http://www.dailyindependent.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 14 May 2008 23:53:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_135234955.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_135234955.html The audience at tonight’s Boyd County High School spring band concert will hear something no one else on Earth has heard, except for the band itself: a new piece by Kentucky composer James Curnow. Tue, 13 May 2008 11:58:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_134113650.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_134113650.html Americans facing rising gasoline and diesel prices are cycling about, saddling up, singing out and, sometimes, resorting to violent symbolism. Tue, 13 May 2008 06:38:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_133121057.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/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. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:54:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_102135506.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_102135506.html 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. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:09:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_111223450.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_111223450.html Early next month, Brent Goodwin will start cutting grass as part of a summer internship.But this is no ordinary lawn. Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_103225848.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_103225848.html The intermediate grades — fourth and fifth — are separated by a hallway from the primary ones at Greysbranch Elementary School. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:02:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_096231338.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_096231338.html Justice for all. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:13:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_094171906.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_094171906.html 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. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:52:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_091221646.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_091221646.html 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. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:56:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_085233840.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_085233840.html 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. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:16:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_084204854.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_084204854.html "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. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:46:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_081001442.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_081001442.html 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. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:13:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_080225430.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_080225430.html 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. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:31:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_078000906.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_078000906.html 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. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_075220613.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/slideshow/local_story_075220613.html 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.