Coldiron News

Rowan County School board members have all agreed that if the 2008-09 student discipline codebook is passed - everyone would have to follow the rules.

As progress continues toward the new judicial center being built, two downtown streets were closed yesterday to make way for the building's construction.

The Kentucky State Police investigated another two-vehicle crash involving a coal truck on U.S. 119 for the second day in a row.

The Pulaski County Develop-ment Board failed in a meeting last week to accept one of the demolition bids involved in the new judicial center project.

A man who walked away from work detail in Harlan County is back behind bars. The Harlan Daily Enterprise reports officers were able to re-arrest 35 year old Hershel Dewayne Holland of Coldiron Friday night. via WKYT-TV Lexington

“I just didn't want the little thing to get ran over by a car or a truck. That's why I picked it up and I'd do it again tomorrow if it happened”

A coal truck driver says he had to do something when he saw a three year old girl walking alone on an eastern Kentucky road. via WKYT-TV Lexington

“As soon as Shields finishes the report, we can take bids for a demolition package”

The Pulaski County Fiscal Court now owns the last piece of property needed to build the Pulaski County Judicial Center. via Commonwealth Journal

At a recent meeting, the Bell County Grand Jury handed down a number of indictments. via Middlesboro Daily News

“Based on the committee's approval of the design plans, the next step is demolition of the buildings that are located at the judicial center's future site in downtown Somerset”

The local judicial center project made it through the ultimate approval process last week. via Commonwealth Journal

“At some point in time ... and I hope it's a long time ... we won't be able to rely on these funds”

The incoming president of the Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce wants to set in motion a plan to improve community relations. via Commonwealth Journal

Police arrested a Wallins woman Friday morning after she allegedly broke into a Harlan business to gain entry to an apartment. via Harlan Daily Enterprise

“The fight for a second chance, for a fresh start is in the Kentucky DNA, in the legacy from the settlers who crossed the Cumberland Gap, traveled the Wilderness Road with (Daniel) Boone”

Nine Harlan County residents recently received degrees from Lindsey Wilson College. via Harlan Daily Enterprise

A Bell County Grand Jury has handed down 18 indictments on those who previously had been arrested on similar charges. via Middlesboro Daily News

Andrew Childers, a first-grade student at Hopkins Elementary, donated a "Jumper tree" to Hopkins Elementary. via Commonwealth Journal

Kristi, left, and Jerry Blevins try to remove a splinter from their daughter, Kali's, finger at their home in Coldiron, Ky., Nov. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“Do I think we have a problem sometimes? Yes. Are we perfect? Absolutely not”

Registered nurse Jerry Blevins gives his son, Brennan, a kiss while picketing outside the Appalachian Regional Healthcare hospital on Nov. via Grand Island Independent

A Coldiron man was arrested Thursday night for the alleged theft of a company's tools. via Harlan Daily Enterprise

“It was originally $1.5 million, but it was reappropriated up to this amount (at the last meeting)”

Property owners affected by the new judicial center should be closing on their property in the near future. via Commonwealth Journal