History from Herald-Leader headlines
The Lexington Herald-Leader has a rich archive of our news stories, clippings and photographs. Fortunately, we have available in a database the text of our stories from 1983 through yesterday. It can be telling and interesting to revisit headlines from one year, five years, 10 years and 15 years ago. Past headlines reveal what was news, what was happening in our community and how our community has changed. Now, we can read the headlines knowing how the stories may have been resolved. The news research staff of the Herald-Leader provides these headlines for your perusal. If you are interested in seeing the full-text, please go to our online archive at Kentucky.com. There is a small fee to download the full-text.
During 3nd week of April: an Emery package containing $1,000 was discovered, Patty Cooksey broke both legs, the Campbellsville Fruit of the Loom plant closed.
THROUGH April 27
2007
DATE: Saturday, April 21, 2007
HEADLINE: GOVERNOR’S TRAVEL COMPANIONS: BIG CHECKS
AFTER DOLING OUT STATE FUNDS, HE HOLDS FUND-RAISERS
SOURCE: By Ryan Alessi Ralessi@herald-Leader.Com
DATE: Saturday, April 21, 2007
HEADLINE: TODD BACKING PARTNER BENEFITS
UK BOARD TO VOTE TUESDAY ON ISSUE
WOULD TAKE EFFECT JULY 1
SOURCE: By Art Jester Ajester@herald-Leader.Com
DATE: Sunday, April 22, 2007
CAPTION: by JANET WORNE , STAFF FILE PHOTO - At the 2006 Rolex Three-Day Event, Becky Holder on Courageous Comet jumped over Normandy Banks during the cross country event. A total of 90,748 tickets were sold over the entire weekend last year.
HEADLINE: EVENT SITE DRAWS MORE ATTENTION IN VIEW OF 2010 GAMES
SOURCE: By Linda B. Blackford Lblackford@herald-Leader.Com
DATE: Sunday, April 22, 2007
CAPTION: ANGELA SHOEMAKER - University of Kentucky College of Design professor Mark O’Bryan hung photographs for the exhibit at the Derby Museum in Louisville.
ANGELA SHOEMAKER - University of Kentucky College of Design students such as Catharine Lowery and Allison Baker created the Bluegrass exhibit.
HEADLINE: EXHIBIT DETAILS ‘VANISHING BLUEGRASS‘
CREATORS HOPE TO REKINDLE INTEREST IN ‘ENDANGERED’ STATUS
SOURCE: By Andy Mead Amead@herald-Leader.Com
DATE: Monday, April 23, 2007
HEADLINE: CAMPAIGN FIGURES: PUBLIC TO WAIT
CHOICE OF SOFTWARE WILL DELAY SOME ONLINE REPORTS
SOURCE: By Ryan Alessi Ralessi@herald-Leader.Com
DATE: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
CAPTION: (1) by PABLO ALCALA , STAFF - Matthew Mitchell was introduced as the new head coach of Kentucky’s women’s basketball at the new Joe Craft Center practice floor on the UK campus yesterday. Mitchell had been leading the Morehead State University women’s program for the last two years.
(2) by GUY HUFFMAN , MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY - Morehead State was a 5-22 team before Mitchell took over.
HEADLINE: MITCHELL THRILLED AT BEING BACK
UK WOMEN HIRE THEIR FIRST MALE HEAD COACH HAD BEEN DEMOSS’S TOP AIDE FOR 2 YEARS
SOURCE: By Jennifer Smith Jsmith3@herald-Leader.Com
DATE: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
CAPTION: JANET WORNE, STAFF - UK trustees Mira Ball, left, Pam May and James Hardymon, the chairman, listened to discussion during yesterday’s meeting. May cast one of the two votes against domestic partner benefits.
HEADLINE: UK BOARD ADOPTS PARTNER BENEFITS
OFFICIALS CALL MOVE A STEP TOWARD TOP 20 CONSTITUTIONALITY IS QUESTIONED
SOURCE: By Art Jester Ajester@herald-Leader.Co
DATE: Wednesday, April 25, 2007
HEADLINE: LEXMARK FALLS SHORT OF FIRST-QUARTER EXPECTATIONS
SOURCE: By Scott Sloan Ssloan@herald-Leader.Com
DATE: Thursday, April 26, 2007
CAPTION: CHARLES BERTRAM, STAFF - Here from England for the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, from left, Polly Stockton, Tessa Clark and Jan Lefevre visited with Tangleman in the quarantine barn at the Kentucky Horse Park yesterday. Stockton will compete on Tangleman in the Event, which begins today.
