http://www.richmondregister.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:46:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_006084647.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_006084647.html The sign outside Zaxby’s restaurant on Kim Kent Drive announces the restaurant’s temporary closure Monday because of a fire Sunday. Richmond Fire Department crews responded to a kitchen fire at the restaurant around 9:20 a.m. Sunday and were able to extinguish the blaze quickly. The building sustained significant heat and smoke damage, Richmond Fire Department public information officer Corey Lewis said, and the kitchen had fire damage. The cause of the fire is believed to be spontaneous combustion of a pile of rags in the kitchen, Lewis said, and samples were sent off for testing to confirm the cause. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:06:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_005080716.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_005080716.html Humans are not the only ones losing their homes in today’s economic downturn. The number of animals being left behind is growing rapidly, and the county animal shelter, local Humane Society chapter and animal foster care homes are beginning to see an overwhelming increase.“People are having a hard time feeding their pets,” said Eve Seacrist of the Madison County Humane Society. “The requests (to take animals) are up 25 percent if I had to put a number on it. It’s overwhelming. People are losing jobs and are being forced to move into places that do not accept pets.” Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:44:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_003184318.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_003184318.html  Students enrolled in Richmond’s Deane School of Art did not necessarily paint the town red, but they did paint something to help beautify the downtown area. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:36:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_002193416.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_002193416.html Her mom thought she would be a Christmas baby, but she arrived on New Year’s Day. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_001164458.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_001164458.html The launching of Richmond Centre, a giant retail center off Exit 87 of Interstate 75, plus other new retailers opening elsewhere, was voted the top local story of 2008 by the Richmond Register news department.Even as retail sales fell in many parts of the country and some retail chains filed for bankruptcy, several chains opened new facilities in Madison County. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:25:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_002072637.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_002072637.html The epic election that made Barack Obama the first African-American president was the top news story of 2008 — followed closely by the economic meltdown that will test his leadership, according to U.S. editors and news directors voting in The Associated Press’ annual poll.The campaign, with subplots emerging throughout the year, received 100 first-place votes out of 155 ballots cast for the top 10 stories. Two other political sagas — the history-making candidacies of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sarah Palin — also made the list.The vast economic crisis, plunging the U.S. into recession and ravaging many business sectors worldwide, was the No. 2 story, receiving 49 first-place votes. The precipitous rise and fall of oil prices was No. 3.The top story of 2007 was the massacre of 32 people at Virginia Tech University by a mentally disturbed student gunman. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:09:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_366081000.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_366081000.html Richmond firefighters learned how to use the department’s new fire truck Tuesday afternoon at the department’s training center. The department recently acquired the truck, which is similar to the department’s other equipment. Groups of firefighters took turns spraying down a concrete structure at the training center to familiarize themselves with the new truck. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:16:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_365081652.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_365081652.html Kentucky State Police are searching for a pair of robbers who struck the Dollar Value Plus store on Battlefield Memorial Highway in Kingston on Dec. 20.Surveillance footage shows a white man and his female accomplice entering the store just after 7:30 p.m. Police allege the man hid several items in his clothing and refused to return them all when confronted by a clerk.The clerk followed the duo outside to get a license plate number, but the man shoved the clerk, hit her in the face and then fled in a black step-side Chevrolet full-size pickup truck. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:35:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_364083635.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_364083635.html A 22-year-old Red Lick man died Sunday when his 1988 Ford Ranger pickup went off Red Lick Road and struck a tree. Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:36:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_362193643.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_362193643.html The roots of a Berea after-Christmas tradition begun 70 years ago reach back to Medieval England.Every year between Christmas and New Year’s Day, folk dancers from across North American and beyond fill Berea College’s Seabury Center for six days of singing and dancing.More than 340 to people flocked to the Berea campus Friday for the 70th Christmas County Dance School that began in earnest Saturday.At least nine attendees came from the British Isles, two from Ireland, two from Scotland and five from England. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_361205417.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_361205417.html Shoppers hit the stores Friday to return unwanted gifts and take advantage of drastic price cuts offered by retailers desperate to get rid of old merchandise and boost their less-than-cheery holiday sales.Many retailers opened before 6 a.m., offering 50 percent to 75 percent off on toys, furniture, electronics and clothing. Stores were hoping the discounts would entice shoppers to redeem gift cards and use cash from returning unwanted gifts to buy something new. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:16:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_358181654.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_358181654.html A Richmond firefighter checks for hot spots Tuesday morning along the back side of an apartment complex at 138 Kilarney Lane after a fire damaged all 11 units and displaced about 12 residents. Firefighters are still investigating the cause of the blaze, but neighbors said they believe the fire probably started by someone playing with a lighter. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:03:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_358090425.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_358090425.html A Kentucky State Police special-response team used a remote- controlled robot to open a suspicious package found Monday morning outside of Chase Bank in downtown Richmond. The packaged contained old document from a neighboring business that had been set on the curb for trash collection, but got moved near the bank, said Richmond Police Chief Larry Brock. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:26:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_357082725.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_357082725.html An Ohio college student was killed Saturday night when she was struck by oncoming traffic along Interstate 75 just outside Richmond.Michelle Moses, 21, of Mason, Ohio, a Cincinnati suburb, was a University of Florida student on her way home when she was involved in the crash, Madison County Coroner Jimmy Cornelison said Sunday.Eyewitness reports at the scene indicated that Moses' car, a red Mazda sedan, was rear-ended as she attempted to change lanes on the northbound side of the interstate, bringing her car to rest against the median just north of Exit 90. Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_356002210.html http://www.richmondregister.com/homepage/local_story_356002210.html