Vanceburg City Council met in a special session last week, three days after the regular meeting was scheduled due to lack of a quorum.
Only three members of council showed up on Monday evening, the regularly scheduled date. Four are Continue reading
Keith Prater
On Tuesday, January 30, 2018, the late Keith Prater will be inducted into the Rowan County Senior High School Alumni Hall of Fame.
The induction ceremony will take place at Rowan County Senior High School’s Warren Cooper Gymnasium Continue reading
Lewis County Judge Executive Todd Ruckel says a meeting with ambulance service officials produced promising efforts to improve response times in the county.
Ruckel and other local officials traveled to Portsmouth Ambulance administrative offices to discuss concerns with officials there. Continue reading
Kaden Lawhorn
Deputy Bryon Walker is investigating an apparent accidental shooting Saturday afternoon near Garrison that seriously injured a 14-year-old boy.
Walker said 911 dispatchers were notified of the incident about 2:30 p.m. Saturday on Bill Chain Road when the Continue reading
Natalie Stone will perform this weekend at Vern Riffe Center for the Arts in Portsmouth.
The Nutcracker ballet has become Christmas tradition since the story was written in 1816, but the Cirque D’Art Theatre has re-created the classic story and Continue reading
Firefighters battle a barn fire in Greenup County Wednesday night. The barn and its contents were destroyed. The cause remains under investigation – Hammer Cooper Photo
Garrison and Firebrick firefighters were called into Greenup County Wednesday night to assist fire Continue reading
Firefighters work to bring a fire under control on Happy Hollow Road Wednesday morning. No one was hurt although the home sustained extensive damage. – Dennis Brown Photo
Firefighters were called to a home on Happy Hollow Road near Tollesboro Continue reading
No one was hurt as a result of this single-vehicle accident on Blue Springs Road Tuesday evening. – Dennis Brown Photo
Deputy Eric Poynter is investigating a single-vehicle accident on Blue Springs Road Tuesday evening.
Poynter said two young men Continue reading
Firefighters ensure a fire at a home on Trace Creek Road has been extinguished. – Dennis Brown Photo
A home on Trace Creek Road was damaged Monday evening as the result of a fire above the ceiling of the structure. Continue reading
Lewis County’s ambulance service provider will be awarding scholarships to Shawnee State University’s EMT Program in an effort to increase the number of emergency medical technicians in the area.
Portsmouth Emergency Ambulance Service will be awarding 24 scholarships to attend Continue reading