CHARLES BERTRAM, STAFF - Sarah Fortin, left, photographed Linda and Emma Shanks-Skinner, all of Toronto, at a jump as they walked the cross-country course yesterday.
HEADLINE: ENSURING HORSES’ HEALTH
HUNDREDS WILL FACE QUARANTINE FOR 2010 EVENT
SOURCE: By Janet Patton Jpatton1@herald-Leader.Com
DATE: Friday, April 27, 2007
CAPTION: - A sign on a utility pole on Beaumont Avenue had notified residents of last night’s planning commission meeting to discuss the historic overlay zoning proposal.
HEADLINE: $1,000,000,000
UK REACHES MILESTONE IN FUND-RAISING
SOURCE: By Art Jester Herald-Leader staff writer Ajester@herald-Leader.Com
2003
DATE: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
CAPTION: (1) - JOSEPH REY AU
Flanked by members of the district’s search committee, T. Kenneth James fielded questions from reporters last night.
(2) - JOSEPH REY AU
T. Kenneth James has been Little Rock superintendent two years.
HEADLINE: FAYETTE HIRES ARKANSAS EDUCATOR
SCHOOLS CHIEF COMES WITH STRONG REVIEWS
SOURCE: By Lisa Deffendall and Janet Patton Herald-Leader Staff Writers
DATE: Wednesday, April 23, 2003
HEADLINE: UK DRAFTS A PLAN TO REACH TOP 20 RANK
INCREASING ENROLLMENT, RESEARCH AMONG GOALS
SOURCE: By Linda B. Blackford and Karla Ward Herald-Leader Staff Writers
DATE: Saturday, April 26, 2003
CAPTION: (1) by DAVID PERRY , STAFF - Princess Anne inspected the ponies and riders at the opening of the Prince Philip Cup Games at the Kentucky Horse Park yesterday.
(2) by JANET WORNE , STAFF - Princess Anne visited the All the Queen’s Horses exhibit last night at the Kentucky Horse Park.
(3) by CHARLES BERTRAM , STAFF - Princess Anne talked with winning jockey Craig Thornton after he rode Mcdynamo to victory in the eighth race yesterday at Keeneland.
HEADLINE: A ROYAL MAKES THE ROUNDS
A VISITOR FROM BRITAIN
PRINCESS ANNE OPENS HORSE PARK EXHIBIT
SOURCE: By Beverly Fortune, Herald-Leader Staff Writer
DATE: Saturday, April 26, 2003
CAPTION: (1) - David Procter said most patients at his South Shore clinic didn’t need medical treatment.
(2) - Rodolfo Santos is on trial in Greenup for alleged prescription drug violations at Plaza Healthcare.
HEADLINE: DOCTOR CALLS HIS CLINIC A DRUG MILL
PROCTER AGREES TO PLEA, TESTIFIES AGAINST EX-PARTNER
TESTIMONY A ‘PERRY MASON MOMENT’
SOURCE: By Lee Mueller Eastern Kentucky Bureau
1998
DATE: Tuesday, April 21, 1998
CAPTION: David Perry/STAFF
Carol Fox, shown with her scrapbook at the Federal Medical Center, frequently drives from Florida to see her brain-damaged son, Darrell Kurtz, who is an inmate at the Lexington prison.
Kurtz
HEADLINE: WOMAN HOPES PRISON WILL RELEASE BRAIN-DAMAGED SON
SOURCE: By John Cheves herald-leader staff writer
DATE: Thursday, April 23, 1998
CAPTION: Todd Matthews, left, and his father-in-law, Wilbur Riddle, visited Tent Girl’s grave yesterday. Riddle found the body.
David Stephenson/Staff
Wilbur Riddle, left, and Sid Hisel look at Hisel’s newspaper photos of the Scott County site where Riddle found Tent Girl’s body 30 years ago. No other photos of the scene were taken.
