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Manchester is under consideration for a large manufacturing plant that would turn household garbage into building materials, according to the mayor and the state Economic Development Cabinet.

Preliminary statistics* indicate that thirteen people died in twelve separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from Monday, June 15 through Sunday, June 21, 2009.

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer A Manchester man who reportedly stole power tools from London's Tractor Supply store on KY 192 late Friday morning was arrested on I-75 about halfway between Corbin and Williamsburg.

MANCHESTER, KY Work to clear debris from a mudslide will result in I-75 south in Whitley County being reduced to one lane from milepoint 8 to 8.5 today, June 19.

A Clay County circuit judge can't preside over a voyeurism lawsuit against the local hospital because he has property interests with an attorney representing the people suing the facility, the state's chief justice has ruled.

On Monday, June 15, 2009, at approximately 02:09 PM the Kentucky State Police, Post 11, in London was notified of an injury traffic crash on the Hal Rogers Parkway in Clay County.

JOHN MIDDLETON/Harlan Daily Enterprise Kentucky Department of Highways officials have recently begun work to improve the section of KY 72 in Harlan County from U.S. 421 near Dressen.

Two drivers are dead after a fiery crash in southeastern Kentucky. Trooper Don Trosper says a pickup truck crossed the center line near mile marker 23 on Hal Rogers Parkway between Manchester and Big Creek around 3 p.m. EDT Monday.

The Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents voted Monday to extend President Doug Whitlock's contract by two years, through July 31, 2013.

Terry Gray hears it nearly every day, yet never tires of it. "This is the best thing that has ever happened to Clay County," folks tell the director of Eastern Kentucky University's Manchester Regional Campus.

MANCHESTER, Ky. -- Russell Cletus Maricle was an outstanding student in college and in law school, and quickly became one of the state's leading black-lung attorneys.

MANCHESTER, Ky. - A recent edition of the local newspaper, the Manchester Enterprise, bore the front-page headline: 'FBI: here or not? Nobody's saying.' But the FBI has been here in force during the last few years, no question.

In his youth Bob Davenport of Richmond had dreams of being a rock star, and though he hasn't achieved that goal, his interest in music has paid off in the form of a life-long career of repairing and making guitars.

Clogged drains, ditchlines filled with mud, embankment failures that sent pavement and dirt into the creeks: these are the top three problems facing maintenance specialists at Highway District 12 in the aftermath of flash flooding earlier this month.

Eastern Kentucky University's 2009-10 budget will grow by nearly $5.2 million, or 2.44 percent, if the board of regents adopts the recommendation of its finance committee.

A former Clay County election officer pleaded guilty Friday to taking part in a scheme to buy votes.

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer For the past 19 months, London's city police have been looking for a man named Marvin R. Combs, the fifth member of a drug ring, four of whom were arrested in October 2007.

A year ago today CNN broadcast a piece on voter apathy in Clay County, Kentucky, as our presidential primary approached.

As the investigation into an alleged vote buying scheme involving several Clay County officials continues, new information is coming out that could implicate more people.