Lawrence County News

Add Johnson County to the list of counties in which a former University of Kentucky basketball player has been charged for running a ticket scam.

Recently, Community Hospice's Paintsville office held its first memorial service in honor of their hospice patients who had died in the past year.

Several people attended the Lawrence County Fiscal Court meeting Monday to ask that the court not support a group's plan to seek funding for a new drug rehabilitation center called Odyssey.

A proposed addiction recovery program in Louisa will not qualify for a $500,000 community block grant after elected officials in the city, as well as Lawrence County, voted to show no support for the project.

In the midst of a region-wide epidemic of prescription drug abuse, it is absolutely unbelievable that any governing body, community organizations or individuals would oppose a church-sponsored program designed to help individuals kick their addictions to prescription drugs.

Even with decades of decay evident, the old stone-walled home near Louisa's city limits has caused thousands of passersby to imagine what the place was like when it was alive and what could be done with it today.

When it comes to helping people recover from addiction, city officials in Louisa have decided to 'Just Say No.' After hearing the concerns of a crowd of city residents during a city council meeting last week, elected leaders voted to sign no agreements regarding an addiction-recovery program proposed by Community Fellowship, a church in downtown ...

We thank all of our sponsors for their generous donations to support the Raceland-Worthington High School Marching Band.

Bookworms and computer nerds alike will appreciate the new Lawrence County Public Library, which will have its grand opening today.

Lawrence County's new library is more than a repository for books. It's a community center, a center for education and economic development, "something everybody in the community will use," said State Librarian Wayne Onkst.

The battle Lawrence County farmers currently are having with a huge flock of birds - mostly starlings, blackbirds and grackles - is not a new one, but its source can be traced to 1890.

Bankruptcy filings in the Eastern District of U.S. Bankruptcy Court include the following: Carter County Michael Scott Crum and Tena Diane Crum of Olive Hill; Chapter 13; filed Nov.

Some local farmers recently found themselves in what they described as scene from "The Birds," Alfred Hitchcock's famous horror film, as thousands of blackbirds, starlings and grackles descended on their crops.

Some farmers in Eastern Kentucky say their crops are being consumed in the fields by huge flocks of birds.

Gov. Steve Beshear announced Tuesday that he has approved an increase in the number of mine inspectors and the number of mining permit reviewers in the Energy and Environment Cabinet.

Commuters coming into Kentucky from Ohio found their path blocked at the Ohio River Tuesday morning as emergency officials responded to a reported hazardous material spill that was quickly identified as rock salt.

In the wake of the flu outbreak in Kentucky, hospitals in Paintsville and Martin have imposed restrictions concerning visitation at their facilities.

A dozen individuals suspected of illegally selling drugs in Lawrence County were arrested during a roundup on Tuesday.

More than a dozen suspected drug dealers are behind bars after a sweep through Lawrence County, Kentucky earlier this week by the Operation UNITE Drug Task Force.

With credit given to the nurses and others who started their fight against a wave of the flu early in the season, Lawrence County seems to have survived the worst of the virus with minimal problems, according to Dr.