Greenup News

Greenup County will pay the county's soil and water conservation service $40,000 to settle a lawsuit.

By KENNETH HART The Independent ASHLAND The following information was taken from Ashland Police Department reports: Theft - A man living in the 2800 block of Hampton Street reported Thursday that an electronic item valued at $50 had been stolen from his car.

The 2009 History, Art and Culture Lecture Series will present a oeJohn A. Roebling and his Suspension Bridge on the Ohio River a oe with Dr.

The Little and Preteen Miss Ashland pageant is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at Touchstone Ministries on Center Street in Catlettsburg.

The following information was taken from Ashland Police Department reports: Burglary -A man living in the 100 block of Carriage Gate Road reported Thursday that someone broke into his home and made off with $30,000 cash.

The Boyd and Greenup/Lewis County Bar Associations honored colleagues at a recognition dinner on Tuesday at the Ashland Plaza Hotel.

The U.S. Census Bureau is in the midst of opening an Ashland office to support 2010 census operations in eastern Kentucky.

A former Greenup City Council member has been charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident and could face additional charges in connection with a wreck Tuesday night near the entrance to Ashland Community and Technical College that injured three.

The 911 centers in Greenup and Boyd counties this week were awarded state Community Mobile Radio Service Board grants to improve their services.

The Kentucky General Assembly may craft legislation to help school districts beset by flu-related absences, and some area districts already appear likely to need it.

It's a flat concrete pad at the foot of an embankment, surrounded by earth that has obviously been recently turned.

Dorothy K. Griffith takes a risk if she decides to move her car during her lunch break.

Todd Eastham of Eastham & Associates in Greenup was recently selected to receive the McCreery Business Award.

The Greenup County Sheriff's Department is searching for suspects in a shooting that occurred early Friday morning, injuring one man.

A Greenup County man was shot in the leg early this morning by one of two suspects who were reportedly trying to break into his car.

Dr. Burns Brady, a board certified addictionologist, told those attending Thursday's Prescription Medication Diversion and Abuse Summit that he fully supports offering drug addicts charged with crimes treatment instead of punishment, even though the failure rate for drug treatment programs is high.

ASHLAND More than 150 people have registered for Thursday's Prescription Medication Diversion and Abuse Summit sponsored by the Tri-County Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse Policy Local Board.

Do facts back up the opinions? Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from responsibility.

There's something about Greenup County Old Fashion Days that keeps folks coming back year after year.

A magnet school for science and math should be ready to start classes by fall 2011, officials say.