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, Ohio, July 24 on a felony charge of removing a protected archaeological object. Vetter, 54, was allegedly one of the divers who helped pull the massive and historic rock from the river, Greenup County Commonwealth’s Attorney Cliff Duvall said.
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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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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 -
Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
A lengthy legal battle between Kentucky and Ohio over who owns a rock pulled from the Ohio River has officially come to a close.
A document filed Thursday in federal court in Ashland dismissed the case based on an agreement reached in April that...07-12-2010, 08:30 PM -
By Joe Biesk
Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
The fight over a rock that lay for years at the bottom of the Ohio River spilled into federal court during early February when Kentucky sued an Ohio city, seeking the boulder’s return.
Attorney General Jack Conway sued the...02-10-2009, 12:25 PM -
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