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Danville-Boyle County Community Education for January 25

Danville-Boyle County-Kentucky School for the Deaf Community Education is offering the following classes. Computer classes are $70.

Advocate staff takes state honors

LOUISVILLE - Advocate-Messenger staffers earned 18 top three finishes and several honorable mentions, helping the newspaper garner third place in General Excellence among the state's ...

Back pay on hold for Danville firefighters

While some cities, including Harrodsburg, have already paid out back overtime pay to firefighters, Danville is taking a wait-and-see approach and keeping an eye on ...

Goody's gift cards still good

Apparently, gift cards from Goody's are still good after all. Mickey Marsee, store manager for the Goody's in Danville, contacted The Advocate-Messenger Friday afternoon ...

Stepping out of secrecy: Boyle woman raises awareness about epilepsy

For the past five years, Megan Freedman has been living with a secret. Although the 2003 graduate of Boyle County High School and 2007 ...

Bright future: Danville teen changes the path he was headed

Many teenagers might take graduating from high school for granted, but not Danville High School senior Troy Smith. Less than four years ago, Troy ...

Coffey back as city engineer

The long search for a new Danville City engineer ended right where it began. Earl Coffey, who resigned from his post in August 2008 ...

Danville/Boyle EDP looks at strategy retail

Despite the frosty chills of a cold economy, the Danville/Boyle County Economic Development Partnership is examining ways to expand and attract retail businesses. EDP ...

Puppies returned to Gravel Switch store owner

Jeanne Lane, owner of Penn’s Store, says her yellow Labrador and its nine puppies were returned to her Tuesday by Boyle County Deputies Marty Elliott ...

Danville takes steps to reach out to black community

In a week where people honored the life and memory of Martin Luther King Jr. and saw the nation swear in its first black president, ...

Inauguration used as a 'teachable moment' at Bate

As the inauguration of Barrack Obama approached, Bate Middle School faculty did not want to let the opportunity for a "teachable moment" pass for their ...

Area residents witness historic event in D.C.

It was 12:05 p.m. Tuesday and Mary McKitric of Danville was standing among hundreds of thousands of what were, at least at the moment, some ...

Diverse crowds watch telecasts of inauguration

At high noon Tuesday, Barack Obama stood in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., and raised his right hand while taking the oath of ...

McDowell offers health care scholarship

Ephraim McDowell Health is accepting applications for a health care scholarship for the fall 2009-spring 2010 school year. Scholarships are available to high school ...

McDowell promotes hand washing for prevention

The staff at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center is hoping that a simple message about hand washing and disease will be catching for visitors to ...

Weather cancels meeting

Boyle County Genealogical Association's meeting for tonight has been canceled due to weather. ...

Boyle 911 Police blotter for January 20

9:57 p.m., someone has broken into caller's Long Run Community residence within the last two hours and stolen computer, Play Station and medicine. ...

Students spend 'day on' to honor MLK

J.H. Atkins of Danville was able to realize a dream Monday. His dream dates back more than 20 years to when Kentucky decided to ...

MLK crowd urged to carry on the work

Whether it was an interpretive dance, a song, a poem, a testimonial, welcoming remarks or the keynote address, the message was the same: "We still ...

McDowell offering lipid profiles at reduced rate

In observance of February being American Heart Month, Ephraim McDowell Health will offer lipid profiles from Feb. 9-20. The service will be available at the ...

Inauguration blogger

Christina Miller, a Boyle County native attending Campbellsville University, is blogging for amnews.com about her trip to the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. ...