Sandy Hook News

Steve Gilmore said he sometimes tries to remember the seat he sat in when he saw movies such as "Gone with the Wind" at the Paramount Theatre.

Cats have always held a special place in the hearts of staff members at the Lawrence County Humane Society Animal Shelter, and now they share a sanctuary dedicated to the needs of felines.

A man and a woman were killed Wednesday in a one-vehicle accident in Elliott County.

A group of rising seniors walked through a large room dominated by a metal printing press strung with spools of paper on Tuesday.

An Eastern Kentucky jailer is found guilty of rape. Elliott County jailer Charles F. Howard was found guilty of first-degree rape on Monday.

Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard was found guilty of first-degree rape on Monday afternoon in Boyd Circuit Court.. He faces a 12-year jail sentence.

The wife of Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard testified Thursday that she normally accompanied her husband as a deputy jailer matron on trips where he had female prisoners to transport.

Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard gave two vastly differing statements to a Kentucky State Police detective investigating an allegation that Howard had raped a female prisoner while transporting her to jail.

Contents of this story may be offensive to some readers. The jailer of Elliott County went on trial Monday in Boyd Circuit Court for allegedly raping a female prisoner he was transporting.

The trial is under way for the Elliott County jailer, charged with raping a female inmate he was transporting.

The new fire engine has been washed, dried and backed into the bay at the Big Sandy Volunteer Fire Department.

State Rep. Rocky Adkins, D-Sandy Hook, and Sen. Walter Blevins, D-West Liberty, recently presented a $1.1 million dollar check to the Sandy Hook Water District for water system improvements and line extensions.

From water and sewer to the restrooms at the city pool, Louisa will soon benefit from economic stimulus funding in a variety of ways, according to Mayor Teddy Preston.

In conjunction with the state's Adopt-a-Highway Spring Clean, VFW Post 3705 gabbed some garbage bags and hit the roadway Tuesday, March 24, to make Carter County beautiful.

The 2009 General Assembly may have finished its work, although several pieces of legislation, including a major economic incentive bill sought by Gov.

Next week's public meeting for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Ky. 32 Alternatives Study will focus on the highway's top transportation problems and potential improvements in Rowan and Elliott counties.

Saddle up and get ready for the annual SATF Fun Horse Show set to take place April 11 at the Morehead State University Farm.

Amendments to lift restrictions on nuclear plant construction in Kentucky and allow drilling for oil and gas on state property might be enough to nuke Gov.

A Boyd County grand jury indicted a 30-year-old Rowan County man Monday who allegedly tried to steal a car stereo from the Cannonsburg Wal-Mart and then turned the situation into a fight scene.

The Florida physician who prescribed thousands of pain pills to over 500 Kentucky residents was sentenced Monday to 30 months behind bars.