Morehead News

Staff report MOREHEAD State leaders will join Kentucky Adjutant General Edward W. Tonini in Morehead next week to name a Kentucky highway in memory of a Rowan County native and member of the United States Air Force with 12 years of service who died last year while serving in Afghanistan.

Front row from left, Autumn Holley, Ashland; Sara Franklin, Denniston; Chelsea Pruett, Morehead; Brooke Monroe, Ashland; Trulee Gilkison, Lawrenceburg; second row, Helen Ross, Ft.

Morehead State University and St. Claire Regional Medical Center will present Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers as part of a "Health Impact Series" under the new Shaping Our Appalachian Region initiative.

There is still time for new or returning students to register for Morehead State University's 2014 fall academic term.

What's good for the health of Kentucky's citizens might not be so healthy for some hospitals' bottom lines.

The largest working group of the Shaping Our Appalachian Region initiative has begun a series of "listening sessions" to get ideas about developing tourism opportunities from Appalachian Kentucky's arts and heritage.

The event will take place at 10 a.m. on the lawn of the Rowan County Arts Center.

Morehead State University Small Business Development Center will present "Small Town Opportunities" Friday, July 25, from 5-7 p.m. at the SBDC office at 150 East First Street, Morehead.

Morehead State University's Center for Regional Engagement and East Kentucky Small Business Development Centers would like to announce a free workshop.

A man is in serious condition at the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital after his motorcycle crashed in Rowan County Sunday afternoon, Kentucky State Police said.

Morehead State Public Radio has announced the addition of a book discussion program to its lineup.

Morehead State Public Radio has announced the addition of a book discussion program to its lineup.

Lonnie Curtis Davis, 47, was using a farm tractor at 4255 Bullfork Road when the tractor flipped and pinned him underneath, according to a Kentucky State news release.

Kentucky Governor's ScholarsProgram at Morehead State University has partnered with the community to host a patriotic celebration.

When: July 2, 3, 5, 6, 9-13. Gates open at 6:45 p.m., and show begins about 8 p.m. When Matthew Johnson was a student at Scott County High School and even during much of his time at Morehead State University, he had little regard for the work of William Shakespeare.

The Shaping Our Appalachian Region Education and Retraining Working Group will host a series of six public listening sessions throughout July, beginning with a session in Hazard on July 8. Jeff Whitehead, executive director of the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program Inc. serves as chair of the working group.

Terry Randolph, 44, of Sandy Hook, had not been seen since June 22. His wife says he left their Mitchell Road home in Elliott County after a disagreement, and never returned.

Jaque Abrams, 19, and Julius "Jubee" Kolowitz, 20, both of Elizabethtown, are charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Bo Otis, 20, at a home in Morehead, according to state police in Morehead.