Greenup County News

Dozens of area residents have become victims of home burglaries and other thefts in recent weeks.

As the weather gets colder, Janice LeBrun's thoughts turn to quilts. LeBrun, artist of the month for November at the Pendleton Art Center, will display her paintings featuring quilts in the gallery of the center for the month, including one painting that features the Greenup County Map Quilt, which is on display at the Greenup County Courthouse.

A Portsmouth man pleaded guilty Monday in Greenup Circuit Court to sexually abusing his former girlfriend's children.

A number of local individuals took advantage of the first day of election filings to announce their candidacy for 2010 races.

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The largest drug roundup in Kentucky's history unfolded this week as state, local and federal officers stormed dozens of homes with felony arrest warrants for 518, striking at the heart of an illegal prescription drug trafficking organization.

The 911 centers in Greenup and Boyd counties this week were awarded state Community Mobile Radio Service Board grants to improve their services.

Flu-like symptoms affecting students and staff moved officials in the Greenup County School District to close schools at the end of the school day Wednesday.

It's a flat concrete pad at the foot of an embankment, surrounded by earth that has obviously been recently turned.

Dorothy K. Griffith takes a risk if she decides to move her car during her lunch break.

Greenup County football rivals Russell and Raceland will be battling on the football field at Raceland Friday night, but the two schools will be working together this week for a good cause.

The region's prescription drug abuse epidemic and the Florida-to-Kentucky pill connection were spotlighted in an hourlong documentary program that debuted Wednesday night on a national cable television network.

A Greenup County man was shot in the leg early this morning by one of two suspects who were reportedly trying to break into his car.

Two suspects are on the run at this time. GREENUP, CO., KY -- Police are searching for two males after a shooting in Greenup County, Kentucky.

Two Greenup County men have been indicted on felony charges for allegedly endangering the life of a 15-month-old child.

Despite a new departure point along the Ohio River and a questionable weather forecast, the Ashland Alliance had a boatload of members aboard the Belle of Cincinnati for the organization's annual meeting Tuesday evening.

The first doses of vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus are scheduled to arrive today, a health official said.

Flatwoods City Council has a new member. Former Greenup County Coroner Bob Greene has been appointed to fill a seat recently vacated by the death of Rita Quesenberry.

If voters in the Greenup County precinct of Bellefonte approve the legal sale of alcoholic beverages at the Bellefonte Country Club in a special Dec.

There's something about Greenup County Old Fashion Days that keeps folks coming back year after year.