By Joe Biest
Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
An Ohio historian could face hard time, all because of a rock.
A Kentucky grand jury indicted Steve Shaffer on June 19 for leading efforts to pull an 8-ton boulder known as Indian Head Rock from the Ohio River.
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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 -
Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
Officials from Portsmouth, Ohio, deny any wrongdoing in a custody battle with Kentucky over an 8-ton rock.
The fight is over historic Indian Head Rock, which lay for years at the bottom of the Ohio River. Once a navigation marker, the rock has carvings...02-24-2009, 11:23 AM -
By Joe Biesk
Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
A Kentucky prosecutor filed papers July 24 asking a judge to dismiss criminal charges against an Ohio man who led efforts to remove an 8-ton rock from the Ohio River.
Historian Steve Shaffer sparked an interstate squabble between...07-31-2009, 12:28 PM -
Pendleton, Oregon (AP)
An Oregon man was stabbed to death on the grounds of the Pendleton Woolen Mills.
Police identified the victim as 46-year-old Allen Anthony Spencer.
Investigators said Spencer, an American Indian, suffered multiple stab wounds to his...07-28-2010, 05:25 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