Farmer's market to get pavilion with state funds
Despite heavy rain Thursday, Franklin County Farmer's Market vendors sold produce under the... More
- By MICHELLE PERRY State Journal Staff Writer
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Capital Seats/Backhall Catchall
Bench name: "Backhall Catchall" Designer: Ida Palmer-Ball Sponsor: McDonald's of Frankfort... More
New tourism director named here
The Frankfort-Franklin County Tourist and Convention Commission has a new executive director. Joy... More
- By CHARLES PEARL State Journal Staff Writer
Tearful Tina Conner girds to fight mail-fraud charge
With her head lowered and crying quietly, Tina Conner listened as her attorney entered a plea of... More
- By BETH CRACE State Journal Staff Writer
Capital Seats Fluidity
Bench Name: Fluidity Designer: Maria Bostrom Sponsors: Frankfort Regional Medical Center... More
Teacher fired for hemp stand to get $70,000
The Shelby County School District will pay Donna Cockrel, a former teacher, $70,000 to settle her... More
- By MELISSA ARNOLD State Journal Staff Writer
Jeb Bush boosts Fletcher campaign in visit here
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says it's rare for him to leave his home state. That's what the Republican... More
- By BETH CRACE State Journal Staff Writer
Renewal projects pitched
Save the Grand Theatre Inc. and First Baptist Church of Clinton Street are requesting a grant... More
- By CHARLES PEARL State Journal Staff Writer
Capital Seats Kentucky Heritage
Bench Name: Kentucky Heritage Designer: Phyllis Rogers Sponsor: Cull, Hayden and Vance Location:... More
State's 1,000th Habitat home to be built here
Frankfort officials and Habitat for Humanity partners and supporters gathered at 113 Douglas Ave.... More
- By MELISSA ARNOLD State Journal Staff Writer
Local prospector pans for fun, not profit
If only he could bring back a couple of nuggets half the size of the two crawdads Noah found July... More
- By CHARLES PEARL State Journal Staff Writer
Capital Seats Spotted Giraffe
Designers: Nathan and B.J. Coyle Sponsor: Church of the Ascension Location: Washington Street,... More
First time flyer, 83, gets red carpet treatment
As the song says, "... there's a first time for everything!" For Wilma New, leaving the familiar... More
- By PHILIP CASE State Journal COLUMNIST
HMB one of three firms working on Ohio River bridges
Business 101: start small. Looking at HMB Professional Engineers of Frankfort, that might be a... More
- By BETH CRACE State Journal Staff Writer
Capital Seats Kentucky Landscape Quilt
Designer: Erika J. Kaiser Sponsor: Richards Insurance Inc. Location: 215 St. Clair St. More
Blasting causes concern
Betty Curtiss has lived behind Curtiss Trophy Shop on Devil's Hollow Road for more than 29 years.... More
- By GAYLE COULTER State Journal Staff Writer
Police seek help in 2001 murder probe
It was a warm Saturday morning in June 2001 when the body of 68-year-old Katherine Tatman was... More
- By GAYLE COULTER State Journal Staff Writer
Humane Society running short on animal food
Bags of dog and cat food are running low at the Franklin County Humane Society's animal shelter.... More
- By CHARLES PEARL State Journal Staff Writer
Pilot from here hailed as a hero in lost boy's rescue
The propeller on the nose of a Cessna 172 spins as pilot Chris Sutton prepares for takeoff. He's... More
- By MICHELLE PERRY State Journal Staff Writer
Galbraith visits here in quest to get on AG ballot this fall
The man who has called the play-by-play for outhouses races at the Great Outhouse Blowout at... More
- By CHARLES PEARL State Journal Staff Writer
KSU president praises students for activism
Kentucky State University's interim president told regents Friday he had a constructive meeting... More
- By BESS HINSON State Journal Staff Writer
Capital Seats: Circa 1952
Bench Name: Circa 1952 Artist: Stephen P. Schrader Sponsor: Coldwell Banker Preferred Realty... More
Students attack firing of KSU vice president
They were mad. Or, at least, their signs would have led one to believe so. But the 40 or so... More
- By BETH CRACE State Journal Staff Writer
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