Story and pictures by kat.
Around 4 a.m. on Friday Sept 28th several units responded to a call of the old Haldeman School being on fire. As you can see from the pictures, the school built in 1937 was gutted by the blaze.
These pictures were taken about 11 hours after the fire was reported. The State [...]

Man buys smoker, finds human leg inside

Tue Sep 25, 11:43 PM ET
MAIDEN, N.C. - A man who bought a smoker Tuesday at an auction of abandoned items might have thought twice had he looked inside first. 
Maiden police said the man opened up the smoker and saw what he thought was a piece of driftwood [...]

Around 6:15p.m. Friday evening Local fire departments were dispatched to what was originally reported as a Brush Fire in the area of Dark Hollow and Barber Road off from KY-1167 “Dry Creek Road”.
The Forest Service was notified after an active forest fire was discovered at the same location.
Local fire departments battled to keep flames away [...]

Blessing Hands:
This Morehead international charity was founded in the summer of 2005 when Betty Cutts visited the rural schools and realized the need for tuition help for the rural Chinese students. Blessing Hands presently gives educational aid to students in over 20 universities, 24 high Schools and vocational schools ($75 a semester for tuition), [...]

Morehead Area Habitat for Humanity works to make the dream of home ownership possible for families. Habitat for Humanity is not a handout, but a partnership program. We believe in empowering people by working with them to achieve their goals, not doing it for them.
Homes are sold to low-income families without a profit, and with [...]

Contact: Martha Perkins, Rowan Co. Home Extension Office, 784-8416
Jenny McKinney, MSU Adult Learning Center, 783-2871
Our project’s mission is to obtain donations of new children’s books or money to purchase books to be given to disadvantaged Rowan Co. children.  Books are needed for children up to age 18.  Books are distributed during Rowan Co. Christmas give-away [...]

Rowan County Christmas
Rowan County Christmas was established in 1993 by social service agencies, churches, organizations, and businesses committed to making Christmas special for Rowan County citizens in need. A nonprofit corporation was formed and a board of directors representing the various founding entities was named to oversee its operations.
Every year we have raised funds, identified [...]

Gateway House Homeless Shelter serves Bath, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, and Rowan Counties as a non-profit emergency shelter that provides housing to homeless individuals or families. One must meet residency requirements and agree to actively work toward securing permanent housing while residing at the shelter.  Transients, convicted violent felons, sex offenders, or anyone [...]

People to People is an international charity founded by Morehead’s Dr. Enawgaw Mehari, who is originally from Ethiopia. The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa broke his heart and stimulated him to found People to People to serve those affected. People to People has recently built an orphanage in Ethiopia for children affected by this health crisis. [...]