Local News

Meganne Campbell, 22, of Eubank, shown here with her dog Beaner, is in the midst of fighting an aggressive form of cervical cancer. Although her struggle is continuing, Meg and her mother, Kera Cash, and their friends and family have turned to their strong faith in hopes that Meg will be able to heal.

• Eubank woman keeps the faith as she battles cervical cancer

  February 11, 2012 1 Photo

• Congressional districts set
• Kentucky exempt from NCLB regulations

Local Sports

Somerset-Southwestern Boys Basketball Preview

• Putting best foot forward

  As arch-rivals go, Somerset and Southwestern rarely share a whole lot of things in common, but coming into the final week of the regular season, both the Briar Jumpers and Warriors share a common thread — they are each yearning for a win.
   

  February 12, 2012 1 Photo

• Pulaski nips Warriors in 2OT

Features

Rob McCullough, Publisher, The Times-Tribune

• Newspaper veteran name Publisher of Commonwealth Journal

  SOMERSET — A fourth generation newspaperman has been named publisher of the Commonwealth Journal.
  Rob McCullough, 50, who started working in a newspaper mailroom when he was 15, officially assumes his duties today. He succeeds Jack McNeely who has accepted a position with the Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper, Alabama.
   

  February 2, 2012 1 Photo

• Daryl Brunner seeking a better life

  Like many non-traditional students, Daryl Brunner enrolled in classes at Somerset Community College seeking a better life for himself and his family.
  “I’ve built homes, worked in factories and done the blue collar thing,” Brunner said. “I realized you can only go so far in that line of work.”

  January 24, 2012 1 Photo

• Avery Countryman is first baby of 2012

  One local couple welcomed a new baby into their family —and the community welcomed the first birth of 2012 as well.
  Jessica and Hunter Countryman were excited to welcome Avery Countryman, who was born at 1:47 a.m. on New Year’s Day at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. Avery weighed 5 lbs, 9 ounces.
   

  January 7, 2012 1 Photo

• Hog Wild

  Numbers of wild hogs are increasing in Kentucky and the untamed porkers have been aggravating farmers in the western part of Pulaski County for the past four or five years.
  “I saw six last Sunday morning,” said Eugene Harness, speaking from Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital where he was recovering from surgery resulting from a fall at his barn on New Year’s Eve.
  Harness, a cattle farmer who lives on Carter Ridge Road, has been dealing with wild hogs for a considerable time. He trapped four wild hogs last spring, and, under supervision of a conservation officer, killed and cleaned the animals.
  “You’re not allowed to turn them loose,” said Harness. “You have to kill them ... Kentucky Fish and Wildlife doesn’t want them. We don’t want them. They are very destructive.”
  
   

  January 5, 2012 2 Photos

• It's Official

  Andy Stephens can now call himself the Southwestern head football coach without ‘interim’ being in front of it.
  After being hired as the new Southwestern Warriors football coach yesterday, Stephens can now remove the ‘interim’ tag from his name.
  “I'm excited for the opportunity,” began Stephens, who becomes only the second coach in Southwestern High School football program history. “I feel like we have a great program and a great school. Anytime you have that many positives around you I think you have an opportunity to be successful.”  
  Stephens, who spent ten seasons coaching at Casey County High School, led Southwestern to their best season in school history this past fall. Stephens took over the head coaching duties midway through the season after the sudden resignation of long-time coach Dale Anderson.
  
   

  December 30, 2011 2 Photos

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