South Shore News

It's hard to blame Drew Rothenstine for thinking he was going to have a rough go of it in Friday's Eastern Kentucky Junior Golf Association event.

By G. SAM PIATT PDT Staff Writer SOUTH SHORE, Ky. - A South Shore insurance agent faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 after pleading guilty to swindling clients out of more than a half-million dollars in an illegal Ponzi scheme.

Police believe Ronald Looman, 61, of Holland, died from a medical condition -- not a crash Thursday night on South Shore Drive near Goldenrod Avenue.

Kentucky Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo said Wednesday he believes the creation of a network where medical providers can more readily share information with one another is "the foundation" to reforming the health care system in Kentucky and nationwide.

Some predicted Tuesday Gov. Steve Beshear will issue a call for a special session on Wednesday, but most lawmakers were unsure what would be on the agenda.

Beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Ky. 2 will be closed to all traffic four miles south of Greenup while ceremonies honoring a Greenup County soldier killed in action in Afghanistan take place.

The May 9 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive by postal workers was once again a success.

Quake prediction one step closer A A May 21: A group of California scientists say they have made great strides in measuring changes to the Earth's magnetic field before an earthquake hits.

An biofuel company is hoping a new alternative crop will help wean the nation off its dependency on foreign oil.

Is Christina St. Clair a sexual deviant who preyed on children or the victim of false allegations arising from a "nasty" custody dispute? That is a decision a jury will ultimately have to make in a trial that began Monday in Greenup Circuit Court.

A Greenup County insurance agent has been charged by the federal government with running an illegal Ponzi scheme that defrauded his clients out of more than $500,000 during five years.

By G. SAM PIATT PDT Staff Writer SOUTH SHORE, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear said the new biofuels plant at South Shore will help to bring about one of his chief goals for Kentucky - seeing the state become an economic leader for the nation and the world.

Greenup County Sheriff Keith Cooper says his deputies made three drug-related arrests Tuesday evening after an extended investigation of drug activity in the western section of the county.

It is safe bet that until recently most area farmers had never even heard of miscanthus, much less considered planting it as a cash crop.

A new facility under development in Greenup County holds the potential to provide a clean, renewable energy source for power plants, to provide hundreds of jobs and to boost the region's farm economy.

By G. SAM PIATT PDT Staff Writer SOUTH SHORE, Ky. - A new plant that will produce carbon-free pellets from waste wood chips, switchgrass and other cover grasses to be burned for production of electricity will be built at the site of the old Hooker Chemical Plant east of South Shore.

By G. SAM PIATT PDT Staff Writer Sam Roberson remembers well that infamous Sunday morning 67 years ago, when the Japanese dive bombers and torpedo planes came roaring out of a dazzling Hawaiian sunrise packing death and destruction.

The Bay View Garden and Yard Society is kicking off the 2009 growing season with the popular Bay View Plant Sale at South Shore Park With Bay View's beautiful lakefront as a backdrop, the event will take place on Saturday, May 30th from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The Bay View Plant Sale hosts a variety of local, commercial plant vendors.

A federal judge has ordered that a civil lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky about the removal of a historic boulder from the Ohio River be placed on hold until after the criminal cases against two of the defendants are resolved.

Don't ask daddy for gardening advice unless you plan to practice the procedures he recommends, advises Denise Jarrell of Cannonsburg.