Frenchburg News

The Judicial Nominating Commission, led by Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr., Thursday announced nominees to fill the vacant District Court judgeship in the 21st Judicial District, Division 1, consisting of Bath, Menifee, Montgomery and Rowan counties.

Gov. Steve Beshear has three candidates to consider for an open district court judgeship that covers four eastern Kentucky counties.

Shoplifters with drugs in their pockets seem to be a theme lately seen by Wal-Mart officials.

Police are trying to find a woman who's accused of cashing bogus checks at grocery stores.

The Morehead Career Center, 126 Bradley Avenue, had many local citizens attend its open house Friday afternoon.

Cruisin' on Main was a roaring success last Saturday, with 200 cars parked along Main Street.

A two-vehicle accident occurred Tuesday on KY 32 at the JC Wells curve near Wal-Mart in Morehead.

Authorities were busy Wednesday rounding up 22 people suspected of illegally selling drugs, mostly oxycodone, in Menifee County.

In a case a federal judge called "disturbing," a former child psychologist from Rowan County was sentenced Monday to 12 1/2 years in prison for receiving child pornography.

Kentucky State Police say a jawbone found in Red River Gorge has been identified as belonging to a missing Mount Sterling woman.

The human remains found Monday by a hiker in the Red River Gorge were identified Tuesday as those of a Menifee County woman who had been missing since January.

Dozens of relatives and friends turned out at the Menifee County Library Sunday night for a vigil held in honor of 27-year-old Nicole Van Zant.

An alleged murder in Menifee County Wednesday afternoon has put a 72-year-old man behind bars and police seeking a motive.

A 72-year-old eastern Kentucky man has been charged with murder. WKYT-TV in Lexington reports the victim was a neighbor of the man who was charged after the shooting Wednesday afternoon.