David Stephenson/Staff
Rosemary Westbrook, left, Jan Daigle and Marie Copeland embraced in the Scott County Courthouse yesterday after learning that the body found 30 years ago was that of their sister, Barbara Taylor. The unidentified victim had been known as Tent Girl.
David Stephenson/Staff
Barbara Taylor’s name was taped over a picture, held by Scott County Coroner Marvin Yocum, of Tent Girl’s grave marker in Georgetown Cemetery.
David Stephenson/Staff
HEADLINE: MYSTERY’S ENDING IS BITTERSWEET
COMPARISON WITH SISTER’S DNA IDENTIFIES BODY DISCOVERED 30 YEARS AGO IN SCOTT COUNTY
SOURCE: By Jefferson George Central Kentucky Bureau
DATE: Thursday, April 23, 1998
CAPTION: UK men’s basketball Coach Tubby Smith
In this detail of the video image from Jonathan Miller’s TV ad, the face of UK men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith is visible on a poster in the background. Actress Goldie Hawn’s face can also be seen, on a poster promoting the use of libraries.
HEADLINE: NO TUBBY ON THE TUBE
CANDIDATE MUST STOP RUNNING TV AD, BECAUSE IT SHOWS COACH SMITH’S FACE
SOURCE: By Peter Baniak Herald-Leader Staff Writer
DATE: Saturday, April 25, 1998
HEADLINE: FOREST TO RESTRICT OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES
SOURCE: By Andy Mead Herald-Leader Staff Writer
DATE: Sunday, April 26, 1998
HEADLINE: DEBTS STIR CONCERN FOR ARTS IN LEXINGTON
SOURCE: By Rich Copley herald-leader arts writer
1988
DATE: Saturday, April 23, 1988
HEADLINE: CENTRE COLLEGE PRESIDENT LEAVING FOR VIRGINIA JOB
SOURCE: By Bill Estep South-central Kentucky bureau
DATE: Sunday, April 24, 1988
HEADLINE: RECRUITER’S JOB ‘SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST’
PRESSURE CAN LEAD TO RULES VIOLATIONS, SOME RECRUITERS SAY
SOURCE: By Jerry Tipton and Virginia Anderson Herald-Leader staff writer
DATE: Sunday, April 24, 1988
HEADLINE: NCAA TAKING LOOK AT TRIP BY MOTHER OF UK RECRUIT KEMP
SOURCE: By Valarie Honeycutt and Jerry Tipton Herald-Leader staff writers
DATE: Sunday, April 24, 1988
HEADLINE: KENTUCKY‘S REVOLVING DOOR FOR COLLEGE PRESIDENTS
ONCE THE CAPSTONE OF A CAREER, TOP POST ON CAMPUS
NOW VIEWED AS STEPPINGSTONE
SOURCE: By Jamie Lucke Herald-Leader education writer
DATE: Monday, April 25, 1988
HEADLINE: CHRIS MILLS’ FATHER SAYS RECRUIT MAY NOT ENROLL AT UK
SOURCE: By Gene McLean Herald-Leader staff writer
DATE: Monday, April 25, 1988
HEADLINE: UK ATHLETICS INVESTIGATED IN FOUR OTHER CASES
SOURCE: By Virginia Anderson Herald-Leader staff writer
DATE: Tuesday, April 26, 1988
SOURCE: By Joseph S. Stroud Herald-Leader business writer
HEADLINE: GASOLINE PRICES RISE 6 CENTS IN THREE WEEKS, STUDY FINDS
DATE: Tuesday, April 26, 1988
SOURCE: By Jack Brammer Herald-Leader Frankfort bureau
HEADLINE: BOXING GREAT ENTERS CONTROVERSY
EPITHET NO ‘BIG THING,’ ALI SAYS
I began my research career as a University of Virginia physics librarian. Watergate got me interested in news, and I have been at the Herald-Leader for 28 years. I have a master’s degree from Northern Illinois University and an undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University. It's fun to find that one piece of information that makes a story sizzle. If you have a question, I know where to look. 
My mother was a public school librarian. I earned a bachelor’s degree in music and a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Kentucky. The Herald-Leader hired me as a news assistant 25 years ago; soon after, I moved to the news research department, where I’ve been ever since. We used to clip newspapers. Now, almost all of our research is online. We've come a long way. 