things fell Friday in the final round of the Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior.
A second consecutive Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior boys’ championship is well within Justin Thomas’ reach
Camp Nabe is a special camp for ages 8 to 16 who have experienced the loss of a loved one. The three-day camp began Tuesday and runs through Thursday at Asbury Woods Retreat Center.
The flowerbed outside the ranger station at Lake Vesuvius appears to be choked with weeds.
The life of a soldier was honored with tears and laughter Thursday evening at the Little Sandy Volunteer Fire Department during a dedication ceremony for the Specialist Jeremy R. Gullett Memorial Bridge.
An Evansville, Ind., man and his wife traveled to Greenup County this week to honor fallen soldier Army Spec. Jeremy Gullett.
Red Lion Theatre Company will open its 2009-10 season with “The Odd Couple,”
The rugged hills and hollows of Greenup County don’t yield crops easily.
East Carter’s baseball team may never wear anything but its navy blue jerseys again.
Sunday was an emotional day at the Louisa United Methodist Church. It was the last service in the current location in downtown Louisa on the corner of Madison Avenue and Ricky Skaggs Boulevard.
A common sight in the skies above Boyd County on calm days, local powered parachute enthusiasts continue to cause people with their feet firmly on the ground to fantasize about flight.
The Lazy Gait Horse Camp grew out of one couple’s shared passion for horses and their love for the family’s old homestead in Carter County.
Gov. Steve Beshear and several other dignitaries on Wednesday used a piece of equipment from what is rapidly becoming Kentucky’s farming past to help usher in what many believe is the state’s energy, economic and agricultural future.
Six races were run Saturday for this year's Donkey Derby and some of the volunteer jockeys even made it across the finish line on their mounts.
Employees of the Federal Correctional Institution paid tribute to their fallen comrades on Monday.
Kari Mattingly combined a passion for Tygart Creek and volunteerism and turned them into a seven-mile canoe trip Saturday to clean up the creek.
Wednesday’s Earth Day was no different than any other day for two mating pairs of bald eagles on Cave Run Lake.
A vocal quintet dressed in purple suits had a near capacity crowd at the Paramount Arts Center grooving to the Motown sound Tuesday evening as The Temptations electrified their audience from the moment they hit the stage with an uptempo rendition of “How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You.”
Annette Busch walked away from her distillery tour with a souvenir to savor, sip by sip, as she sported a bottle of Maker's Mark bourbon topped with her own personal touch.
Rusty Bellomy’s mission rolled on Saturday as motorcycle enthusiasts from several states gathered under sunny skies for a tour through the area.
Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” will be presented by ACTC Theatre Friday, Saturday and April 24 andf 25 at 8 p.m. and Sunday and April 26 at 2:30 p.m. in the J.B. Sowards Theatre.
A crowd of about 100 protesters gathered at Crager Park in Flatwoods for a tax day Tea Party on Wednesday.
A Raceland police officer ordered everyone out of the lobby of the city’s community building Tuesday evening after an argument between a city council member and a railroad worker escalated to the threat of a fistfight following the city’s approval of a 1 percent payroll tax.
Lawrence County pitching sensation Chandler Shepherd snatched a state record away from Greenup County on Thursday night with another shutdown performance.
With gear, including hand-decorated bags of snacks prepared by students from Holy Family School and American flag lap blankets, a busload of American military veterans boarded a bus bound for the nation's capital early Tuesday morning.
Lt. Col. Vance Huston marshaled an entire community to build the Jr. ROTC building on the Greenup County High School campus.
Armco Park was bustling Saturday with people scrambling through the hills looking for flying discs.
Families, groups of friends, novices and experienced players were among the dozens who came to try two new disc golf courses that opened over the weekend.
Central Park’s renewed and improved Ernie Chattin Field played host to Ashland and Fairview in both teams’ opening game Tuesday night.
The Tomcats took home a 7-0 victory as pitchers Dylan Delaney and Chase Adkins combined to throw a three-hitter.
The Irish music and dance program Celtic Crossroads heated up the stage at the Paramount Arts Center Tuesday, with a wide variety of performers and musical instruments taking the spotlight. Jazz, bluegrass and old-world Celtic music made up most of the program, with a little traditional dancing thrown in.
It was a head-over-heels return to his old school.
Fairview High School theater students perform "Bye, Bye Birdie" this week with five shows at the elementary school.
Elliott County’s dream ended a game short of the Sweet Sixteen finals.
In this crowd there’s no denying the call of a lonesome train.
The interests at the 26th annual Tri-State Model Railroad Show at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park ranged from cross-country connections to short lines and spurs, with more than a few lessons in local history and the formation of a nation. A majority of those at the event claimed a family to connection to railroads and a lifelong fascination with things that run on rails.
The power of athletics is far-reaching.
When Elliott County beat Anderson County at the Kentucky Preps Classic in January, former University of Kentucky coach Joe B. Hall proclaimed Elliott his all-time favorite high school team.
An undersea volcano erupted off the coast of Tonga shooting clouds of smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters) into the sky above the South Pacific ocean, officials said Wednesday.
