Daily Independent (Ashland, KY) Local News

Putnam restoration gets additional $50K

2012-02-10T11:08:10-05:00

The Putnam Stadium Restoration Foundation got a $50,000 boost from The Woodlands Foundation.

Kentucky schools get waiver on No Child Left Behind

2012-02-10T11:04:45-05:00

Kentucky and nine other states received waivers Thursday from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, in exchange for putting their own improved accountability systems in place.

Sweet harmony

2012-02-10T06:00:00-05:00

Many women all over the world travel miles every week, just to sing with a barbershop chorus.

Bankruptcy filings: 2/10/12

2012-02-09T23:30:50-05:00

Bankruptcy filings in the Eastern District of U.S. Bankruptcy Court include the following:

Russell Independent School District

2012-02-09T23:27:16-05:00

A new gym floor at Russell High School will cost somewhere between $71,000 and $107,000, school board members learned Thursday.

Workers reject contract offer

2012-02-09T23:25:08-05:00

Hourly workers at Marathon Petroleum’s Catlettsburg refinery on Wednesday rejected a contract offer from the company.

UW campaign tops $780,000

2012-02-09T23:23:21-05:00

While the economy of this region continues to struggle, the people of northeastern Kentucky again proved this is a caring and giving area by easily surpassing the ambitious $750,000 for the 2011 campaign of the United Way of Northeast Kentucky.

LRC plans to appeal judge’s ruling

2012-02-09T17:36:18-05:00

The leadership of the General Assembly announced Thursday it plans to appeal Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd’s ruling that the legislature’s plan to re-draw state legislative boundaries is unconstitutional.

School personnel pleased to be in ‘unprecedented’ territory with snow days

2012-02-09T11:20:09-05:00

Mid-February usually is the time when school administrators start worrying about how many days they will have to tack on to the end of the year to make up for the ones missed because of snow.

Opposition to planned sewer extension

2012-02-09T10:19:09-05:00

The Boyd County Fiscal Court could be removing $60,000 in grant money after complaints about the sewer project it would have funded.