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Humane Society Clinic celebrates 1,000 spay/neuter milestone
The Humane Society/Animal League for Life spay and neuter clinic on Big Hill Avenue broke 1,000 surgeries Monday with Dexter the cat being the lucky recipient of the milestone procedure.
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Madison Middle Band’s ‘A Night At the Movies’ Thursday
The Madison Middle School band will take its audience to “A Night At the Movies” 7 p.m. Thursday at the Eastern Kentucky University Ravine.
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Superintendent search begins for Madison County Schools
The news broke of Superintendent Tommy Floyd’s resignation April 29, but the Madison County School Board accepted his official resignation at Thursday’s meeting.
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Task force: Cut one VP, dean, associate dean
Eastern Kentucky University’s Strategic Budget Reallocation Task Force will recommend merging the offices of Administrative Affairs with Financial Affairs, eliminating the administrative vice president’s position.
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Special session over redistricting likely
Special sessions may be unpopular — legislators understand that well enough to avoid them if at all possible — but two lawsuits over drawing legislative districts may precipitate one soon.
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First Lady urges graduates to live by their values
Touching on her own college experiences, First Lady Michelle Obama urged Eastern Kentucky University graduates to live a life of service while building on valuable character traits that will benefit the entire nation.
Obama visited Richmond as the featured speaker for EKU’s evening commencement. She chose to speak at the ceremony because of the university’s recognized commitment to serving student military veterans. -
Four charged with illegally occupying a foreclosed home
Police arrested a number of people on burglary charges May 3 after they unlawfully took up residence in a foreclosed home, according to an RPD report.
Police developed information indicating that several people were living in a foreclosed home in in the 300 block of Bowerwood Drive. -
Four charged with illegally occupying a foreclosed home
Police arrested a number of people on burglary charges May 3 after they unlawfully took up residence in a foreclosed home, according to an RPD report.
Investigators developed information indicating that several people were living in a foreclosed home in in the 300 block of Bowerwood Drive.
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Board votes to reclassify full-time substitute teachers
Madison County Schools teachers and staff cheered Thursday night after a proposal to cut two contracted days from the school calendar died when board members declined to make a motion on the measure, either pro or con.
However, 15 educators in the district will see cuts to their salaries as the board voted 5-0 to reclassify full-time substitute teachers to para-educators. -
Fundraisers with facial hair: Bluegrass Beard On
Richmond’s bearded, mustached, sideburned, goateed and even hairless gussied up their facial hair (both fake and real) for the Bluegrass Beard On at the Paddy Wagon Friday night.
A local chapter of Beard Team USA, Beard & Loathing in Kentucky, hosted the charity event. Partnered with the Paddy Wagon, the proceeds will go into a fund that will eventually be used for the construction of a Habitat for Humanity home, said one of team’s founding members “Captain” Kyle Isaacs. - More Local News Headlines
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