http://www.richmondregister.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:04:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_309215813.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_309215813.html Expansion and renovation at Madison Southern High School is nearing completion. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_309215305.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_309215305.html Despite being sentenced to a year in prison, Brandon Clay Rousey will be free on probation after less than two months in custody following a hearing Thursday in Madison Circuit Court. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:05:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_309090641.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_309090641.html Brightly colored beads slide across metal dowels as the students add and subtract to calculate a solution to the math problem.Just a typical elementary school classroom – except that it’s a classroom at Eastern Kentucky University and the students are education majors working on strategies to use with students who struggle in mathematics. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:07:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_309080748.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_309080748.html In the Kit Carson Elementary outdoor classroom, fourth-grader Devin Weber uses a ruler to take measurements of a tree to record in his nature journal during teacher Vivian Bowles’ science class Wednesday. As part of the class, each student adopted a spot to observe throughout the four seasons as a way to study ecosystems and the interaction of living things. The students have been using the outdoor classroom as part of the proposed “No Child Left Inside” act which aims to introduce environmental education as a school subject so students can learn in nature, not just learn about nature. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:33:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_308083409.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_308083409.html A recent survey by the National School Board’s Association ranks the Madison County school district seventh nationally among districts of similar size in its use of technology and digital education.Madison County was the only Kentucky school district of any size to be ranked by the survey, according to a news release from the school board.The district was compared to others of medium size — with 2,501 to 15,000 students — across the country. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:29:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_308083027.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_308083027.html Richmond police arrested a man early Tuesday morning in connection with Monday’s robbery of a Madison Bank branch.Leon Rozell Noland Jr., 47, of Francis Street, was arrested shortly after 1:30 a.m. and charged with first-degree robbery, said Sgt. Willard Reardon, Richmond Police Department spokesman.A man fitting the description of the suspect, and later identified as Noland, was spotted at Walmart on the Eastern Bypass by police Maj. Steve Gregg, who summoned officers to the store, Reardon said. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:04:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_307080611.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_307080611.html Daniel Boone, the famed frontiersman who erected a fort on the Kentucky River and led numerous settlers to the Bluegrass region, turned 275 on Monday.Eastern Kentucky University and the Madison County Historical Society marked the anniversary of this birth by unveiling a bronze plaque attached to the pedestal of the Boone statue on University Drive. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:03:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_306093813.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_306093813.html A Monday morning robbery at the court square branch of Madison Bank netted an undisclosed amount of cash, Richmond police said, and a search for the suspect is under way.An attempt to locate for the suspect was issued around 8:50 a.m. immediately following the robbery at the bank, on the corner of Main and North Second streets. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:10:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_306083332.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_306083332.html St. Mark Catholic Church had planned to host singer Patti Labelle for a Christmas concert this year, but unforeseen circumstances have forced a cancellation, according to the Rev. Jim Sichko, the pastor.“We are thrilled, however, that Natalie Cole has graciously agreed to perform two concerts Saturday, Dec. 5,” he said. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:05:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_306080810.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_306080810.html Heidi, a 9-week-old Boxer owned by Brittany Weeks of Richmond, won Saturday’s first-ever Halloween Dog Costume Contest at The Grooming Studio dressed as Snow White. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Madison County Humane Society Animal League for Life. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:13:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_303201204.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_303201204.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:28:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_302222531.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_302222531.html Shannon Johnson Elementary physical educaiton teacher Kathy Todd reacts Wednesday to having her hair spray painted pink by Teri Wilson during a school pep rally. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:51:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_302085254.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_302085254.html Visitors to the Kentucky Artisan Center have a chance to interact with a former governor, a presidential first lady, famous musicians and even a Triple Crown winner. In celebration of Halloween, employees at the Artisan Center are dressing as historical or contemporary Kentuckians. Each employee has learned the history of the person — or horse — they are portraying, relating to guests a brief description of that character’s significance to Kentucky. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:09:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_301080303.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_301080303.html Kentuckians, especially the people of Eastern Kentucky, identify themselves by county. While that tends to separate and localize residents of the Bluegrass State, the Kentucky River should binds us together, according to Gurney Norman, the state’s poet laureate.Norman offered that perspective Monday night as he addressed a group of about 30 artists at Eastern Kentucky University’s Appalachian Center who are spending most of this week getting a new perspective of the river. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:06:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_301080649.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_301080649.html Wade Stanfield, superintendent intern for Madison County Schools, has been named a finalist for the superintendent position at Warren County Public Schools in Bowling Green.The job became open on Sept. 1, when Dale Brown retired.“I’m very excited about the opportunity to interview with the board and be able to meet some of the people in the community,” Stanfield said. “Bowling Green is one of the fastest growing cities in Kentucky. I thought it would be an awesome opportunity.”