http://www.richmondregister.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 10 May 2008 20:49:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_131204959.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_131204959.html Whistle Stop Stables owner Chris Seals has faced several challenges throughout the past three years, including a continuing battle with lyme disease and the rising costs required to keep the Berea-based riding stables in operation. Sat, 10 May 2008 20:48:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_131204838.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_131204838.html Richmond has celebrated National Tourism Week for the past 24 years, and for several reasons, said Lori Murphy, Richmond’s Tourism and Main Street Department director. Sat, 10 May 2008 20:46:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_131204709.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_131204709.html Entertainment has Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.Hogwarts has Fred and George Weasley.Eastern Kentucky University’s mock trial team has Katrina and Kristeena Winkler. Fri, 09 May 2008 23:09:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130230955.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130230955.html KINGSTON — Wherever Civil War armies marched, especially where they fought, civilians were likely to be displaced.When houses were destroyed or occupied by solders, families had to make do.The 458 schoolchildren from Madison, Clark, Jackson and Rockcastle counties who visited Battlefield Park on Thursday and Friday learned how civilians were affected by the Civil War as well as how soldiers lived and died.Emily Burns and her three children camped behind the Pleasant View farmhouse on the battlefield. Fri, 09 May 2008 23:08:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130230856.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130230856.html FRANKFORT— The tuition hike that the Eastern Kentucky University’s Board of Regents approved in April will not be as high for some students during the 2008-09 school year.The EKU board approved an 8 percent increase for all resident and nonresident undergraduate and graduate students. Fri, 09 May 2008 23:07:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130230759.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130230759.html A Lexington man was sentenced Thursday to serve 14 years in prison for robbing an Econo Lodge motel clerk last May with a box cutter. Fri, 09 May 2008 07:51:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130075210.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130075210.html Students from seven high schools in Madison and four other counties got to glimpse the world of work Thursday as they visited Madison County manufacturing plants. Fri, 09 May 2008 07:50:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130075104.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130075104.html The Lexington-based D.W. Wilburn likely will begin construction of the new B. Michael Caudill Middle School in about three weeks.The Madison County School Board approved D.W. Wilburn’s low bid of $19.7 million for the project Thursday during its regular monthly at Madison Central High School. Fri, 09 May 2008 07:49:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130074934.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_130074934.html The mother and her boyfriend charged with killing 2-year-old Callie Robinson last August will go on trial June 2, Madison Circuit Judge William Jennings said Thursday. Thu, 08 May 2008 08:01:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_129080139.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_129080139.html An Irvine woman accused of attempting to rob a Richmond bank last month was probated Wednesday on an amended charge.Uleena Kay Stone, 61, pleaded guilty to attempted theft charges in Madison District Court during a preliminary hearing in her case. Madison County Attorney Marc Robbins said while the charges were quite serious, the facts were quite unconventional.Stone was given a 360-day sentence, which was probated. She also will have to serve 45 days of home incarceration, said Madison District Judge Brandy Oliver Brown. Thu, 08 May 2008 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_129080040.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_129080040.html Deployed U.S. soldiers using the Blue Grass Army Depot as their connection to home now are able to use a system that is faster and less primitive than ones used in the past.An automated directory attendant system is now being used for authorized “morale” calls, defined as 15-minute phone calls deployed soldiers are authorized to periodically make to loved ones. Thu, 08 May 2008 07:57:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_129075746.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_129075746.html Mail carriers across Madison County will be collecting more than mail Saturday as they try to “Stamp Out Hunger.”Community members are asked to put bags of non-perishable food items in a bag next to their mailbox for carriers to pick up as part of the 16th annual National Association of Letter Carriers’ food drive.The collected food will help restock community food banks, pantries and shelters that families will rely on throughout the summer. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:28:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_128092927.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_128092927.html The Berea City Council took the first step toward increasing municipal utility rates Tuesday night, hearing the first readings of ordinances implementing rate hikes for water, sewer and electric service. The increase comes following an April 15 meeting in which city council members met with consultant Paul Garcia of The Prime Group LLC. At that meeting, Garcia recommended an increase in the city’s sewer and electric rates in order to keep with increasing residential demand, and to pay for needed for improvements in the city’s utilities infrastructure. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:25:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_128092720.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_128092720.html A Berea man had his 8-month-old son unsecured in the back seat of his car Friday when he allegedly was involved in a hit-and-run crash while under the influence, police said.At about 11:14 p.m., officers responded to a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Chestnut and Elipse streets, said Berea Police Capt. Ken Clark.“When we made contact with Mr. (Josiah) Hart, the officers detected a strong odor of alcoholic beverages emitting from him,” Clark said. “He failed three field sobriety tests whereby they charged him with DUI first offense. He did take a breath test and he went over the legal limit with a .132.” Wed, 07 May 2008 09:23:00 +0000 http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_128092418.html http://www.richmondregister.com/localnews/local_story_128092418.html An excavation contractor learned over the weekend that debris from a demolished building may not be used as fill material without a permit.County officials were notified Friday of possible illegal dumping near the intersection of Barnes Mill Road and Curtis Pike where the new Tuscany subdivision is under development.A resident of an adjacent subdivision who works for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported the dumping to Shelby Jones, the county’s assistant solid waste coordinator. She referred it to Planning and Building Codes Administrator Duane Curry, who works with developers and contractors.