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Sounds of the dulcimer
Steve Justice holds and strums his dulcimer with a great and gentle love, his eyes closed, taking in the sound that is a comfort to him.

Fields of dreams
Early next month, Brent Goodwin will start cutting grass as part of a summer internship.
But this is no ordinary lawn.

Getting down to business: The intermediate grades
The intermediate grades — fourth and fifth — are separated by a hallway from the primary ones at Greysbranch Elementary School.

65 march in memory of Guy Cameron Thomas
Justice for all.

Former AP Saigon bureau chief writes about the 4 photographers killed in Laos in 1971
A U.S. military search team digging into a steep mountainside in southern Laos found camera parts, film, broken watches and bits of wreckage, proof that a South Vietnamese helicopter had been shot down there in 1971, a chopper that was carrying four top-rated war photographers and seven Vietnamese soldiers.

Webb gets win in season opener
Ashland native and Arizona pitcher Brandon Webb took to the mound on a cool and rainy afternoon in Cincinnati to open the 2008 baseball season against baseball’s oldest professional team.

Bill Clinton campaigns for Hillary in Kentucky
Former President Bill Clinton got a warm welcome on a cold, windy day when he was the star of a rally-style gathering at the Morehead Convention Center Tuesday.

'Clooney Fever' in Maysville
"Clooneymania" reached fever pitch Monday as star-struck women lined up in droves and this northern Kentucky town rolled out the red carpet for locally homegrown movie star George Clooney.

Mason escapes Lions
Call it the Great Escape.
Coach Chris O’Hearn said as much after his Mason County team — a Sweet Sixteen co-favorite with Lexington Catholic — overcame a seven-point deficit down the stretch to squeeze past Elliott County 66-62 Thursday night in an electric first-round game.

Slideshow: ELLIOTT BOWS OUT
Mason County found itself in a fight for survival against Elliott County in the last opening round game of the 91st Boys State Tournament in Rupp Arena on Thursday night.

Slideshow: Russell academic team second overall at state
Russell High School’s academic team fell to Lexington’s Paul Laurence Dunbar in the final round of quick recall at the state Governor’s Cup competition Monday.

Developing young minds
It’s morning in the Bug Club.
Lynda Downs is sitting in a rocking chair, children are spread out on the rug in front of her.

Former Olympian gives clinic
Former Olympic hurdler Sharrieffa Barksdale brought a Can Do message to young athletes Saturday morning.

Slideshow: Heavy Snow perks up the horses
The heavy snowfall Saturday couldn't stop a regional horse show at Morehead State University's farm in Rowan County.
The snow couldn't keep the horses still, either.

Patented spurt keys Lions’ win
Greenup County succeeded in getting Elliott County’s attention this time.

Triple-double trouble
Rose Hill made its return to the 16th Region Tournament in dominating fashion Wednesday night, knocking off Rowan County 62-37 in the first round, and Chad Jackson was the show-stopper.

Intensity up as East rolls, 68-42
East Carter cruised past Raceland 68-42 Wednesday night in the first round of the 16th Region Tournament at Ellis T. Johnson Arena.

Rowan simplifies game in win over Boyd County
Teams struggled mightily to make shots throughout the first round of the Girls 16th Region Tournament.

Russell’s fate sealed at line
It literally went down to the wire in historic Wetherby Gymnasium on Tuesday. When the smoke cleared, Morgan County had a 33-31 win over Russell to advance to Friday’s 16th Region semifinals.

Lady Rams step up in clutch
Raceland punched its ticket to the girls’ 16th Region semifinals with a 43-37 win over Bath County on Monday in Morehead State’s Wetherby Gymnasium.

Kittens overcome slow start
It took Ashland a little while to get started in the first high regional basketball game in Wetherby Gym since 1976.

Hillary takes aim at child poverty in southeastern Ohio visit
Southeastern Ohio has found itself at centerstage in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination this week.

Raceland reigns again
After going 32 years without a district championship, Raceland’s girls basketball team is on a roll.

Kittens beat Boyd, get to tack up another banner
Ashland claimed its first district title since 1997 Thursday night, hanging on to defeat host Boyd County 47-35 in the 64th District championship.

