Harold News

U.S. Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers announced today that a key committee in the U.S. House of Representatives has approved federal funding for flood control efforts in southern and eastern Kentucky.

Morehead State Universitya s Program of Distinction, IRAPP , a part of t he new College of Business and Public Affairs, recently received a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the University of Kentucky.

The guest speaker at the London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce's luncheon meeting was Community Liaison and Sales Associate Amy Stroud from the Center for Rural Development in Somerset.

One of Pulaski County's most well-known contributors to the arts has a new champion for her accomplishments.

" U.S. Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers announced today that the U.S. Forest Service has awarded $3,696,700 toward numerous improvement projects in the Daniel Boone National Forest including debris removal for trail and road restoration, forest thinning to resist the Gypsy Moth, stream and ecosystem monitoring, and dump clean ups with Kentucky ...

Is Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers encouraging emergency responders to take part in something he doesn't support? That's what one branch of political opposition is accusing Rogers of after the Fifth District Republican recently urged fire departments throughout his part of the state to apply for a new competitive grant program for firehouse ...

" Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers announced today that a key committee in the U.S. House of Representatives has approved $4.45 million for Operation UNITE to continue its flourishing counter-drug initiative in southern and eastern Kentucky.

Ashley Minton, Nancy, and Ryan Mofield, Nancy, wish to announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.

Jack and Nora McNeely of Somerset announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Shaina Marie McNeely, to Justin Paul Moody, son of Tammy Adams and husband, William Rob Adams, of Apopka, Fla., and Paul Moody and wife, Heather Moody, of Somerset.

Harlan County High School sophomore Olivia Marsee was recently selected to participate in the Rogers Scholars youth program this summer at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset.

Kentucky State Police Post 12 Frankfort will remember three fallen comrades during the National Police Memorial week May 11-17. On Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 3:00 PM, we will place a wreath at the gravesites of Trooper Harold J. Toll and Trooper Bobby A. McCoun in Anderson County.

Past participants have described Rogers Scholars as an "experience of a lifetime." Adair County's Erin Burris will get the chance this summer to have that experience herself and become part of a program that's providing leadership and scholarship opportunities to the region's future leaders.

" Another step was taken Friday to see work started on what is being called the Pride on the River Project that will see a sewer plant constructed at Harold.

The water started coming over the banks of Johns Creek about 3 a.m. Saturday, Meta residents say, and they got out of their houses as fast as they could.

At the request of U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers, R-KY, the U.S. Department of Defense has allocated $20,000 to install oil heaters in the Kentucky National Guard maintenance shop in London.

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer Larceny, love, longevity, lunacy, loot, laughter and old lace will linger long on the boards of London's Belle Bennett auditorium this, and the next, weekend as the Belle Bennett Players troupe presents its latest production.

Surveillance footage taken during an armed robbery at the Ivel Double Kwik shows the person investigators suspect to be responsible for a rash of robberies in Floyd County in just over a month.

For the second time in three days, a Floyd County convenience store is robbed at gunpoint by a man wearing pantyhose over his face.

Post 9 received a 911 call from the Harold Double Kwik in Floyd County advising a male subject approximately 5'10" and 190 lbs wearing black pants, a long sleeve black shirt, a black beanie hat with white pantyhose over his face entered the store armed with a handgun demanding money.

When commercial air travel out of Lake Cumberland Regional Airport began last December, you could hop a plane to Nashville, and talk was that Cincinnati might soon become another option.