Retraining

In salons, there are standards noises going around: hairspray being spritzed, hairdryers loudly humming, and people talking and laughing. Despite growing up around hairdressers and being a hairdresser for four years, Gloria Kriausky doesn’t know...

The Danville-Boyle County Chamber of Commerce’s next AT&T public policy event will be a panel about workforce development. It will be held at 11:45 a.m.  June 27 at the Danville Country Club. Among the participants will be Beth Brinly,...

Jessamine County residents seeking employment opportunities now have more computer access, training and job workshops at the new Public Library Workforce Center (PLWC). The Jessamine County Public Library (JCPL) is one of 46 public libraries in the state...

Sharon Lynn Powell Cocanougher passed away Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center. Born April 6, 1945, at Mary Immaculate Hospital in Lebanon, Ky., she was a daughter of Frances Powell of Danville and the late Russell Powell....

Custom carpenter David Life feels the rough edges, the nail holes, the distance between his fingers and the saw blade.  He hears the healthy hum of machine motors and the banging when bolts wear out in his power tools.  But slowly, slowly, he sees...

PLYMOUTH -- Indiana Department of Child Services officials report that they found inadequate staffing levels for children at the psychiatric facility Michiana Behavioral Health on March 20, following up on issues raised by former employees about...

A man who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombings described on Friday how he locked eyes with one of the bombing suspects minutes before the twin explosions took place near the finish line. “I was with my girlfriend’s roommates and...

50 years ago Fire guts Morgan's Cigar Store Petoskey firemen battled heavy smoke and flames from 10:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. to bring a fire under control at Morgan's Cigar Store on Michigan Street. Fire was confined to one portion of the pool and card room...

The second Eddie's of Roland Park store opened Sept. 22, 1992, so the store's 20th anniversary was actually last fall. But the store on North Charles Street is celebrating its 20th year officially April 13. "Spring is a nice time," owner Nancy Cohen...

 Brandon Lemer, the New Tec executive director, has resigned his position to take a job as the president and CEO of the North Dakota Make A Wish Foundation in Fargo, N.D.  His last day at New Tec is May 12.  Lemer had been at New Tec since October. He...

An Oak Brook health care company and its Roman Catholic owners who don't want to include birth control in their employees' benefits still have no choice, despite exceptions to the contraception mandate proposed by the Obama administration this month....

Nothing short of a miracle — or a sudden onset of rational behavior inside the Capital Beltway — is going to prevent mandatory, across-the-board federal spending cuts from going in effect Friday. It's also clear the public sector workforce...