http://www.richmondregister.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:58:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_323205918.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_323205918.html Kelly Eagan of the Wood and Strings Theatre demonstrates an Indonesian shadow puppet Thursday after a performance by the Centerville, Tenn.-based pupperty troupe at Berea College. The performance also included puppets from Japanese, English and Pacific Northwest American Indian cultures. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:07:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_323080831.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_323080831.html Eastern Kentucky University Theatre presents George Bernard Shaw’s “Candida,” at 8 p.m. tonight through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Gifford Theatre of the Campbell Building on Crabbe Street. Shown above are EKU students Caitlin Ingram and Dave White. Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. To reserve tickets, call 622-1323. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:04:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_323080449.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_323080449.html It took less than two hours Wednesday morning for a jury to convict David Daugherty of second-degree manslaughter for the Dec. 23, 2008, shooting death of Christopher Shane Adkins, and only 16 minutes for that jury to set a 10-year sentence.The jury retired to begin deliberations shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday after Madison Circuit Judge William G. Clouse dismissed the jury to the jury room, and a verdict was returned at 11 a.m. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:31:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_322083335.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_322083335.html A jury of six men and six women was scheduled to begin deliberating at 9 a.m. today in the murder trial of David Daugherty after attorneys agreed Tuesday to continue the trial an additional day.Jury instructions and closing arguments ended a lengthy day in Madison Circuit Court as prosecutors concluded their case and Daugherty’s lawyer mounted a defense. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_322082920.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_322082920.html Students at Berea College have joined the fight to end hunger and homelessness. This week, the school’s Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service (CELTS) is taking part in Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The national campaign, which runs through Saturday, is part of a joint venture between the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:25:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_321082543.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_321082543.html Phillip Seyfret, left, of the Sons of Union Veterans, and Wayne Peters of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, raise copies of the Union and Confederate flags on the pole a Battlefield Park on Monday afternoon. The two flags were donated by the Boonesborough Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in a ceremony at the Pleasant View house. The Union’s “stars and stripes,” with 34 stars, replicates the flag under which the federal forces fought in the August 1862, Battle of Richmond. The Confederate “stars and bars” flag, with seven stars, was flown as southern national flag from 1861 until 1863. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:20:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_321082159.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_321082159.html The shotgun blast that killed Christopher Shane Adkins outside a Berea home last December was fired in self-defense, the attorney for his accused killer told a jury Monday.David A. Daugherty, 42, of Sand Gap, is facing a possible life sentence for the Dec. 23, 2008, shooting of Adkins, 34, of Berea, outside a home in the 5500 block of Battlefield Memorial Highway. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_320080047.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_320080047.html Santa Claus’ helpers with the Salvation Army are getting an early start this year.Bell ringers and their red kettles took their positions Friday evening at local supermarkets and variety stores.An Angel Tree went up in the Richmond Walmart on Thursday, and another will go up today in the Berea Walmart.The red-kettle campaign got off to a rousing start with a 5:30 p.m. ceremony Friday at the Richmond Walmart for which the Madison Central High School chorus sang four Christmas songs. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:54:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_320075631.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_320075631.html Even though reports of the flu — especially the H1N1 virus — have dominated news reports dating back to the spring, we are now just beginning to enter the traditional flu season.Over the past 26 years, February has been the peak flu month 12 times, while January has had the heaviest flu activity five times, December and March four times and November once, according to information obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:03:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_318200349.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_318200349.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_316204712.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_316204712.html Madison County families and local churches have been hosting 14 girls from the Prince of Peace Home for Girls in San Cristobal, Guatemala, as they tour Madison County to take a look at technologies being used in public schools. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:40:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_316203916.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_316203916.html Richmond artist Richard Deane, right, chats Tuesday evening with Harry Bush of Waco about his painting of Bush included in his “Tribute to My Heroes” exhibit at Gallery on Main. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:37:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_316103805.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_316103805.html Members of the B. Michael Caudill Middle School dance team, including Jillian Pittman, from left, Amanda Highland and Keely Durbin, all eighth-graders, perform Wednesday morning during the school’s Veteran’s Day program. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:01:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_316080204.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_316080204.html Decked out in team colors and face paint and pumped by a thunderous roar of screams and chants, Clark-Moores Middle School students filled the gym to capacity on Wednesday, showing off their school spirit during a pep rally.Only this pep rally had nothing to do with athletics.The roughly 600 rowdy and cheering students were assembled to celebrate academics. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:27:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_315082735.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_315082735.html Adrienne Renfro, right, and sister-in-law Lyndsey Renfro, 4, both of Richmond, watch “The World of Reptiles” show Tuesday at the Madison County Public Library in Richmond.