by Joe Biesk
Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
When an Ohio historian helped pull a massive sandstone boulder from the bottom of the Ohio River this summer, he didn’t think it would set off a charged dispute between Kentucky and Ohio.
It did. One Kentucky legislator is demanding the 8-ton rock’s return, and another believes the matter will ultimately be decided in the courts.
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Frankfort, Kentucky
An 8-ton boulder pulled from the Ohio River will be returned to Kentucky this week.
The Kentucky Heritage Council-State Historic Preservation Office says the artifact known as Indian Head Rock will be taken to Greenup County where it will be stored in...11-08-2010, 10:15 PM -
By Joe Biesk
Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
Nearly nine months after the boulder known as Indian Head Rock was abruptly removed from the Ohio River, a group of Kentucky officials is calling for its return.
The 8-ton sandstone rock had been submerged since about the 1920s....06-02-2008, 03:15 PM -
Bellingham, Washington (AP)
A totem pole in front of the Whatcom County Courthouse in Bellingham is missing a head, and county officials are asking the person who took it to give it back.
In March, the carved head of Russell Peabody was broken off from the bottom of the...06-03-2009, 11:30 AM -
Franfort, Kentucky (AP)
An interstate squabble between Kentucky and Ohio over an 8-ton rock pulled from the Ohio River nearly two years ago has taken a confusing twist.
Turns out, they may have been arguing over the wrong rock. It depends who you ask.
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By Joe Biesk
Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
Another Ohio resident faces possible jail time in the ongoing squabble between Kentucky and Ohio over an eight-ton boulder known as the Indian Head Rock.
A Greenup County special grand jury indicted David G. Vetter of Portsmouth,...08-01-2008, 12:55 PM