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Carrie Alexis "Ali" Bentley, a 15-year-old junior at Somerset High School, is representing Kentucky at the 2008 Presidential Youth Leadership Conference (PYLC), sponsored by LeadAmerica. She is the daughter of Joanna Conder of Somerset, and Bill and Patricia Bentley of Whitesburg. More ... Alice Lloyd College has been named the top college in America for graduating students with the least amount of debt by U.S. News and World Report. ALC also ranked third among all baccalaureat colleges in the South and six in the nation in alumni donations. More ... LOUISVILLE Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Bruce Lunsford have accepted an invitation to participate in an old-fashioned debate later this month in northern Kentucky. Instead of taking questions from a moderator or panelists, the rivals will ask each other questions. More ... SAN FRANCISCO Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market leading search engine. More ... CHARLESTON, W.Va. A federal judge has ordered coal giant Massey Energy to offer new jobs to 85 union miners who lost jobs at a West Virginia mine in 2004. The miners were laid off when Richmond, Va.-based Massey took over the eastern Kanawha County mine after the previous owner, Horizon Natural Resources, went into bankruptcy. More ... FRANKFORT The Kentucky Supreme Court plans to review two cases involving the state's new self-defense law that allows people to shoot dangerous home invaders without fear of prosecution. More ... The new slate of officers of the board of directors of the Kentucky River Area Development District were sworn in at a meeting held August 27. Pictured are (right to left) Judge Raymond Hurst, chairman; the Rev. John Pray, vice-chairman; Mayor Veda Wooten, treasurer; Judge Jimmy Sizemore, secretary; and Whitesburg Mayor James W. Craft, parliamentarian. More ... |
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