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It takes a community to fight cancer. In Mason County and Bracken County, Relay for Life teams are continuing to hold fund-raising events in anticipation of American Cancer Society Relay For Life 2008 finale ...

BROOKSVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky woman who says she was considering getting rid of her pet dog has changed her mine after the dog saved her life. via The Cincinnati Enquirer

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Earl Honan of Brooksville and Mrs. Brenda Webb and David Newberry of northern Kentucky are proud to announce the upcoming wedding of their children, Brandi Nicole Honan and Josha John ... via The Ledger Independent - Maysville, K...

“There is no risk to the state whatsoever in losing money on the project”

The state group in charge of doling out economic development money recently gave a third extension to a Northern Kentucky industrial authority that has been unable to attract any businesses eight years after ... via Lexington Herald-Leader

AUGUSTA - Ernie Cox Jr., 76, died Friday, Feb. 8 at Meadowview Regional Hospital, Maysville. via The Cincinnati Enquirer

“What we have seen is mostly trees down”

It was a sleepless night for some, but Robertson County residents appeared to dodge a damage bullet Wednesday as storms swept through the area. via The Ledger Independent - Maysville, K...

“We lost everything in a fire many years ago when the boys were little; knowing about other fires would have made me think twice about buying it.”

Hopes of a home of their own were dashed when the Linville family's house on Garrett Avenue in Brooksville went up in flames Monday afternoon. via The Ledger Independent - Maysville, K...

“I called (Bracken 911) dispatch and had them call KSP.”

Less than a month after sentencing on charges in Mason County, a Mount Olivet City Council member is in hot water again, this time in Bracken County. via The Ledger Independent - Maysville, K...

“I'd like to work more. I usually don't make them cause I usually break them!”

The tradition of the New Year's Resolutions goes all the way back to 153 B.C. Janus, a mythical king of early Rome was placed at the head of the calendar. via The Ledger Independent - Maysville, K...

“These individuals really came out ahead of the game today. With these vehicles looking the way they do, these people are extremely lucky.”

Two major wrecks in the last 24 hours have kept local emergency workers busy in Maysville and Mason County with serious injuries resulting from both accidents. via The Ledger Independent - Maysville, K...

“We want to take this to trial, I am sure that there is no group of 12 people in Bracken County who could not look at those pictures (of the victim's injuries) and not convict her of all charges”

After pleading guilty to criminal abuse and welfare fraud in October, Angela Smithers attempted to retract her guilty plea on the fraud charge during proceedings in Bracken Circuit Court Friday. via The Ledger Independent - Maysville, K...

“They took everything apart, put it by the children's wing by the door, went and got their car, brought it on the lot, loaded everything into the car and took off”

A $600 reward is being offered to catch two thieves who broke into the Bracken County Public Library. via WCPO-TV9 Cincinnati

“It won't be foolproof, but we need to protect ourselves”

BROOKSVILLE - The Bracken County Public Library is offering a $500 reward for information about a burglary there last month. via The Cincinnati Enquirer

“The library is offering a $500 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of the individuals who committed this crime”

The Kentucky State Police and the Bracken County Library are seeking the public's help in the apprehension of two people who stole electronic and video equipment from the library in November. via The Ledger Independent - Maysville, K...

The Florida Highway Patrol says five people - including four teenagers - had to be hospitalized after a crash at California St. via ABC Action News

“It took us three days just to get the plastic up”

In a time when organizations supported by work-at-home women appear to be dwindling in numbers, a group of 13 Bracken County young women have banded together to create a new homemakers club and resurrect a ... via The Ledger Independent - Maysville, K...

“I had no business being there. I was out of my depth.”

There's a novelesque quality to the life of Ed McClanahan. And while you might think that applies to all lives to some extent or another, you'd be off the mark with McClanahan. His is better than that. His is an improbable journey that started exactly where he needed it to, had him meeting exactly whom he needed to meet at exactly the right time in history to have his life become a kind of emblematic shorthand for an era, and had him return home before it all got too weird.

The era in question was the 1960s. Read more

BROOKSVILLE, KY. - Bed bugs have shut down schools today through Tuesday in Bracken County. via The Cincinnati Enquirer

The Miss Buffalo Trace Scholarship Pageant is being held Jan. 5, 2008. This is a preliminary to the Miss Kentucky Pageants held in June and July 2008. via The Ledger Independent - Maysville, K...