Local News

• City to hire three more firefighters

  Richmond is poised to add three firefighters to the fire department in the coming year.

  June 18, 2013

• ‘Puppet Frenzy’

  Students age 6 to 13 in the Richmond Area Arts Council’s “Puppet Frenzy” summer arts camp this week are designing and making their own puppets under the direction of Richard and Mary Brown. They will put on a puppet show for family and friends on Friday.

  June 18, 2013 6 Photos

• Event gives attendees a ‘taste’ of Richmond

  The Taste of Richmond event is coming back for its second year Friday night at Richmond Centre.

  June 18, 2013

• Female WWII veteran celebrates her 94th birthday on Sunday

  Grace Bowles raised a glass to her lips with a shaky hand, sipping some homemade iced tea before setting the glass gently down again on the table.

  June 18, 2013

• Hearing on science standards is July 23

   Once again those looking for controversy about new science standards for Kentucky school children were disappointed when the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee (EAARS) didn’t take them up Tuesday.

  June 18, 2013

Sports

• GOLF: Local golfers in the hunt at State Amateur

  Several golfers with local connections are still in the hunt for a title after the first day of the 102nd Kentucky Amateur Championships.

  June 19, 2013

• GOLF: Miller takes first place at Tates Creek

  Richmond’s Zach Miller coasted to an easy victory Tuesday at a Musselman-Dunne Golf Tour event at Tates Creek Golf Course in Lexington.

  June 19, 2013

• GOLF: Local golfers set to compete at State Amateur

  Eight golfers with local connections will tee it up today in the opening round of the 102nd Kentucky Amateur Championship at Bowling Green Country Club.

  June 17, 2013

Lifestyles & Community

• BQA Training June 25

  Madison County Extension Office, 230 Duncannon Lane, Richmond. This certification is required if you have received CAIP cost share funds for Cattle Handling Facilities or Genetic Improvement.

  June 18, 2013 1 Photo

• Muffins, and not the kind you wear on one’s head...
• Local farmers markets abound in Madison County

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• Slower rise in health care spending is a big deal

  The sky isn't falling. The train is not wrecking. The end is not nigh. And to drag this out a bit, the tidings are not all bad.
  The Social Security and Medicare trustees have spoken in their latest annual report: Social Security's not-too-serious condition remains unchanged from last year. But the outlook for Medicare, the more shaky program, has brightened modestly.

  June 4, 2013 1 Photo

• Permission sometimes easier to get than forgiveness
• CENTRAL KENTUCKY SHINES IN GLOBAL DEMILITARIZATION EFFORT

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