Slideshow: Seussical Musical
The ACTC Children's Theater musical production of Seussical Jr. is a Broadway production adapted to younger voices and will be presented this weekend at ACTC. The cast is made up of 50 young performers from the third to ninth grades,

Christening the J.A. Ward
His friends and his co-workers at McGinnis Inc. know him by his nickname — Cheesy.
But it’s his given name — James Allen Ward III — that’s about to become widely known at Ohio and Mississippi River ports from Pittsburgh to New Orleans.

‘Spirit of the mountains'
A rare individual with a way of making people feel good about themselves and what they do, Nancy McClellan is destined to be remembered in art, songs and stories.

Royals rally way to state
Bath County point guard Blandon Clemons was fantastic, but Rose Hill Christian was better at the end.

Fire destroys home
An early-morning fire destroyed a stately brick home near the Bellefonte Country Club Friday.
Smoke alarms roused the homeowner and may have saved his life.

Slideshow: J.D. Crowe at the Paramount
With a single practice session to prepare for Friday night’s show, J.D. Crowe and The New South hit the Paramount Arts Center Stage with two new band members and an audience of enthusiastic fans.

Fire destroys Greenup County home
Two dozen firefighters from three jurisdictions battled a house fire on Ky. 693 for several hours on Monday in wind, snow and subfreezing temperatures.

Madness of the opera
The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra brought three scenes of operatic madness to the Paramount Arts Center stage Saturday evening with the performance of "Twisted Sisters: Mad Ladies of the Opera".

For love of music
Jessica Melvin and John Adkins are an unlikely student and teacher pair.

Typical Tomcats
Ashland was in typical form in beating visiting district foe Fairview, 72-57, in an anticipated matchup of two of the 16th Region’s best at Anderson Gym on Friday night.

The Independent's Christmas Card to you
Once again, you've provided the moments for The Independent's musical Christmas Card to the community.

Jazz great Oscar Peterson dead at 82
Oscar Peterson, whose early talent, speedy fingers and musical genius made him one of the world's best known jazz pianists, has died. He was 82.

Dance of a lifetime
“The Great Russian Nutcracker” enchanted audience members and local ballet dancers alike at the Paramount Arts Center on Sunday.

The Music Man
The big double bass shows a little more wear than it did when he bought it in 1936, but when Edward L. Buchanan draws his bow across its strings, the opening notes of “Amazing Grace” rumble out clearly.

Loss of hand is no loss to Joe Salyers
Using a chainsaw like a fine chisel, Joe Salyers looks at his art as just another part of living a normal life.

ACTC Theatre presents holiday favorite
Ashland Community and Technical College Theatre is presenting “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

A joyful noise
In 1948, 12-year-old Sandy Woods and her parents attended their first church service at England Hill Freewill Baptist Church.

Festival of Trees and trains
First-time visitors to the Paramount Arts Center can be overwhelmed by its ornate murals, chandeliers and Art Deco decor.

Bangladesh military joins efforts to help cyclone survivors
The official death toll from a cyclone that wreaked havoc on southwest Bangladesh reached 1,070 Saturday, while military helicopters and ships joined rescue and relief operations and aid workers on the ground struggled to reach victims.

Grayson approves payroll tax
Many of those who attended Tuesday evening’s Grayson City Council meeting were shaking their heads in disbelief as they departed, while others gathered and talked about what they could do.

Lights On
Since she was a little girl, Jessie Gibson has made the yearly pilgrimage to jump-start her holiday spirit in the glow of the Winter Wonderland of Lights in Central Park.

China's Killer Coal
Digging coal deep underground, Luo Xianglai learned to listen hard to the sounds the rocks made when struck with his pickax.

Norman Mailer dead at 84
Norman Mailer, the macho prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur with such books as "The Naked and the Dead," died Saturday, his literary executor said. He was 84.

Oil spill could threaten San Francisco Bay wildlife for years
Assessment and recovery teams hit the skies, waters and beaches Friday trying to contain the damage from a 58,000-gallon oil spill that has stained some of Northern California's coastline.

A Season in Sorghum
Brothers Jim and Jesse Ross have cultivated a hobby into jobs with sweet rewards.

