By George – Articles from the Ashland Daily Independent

D-Day

American, British and French armies, fighting through Africa, invading Italy, surrounding the chunk of Western Europe held by the Nazis. They bombed Germany with regularity but knew they had to get a foothold on the continent before coming to grips…
Powers Named Library Director

ASHLAND—The Boyd County Public Library got a new director Thursday—a veteran staffer who has devoted much of his life to the institution. James C. Powers, acting director since Jan. 1, was the unanimous choice of the library’s board of trustees,…
AJC Born in the Depression

ASHLAND—Fifty-four years ago, as America was still trying to climb out of the Depression, Ashland residents voted a tax on themselves to start a junior college. The school became the first of its kind in Kentucky and evolved into Ashland…
In Case of Fire, Fire Department Marks 100 years

ASHLAND—A centenary slipped quietly by on Saturday, The Ashland Fire Department marked the 100th anniversary of what it considers its official birthday. Ashland had used hurriedly organized bucket brigades for emergencies, but not until two serious fires in 1878 and…
It’s News as Usual for Award-Winning Grayson Radio Man

GRAYSON—When Kentucky broadcasters announced Wednesday night that radio station WGOH-WUGO had been honored by the Associated Press for having the best newscast in towns of fewer than 15,000 during the spring 1984 competition period, Carter Countians consider it a personal…
Floyd Bus Tragedy Came 25 Years Ago

Quite often someone, in casual conversation, will ask me what was the biggest or most exciting story I ever worked on as a newspaperman, I have a standard answer—the first one. That may be true for lots of journalists, but…
Steele’s Lunch Counter—An Institution

The lunch counter at Steele’s Pharmacy has a regular clientele, one which comes not only for the hotdog-sauce-‘n’-slaw, but because service is fast and often comes with a fillip. That latter quality comes from the personnel who sling the hash…
Grayson Honors Carol Malone with Day, Her Own Street

GRAYSON—Yesterday was Carol Malone Day in Grayson, and you could tell it, even though her old friends called her Carol Ann so often her husband took up the habit. There were signs in every downtown shop, a bank marquee calling…
State’s Poet Laureate Man of Land

Of all the voices from Eastern Kentucky, Jesse Stuart’s has been spread more widely, read more often than any other. Kentucky’s poet laureate is a man of the land, but even more, there runs through his verbal art a love…
Doran Still Tall in Camelot Saddle

MOREHEAD—What wasn’t said at Morehead State University Tuesday was more dramatic than what was said. Everybody stood around waiting to see if Dr. Adron Doran was going to hang it up on his 23rd anniversary. He looped into nostalgia and…
Armco Open Hearth Shuts Down Tuesday

Armco’s Open Hearth furnace began their production record on Feb. 17, 1917, when Frank Shimek, first helping under “Red” Cunningham, tapped Number 2 furnace. Tuesday night, if things go as scheduled, the last heat will tap. In the 52 years…
President Johnson Sees Poverty in Appalachia

President Lyndon Johnson planted his feet on Appalachian earth yesterday for the first time since becoming chief executive and when he departed, left behind him trails of economic hope and political support. Hope based on a “wonderful spirit of enthusiasm”…

D-Day

December 7, 2001

American, British and French armies, fighting through Africa, invading Italy, surrounding the chunk of Western Europe held by the Nazis. They bombed Germany with regularity but knew they had to get a foothold on the continent before coming to grips with the Hun. Russia was pounding on the eastern front and American soldiers were coming […]

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D-Day

Powers Named Library Director

AJC Born in the Depression

In Case of Fire, Fire Department Marks 100 years

It’s News as Usual for Award-Winning Grayson Radio Man

Floyd Bus Tragedy Came 25 Years Ago

Steele’s Lunch Counter—An Institution

Grayson Honors Carol Malone with Day, Her Own Street

State’s Poet Laureate Man of Land

Doran Still Tall in Camelot Saddle

Armco Open Hearth Shuts Down Tuesday

President Johnson Sees Poverty in Appalachia

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