Eastern Kentucky University News

Dr. Allen D. Engle Sr., professor of management at Eastern Kentucky University, recently spent three weeks in Europe, presenting at an international management conference and serving as a guest lecturer in England.

Eastern Kentucky University's Bluegrass Community Health Center will update its management system and expand one of its clinics with a $472,915 grant from the Health Resources and Service Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Lincoln County Fair opened its 2009 run in royal fashion, crowning two queens - " Miss Lincoln County Fair and Miss Lincoln County - " under the lights of the Teddy Gilbert Memorial Pageant Pavilion Monday night.

Noe Middle School's jazz band gave its audience a reason to boogie and swing at a national conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday night.

A former Eastern Kentucky University police shift sergeant pleaded guilty Monday morning to evidence tampering and sexual misconduct, but received a probated sentence as part of a plea agreement.

Lynville and Janey Patterson of Kings Mountain, Ky., are happy to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Stephanie Nadine Patterson, to Jeffrey William Wesley, son of Jerry and Sandy Wesley of Science Hill.

Finding a new job can be a struggle, but finding a job as a recent college graduate or a current college student is even more difficult.

Tennessee police say an escaped inmate from a Mississippi prison was taken into custody in the shooting of a Nashville police officer, a Laurel County native, who was in critical condition Friday.

"Drop the gun! Drop the gun," yelled the police officer dressed in combat gear as he crouched outside the middle school building.

Since she was just a little girl, Kim Patton has been a fixture at the Laurel County Agricultural Fair.

Where: Ride starts at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond and ends at Man O War Harley-Davidson with stops in Burgin, Nicholasville and Versailles.

Dale Steinmetz , who turns 45 on Wednesday, June 17, earned his degree from Eastern Kentucky University in technical horticulture, with a minor in business, so he could follow in his father's footsteps - only not as an employee, but as owner of Garden Gate Fruit Market .

All week, severe storms have battered the state. Until Thursday, most of the damage was limited to southern and eastern Kentucky.

With every step in education, there must be a graduation. Old turns into new, youth gains experience, new challenges lie ahead.

The Chillicothe Evening Lions honored four local students and their families at its May 19 weekly dinner.

Law enforcement officers from 21 Kentucky agencies graduated Friday, June 12 from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training at Eastern Kentucky University.

Melissa Morris is a fan of the classics, and finds her fashion inspiration in icons like Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Onassis.

Twenty-five years ago, John Rogers didn't know if he would ever have children. A survivor of testicular cancer, Rogers, 47, is now the father of three teenagers - twins, Katherine and Guinn, 17, and John Thomas, 15.

Jonathan Noe appeared briefly before Senior Judge David Hayse on Wednesday to waive his preliminary hearing in Madison District Court.

Neal and Sheryl Shoemaker of Somerset are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Britani Ann Shoemaker, to James Chadwick Whitis, son of James and Tamara Whitis of Eubank.