Bryan gets 70 years
An Ashland man found guilty last month of being a serial child abuser will most likely die in prison.

How sweep it is
Perched high above his raucous teammates, David Ortiz sprayed bottles of bubbly in every direction, dousing everyone in sight, including himself.

Bailey and big plays highlight Devils’ win
Fittingly, a game with all kinds of hoopla produced big plays to match.

Slideshow: Western Inferno
The wind-fueled fires that have burned more than 700 homes and chased away 265,000 residents may be only the start of the destruction in Southern California, where Tuesday's forecast called for hotter temperatures and more explosive gusts.

Fruits, and vegetables, of their labor
Rick and Regina Wells made a decision seven years ago that Rick would give up a safe "public job" and return to his family's farm to work the land for a living and be with his family everyday.

Science and Environment: Coastal beauty
Cape Cod, one of the most crowded places during the summer months, is also an environmental machine in motion. While the population may triple during the tourist season, the salt marshes, marine sanctuaries, and the federal national shore work to ensure balance along the coast.

Teenage stars clash
Two of the country’s rising teenage tennis stars met Wednesday at the Ashland Tennis Center.
Advantage Kim Couts.

Bluegrass ending for festival
With sunny skies and temperature highs in the low 70s, the weekend weather couldn’t have been better, Sue Dowdy said.

‘It does it all’
Ask an obvious question — such as what, exactly, does a device known as “The Do-All Machine” do, anyway? — and one should probably expect to receive an equally obvious reply.

Marching through
There actually were three parades in Catlettsburg Monday morning — the cars streaming in and turning normally quiet streets into long parking lots was one; the families, many of them toting lawn chairs, walking from their homes and cars to find good viewing spots downtown was another.

Record breaking fair auction at $115,000
The bids flew fast and furiously in the show arena Saturday and when the last lamb trotted back to its pen, the Greenup County Fair’s 4-H/FFA livestock sale had broken its sales record.

Plenty of memories: audio slideshow
Carrie Sammons remembers the ’37 flood in vivid detail.

Colonel Bill Williams celebration
The Col. Bill Williams Greenup Heritage Music Festival drew more nearly 500 people to the Greenbo Lake State Resort Park amphitheater on Friday.

And sold!
Coordinators of the Boyd County Fair livestock auction said they’re feeling the growing pains, and it feels good.

Wellman Hardware an icon: story and slideshow
One of the oldest businesses in Louisa is Wellman Hardware Store.

Hog Heaven is a family affair
The owner of the grand champion hog at the Boyd County Fair hopes to be a pig farmer one day.

Fun begins tonight
It’s going to be a good week for a fair.

Mountain Stage takes over PAC
True to the prediction of one its featured acts, Mountain Stage was “full of prestige and magnificence” during Saturday’s show at the Paramount Arts Center.

Little interest in livestock auction
Here we go folks. Sale’s on!
This is the grand champion steer weighing in at 1,155 pounds.

The New Seven Wonders
The Great Wall of China, Rome's Colosseum, India's Taj Mahal and three architectural marvels from Latin America were among the new seven wonders of the world chosen in a global poll released on Saturday.

Riding out the storm
It was Diamond Rio, not REO Speedwagon, that headlined Wednesday night’s Summer Motion finale on the Ashland riverfront.

To the skies: Air show today
Pilots will take to the skies tonight and Wednesday for the Summer Motion Air Show.

Down the stretch
A simple race strategy worked on Saturday for Caroline Fannin, winner of this year’s Ashland Soap Box Derby:

Shin, Kaneko shine brightly despite rain
In a soggy closing round, Donnie Shin and Ayaka Kaneko drained any drama out of the final holes of the 24th annual Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior.

Classic battles shape up
Yes, Woods has a share of the lead going to the final round.

AGJA NRP Bluegrass Junior slideshow: 1st round
The first round of the AGJA Natural Resources Partners Bluegrass Junior Tournament kicked off at Bellefonte Wednesday.

Qualifier a victory in itself
J. P. Newsome came away with more than he expected in a qualifying round for the Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior.

POW-WOW TIME
Her hair was braided, and a band with beads encircled her head.

Roller Coaster
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association changed from two to four team trophies in each division for the 2007 State Track and Field Championships.