In a generally low-scoring first round of the Girls State Basketball Tournament, nobody reflected the offensive woes more than Rowan County.
The 16th Region has seen few boys basketball teams the likes of Elliott County.
Elliott County senior Ethan Faulkner accomplished a three-peat of his own Tuesday night.
Elliott County wasted no time in proving that, while Ashland may be the traditional power, the Lions presently rule the roost in the 16th Region.
Powerhouse Elliott County isn’t the only major story in the Boys 16th “Region Tournament.
Chris Thompson came to Kentucky last summer not knowing much about the state's passion for basketball.
He now understands a little better.
West Carter accomplished the improbable by holding Bath County's Zak Metz scoreless in the first half Saturday afternoon.
No drama for Elliott County.
The two-time defending 16th Region champion Lions easily handled Russell, 88-61, in Saturday's opening round at Morehead State University's Ellis T. Johnson Arena.
Ashland has been making a living on the edge lately.
The Tomcats continued to do so in a 73-65 overtime win over Rowan County on Saturday night in the first round of the 16th Region Tournament at Ellis T. Johnson Arena.
Hundreds of soldiers emerged from nine buses and scanned a crowd of thousands for the faces of family and friends early Thursday evening at Boyd County Middle School, officially bringing their tour of duty in Afghanistan to an end for the time being.
Rowan County’s girls played their keys to victory like a smooth melody.
Thursday’s girls 16th Region semifinal between Elliott County and Boyd County was also a Ferguson Festival.
For the past two seasons, the Swami has watched the 16th Region girls and boys basketball tournaments from afar.
He has longingly missed giving fans a roadmap of what was going to happen in the first week of March.
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife isn’t going to the dogs. Well, not exactly anyway.
Haley and Caroline Clay feel like they’re home again.
The Paramount Arts Center brought a learning performance to the stage Tuesday with the Bi-Okoto African Dance and Drum, a Cincinnati group that took area school children through the music of seveeral African countries.
A local theater group will bring Ashland a first: a fringe festival.
The Red Lion Theater Company has organized a fringe festival for Feb. 11 through 14 at the Gukundi Multiplex, the corner of 8th Street and Carter Avenue, in Ashland.
A one-woman show, "anna Alone," based on the life of Anna Magdalena Bach, written and performed by Dinah Houston Friday and Sunday at the Gukundi Theater in Ashland.
Thousands of area residents were left without power by Tuesday’s massive winter storm, which buried the entire region in snow and ice.
Kentucky has been under a state of emergency since Tuesday afternoon because of the powerful winter storm that has dumped snow and ice across the state.
With the inauguration of Barack Obama coming just a day after the annual observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, many people have used the occasion to establish a link between the slain civil rights and the first African-American president of the United States.
Children confined to hospital rooms were given a few early gifts Wednesday from the Boyd County Livestock Club.
A new game has captured Wurtland Middle School by storm.
It combines elements of the popular teen craze Dance Dance Revolution with the arcade staple Whack-a-Mole.
The Country Music Highway might have to make room for a different genre.
A few years ago, Nancy Alley asked God what she could do to help people. She didn’t have to wait long for an answer.
Gospel programs recorded at a renovated school in Ashland are being viewed by an international audience every Saturday evening.
It’s not just the people Carole Wolfe enjoys meeting as a part of the Wizards of Dance clogging group; it’s the travel.
The annual Greenup Christmas Parade was once again the warm-up for the Candlelight Christmas Tour of the Homes and Churches of Greenup
Ashland put on a dizzying offensive display Friday night practically unmatched in school history.
The Backstage Players rehearsed "James and the Giant Peach" Tuesday evening under the direction of Ritchie Collins, the Paramount Arts Center's technical director.
The curtain dropped Thursday night at the Adkins-Caudill Performing Arts Center on the final run of “Still Life With Iris.”
Ryan Adkins served as Greenup County coach Tim Fraley�s tension breaker on Friday night.
The Ashland Youth Ballet¹s 20th annual performance of "The Nutcracker" will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the Paramount Arts Center. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors.
Raceland withstood Lexington Christian’s comeback in the regular season.
Lined up in their brown aprons, the four children could hardly wait to get to work.
Wrapped in blankets and insulated with gloves, scarves, coats and cups of hot cocoa, a thick crowd lined the streets of Ashland Tuesday evening to witness the 2008 Winter Wonderland of Lights Christmas Parade.
The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa performed last night at the Paramount Art Center, bringing the traditional music and dance of seven countries to the stage.
The fourth annual "Dining with the Past" took place Saturday. The walking tour of Ashland Cemetery is also a history lesson.
The cloud has lifted.
Just about everything above the water line of the P.A. Denny is a reproduction, a tourist’s vision of what a sternwheel riverboat should look like.
The view from the deck of a riverboat is completely different from the view on shore
Tacked to the front porch of a cabin atop Kayford Mountain is a sign. "Larry's Place," it reads. "Almost Heaven."
