The Danville Advocate-Messenger

LANCASTER - The city has laid off five full-time employees and scaled back two more to part-time, Mayor Don Rinthen said. Rinthen said the surprise lay-offs are due to a lack of funding. Full Story »

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HARRODSBURG - State Representative Jimmy Higdon, R - Lebanon, received the most votes in Mercer County Tuesday night in a special election that determined who would fill the vacant state senate seat left by state senator Dan Kelly after he resigned to take a judgeship. Full Story »

Firefighters were able to quickly contain a house fire that started in the living room of a Danville home early Monday morning. Full Story »

HARRODSBURG - In an effort to cut costs, Monday the Harrodsburg City Commission approved a health insurance policy that could save the city $140,000 in 2010. Full Story »

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Centre College recently has been awarded a total of more than $700,000 from both the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to further global citizenship efforts. Full Story »

LANCASTER - Lancaster City Council voted Monday to support a potential new walking path proposed by Garrard County Fiscal Court. Full Story »

LANCASTER - Bluegrass 911 Center's parade of newly discovered financial problems seems to have finally reached an end, the center's Director Russ Clark told the board Monday. Full Story »

HUSTONVILLE - A family escaped a fire that destroyed a Lincoln County house early Monday morning, thanks to the alert actions of a 7-year-old girl. Full Story »

STANFORD - The mother charged with complicity to murder in the August death of her 4-year-old son was held to a Lincoln County grand jury Monday. Full Story »

Editor's note: Taken from the Danville 911 records, the Police Blotter represents a history of the initial calls and the information used by the dispatcher to send officers to investigate complaints. It is not necessarily an indication of what the officer found upon arrival at the scene, or of how the complaint may have been dealt with. Full Story »

Businesses planning first responders banquet Full Story »

Forkland Community Center will hold its annual open house 5:30-9 p.m. Saturday. The building is decorated for Christmas and there will be several types of food and refreshments. Children can visit with Santa, make old-fashioned decorations and play games. Full Story »

LANCASTER - Councilwoman Emily Whitworth announced Monday night at the city council meeting that she will be stepping down because she is moving outside the city limits. The city council has voted to elect Maggie Morris in Whitworth's place. Full Story »

LANCASTER - The Garrard County Public Library has several events coming up this week,. Full Story »

A study room in the new Boyle County Public Library will be named the Schurz Study Room, in honor of the capital donations made to the library by the Schurz family. Full Story »

Hollywood boasted a number of famous performing pairs, such as Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. Full Story »

With the current solid waste contract set to expire, the Danville Recycling Committee wants to solicit input from the public about options for the new contract. Full Story »

"Santa through the Ages" was the theme of the annual Danville Christmas parade Friday night. Miss Kentucky USA 2009 Maria Montgomery of Danville was the grand marshal. Full Story »

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Many people woke up Saturday morning to an unexpected blanket of snow outside their windows. Some may have enjoyed the scene and spent a relaxing day inside, but for many who wound up driving in the first snowfall of the season, the roads proved treacherous. Full Story »