Listen Up!
As the 12th annual Ashland Brass Band Festival got underway, the phrase “I’m with the band” was tossed around quite a bit.

Falcons shouldn’t affect traffic
With two Ohio River bridges temporarily out of commission in the Tri-State, the last thing commuters wanted to hear is that another would be closed, especially because of a family of falcons.

Sights and sounds of tradition
America’s longest-running Memorial Day parade kept right on ticking without missing a beat Monday.

Veterans' bricks added to memorial
Four hundred and fifty bricks were laid Thursday at the Greenup War Memorial and each of them has a name.

Civil War veteran reburied
A West Virginia man who fought in the Civil War was reburied in Spring Hill Cemetery on Saturday with full military honors.

Opening day slideshow
Rab Wilson, 81, one of the co-founders of the Catlettsburg Little League threw out the ceremonial first pitch Saturday to his greatgrandson Drew Sorrell, a 7-year-old who plays for the Reds

Elliott County's run at the Sweet 16
For the first time in school history, the Elliott County Lions won the 16th Region Champsionship and the right to play in Rupp Arena in the Boys Sweet Sixteen Tournament.
The Lions were able to play in two rounds, falling to Warren Central before a packed crowd that made the team their favorite.

Slideshow from Girls 16th Region Tournament
Highlights of the 16th Region Girls' Tournament in Morehead.

A name for his nameless hero
Quentin Lockwood will never forget.
“Every morning when I shave, I see the scars where they sewed up my head,” he says.
Scars that take the veteran back to a time when he and nine other aviators crash-landed a crippled B-24 Liberator in the Adriatic Sea, 15 miles behind enemy lines.

Brandon Webb slideshow
Brandon Webb took the mound for the first time Thursday as a Cy Young Award winner.

Seven feet of steel
Clangs echo through the barn as Ken Airgood drops one horseshoe after another on the concrete floor.
Some look a bit round. Some squarish.
They taper differently, between front hoof and back.
“There’s all those different extremes, and it all depends on what you want to do with the horse,” he says.

Bat count at Carter Caves
Dave Waldien stretches, shining his
helmet’s light into a limestone crevice.
“I’ve got two,” he says. “One’s a big brown ... and I’m not sure what that one is.” Stepping across a few of the cave’s boulders, Jim Kennedy takes a look.

Magic in motion
Girls gather around Nathan Andary as he counts heads, making sure all the dancers have arrived.
Despite the black tape on their toes, the girls look elegant in their sleek dance clothes and chignons.

State of the Union transcript
Thank you very much. And tonight, I have a high privilege and distinct honor of my own -- as the first President to begin the State of the Union message with these words: Madam Speaker.

Summit Elementary students learn Taiko
The walls of Summit Elementary vibrated to the beat of taiko drums on a recent Friday afternoon.

A First Lady's last duty
Where was Betty Ford when her namesake clinic for substance abusers opened in 1982? Dashing off to Kmart with her husband to buy soap dishes for patients' rooms.

Ford's State Funeral
The United States remembered Gerald R. Ford on Tuesday for what he did not have _ pretensions, a scheming agenda, a great golf game _ as much as for the small-town authenticity he brought to the presidency.

Ford Funeral
The nation honored Gerald R. Ford in funeral ceremonies Saturday that recalled the touchstones of his life, from combat in the Pacific to a career he cherished in Congress to a presidency he did not seek. He was remembered as the man called to heal the country from the trauma of Watergate.

Bowl win Music to UK ears
Andre Woodson conjured up memories of Tim Couch and made Kentucky a bowl winner for the first time in 22 years.
Woodson threw for three touchdowns and 299 yards as the Wildcats surprised Clemson 28-20 in the Music City Bowl on Friday.

Music City Bowl Friday
Kentucky will play Clemson Friday at 1 p.m. (ESPN) in the Music City Bowl in Nashville.

Nation's capital to pay high honors to Gerald Ford
Gerald R. Ford will be mourned in the rare and solemn spectacle of a state funeral crafted to honor his reverence for Congress, the institution that launched him to the presidency.

James Brown dead at 73
James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured "Godfather of Soul," whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco as well, died early Monday, his agent said. He was 73.

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