Good Friday Closings

The following government agencies will be closed for Good Friday:

• The Lawrence County Courthouse including Clerk of Courts Mike Patterson’s office.

• The city of Ironton except for garbage collection, which will be on regular schedule.

Open for Good Friday are the village offices at Chesapeake, Proctorville and South Point for regular hours; village of Hanging Rock from 9 a.m. to noon; Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and Ohio University Southern-Ironton and Proctorville centers. All branches of the Briggs Lawrence Library will also be open. Lawrence County Municipal Court in Chesapeake will meet for its regular Friday session.

 

W.Va. search seeks remains of 2002 slaying victim

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Investigators are in Wayne County searching for the remains of a Marshall University student who was slain more than 10 years ago.

Media reports say West Virginia State Police and the FBI searched Wednesday for the remains of Samantha Burns on land near train tracks and an intersection near West Virginia 75.

Burns was last seen Nov. 11, 2002, at the Huntington Mall. Her torched car later was found on a rural road in Wayne County.

Brandon Basham and Chadrick Fulks were convicted of killing the 19-year-old student in November 2002 during a 17-day crime spree after they escaped from a Kentucky jail.

They were sentenced to life in prison for her murder, and they are awaiting execution for a slaying in South Carolina.

 

New eReader basics program shows you how

ASHLAND, Ky. — A new, weekly program at Boyd County Public Library is designed to show people how to download materials to an eReader or other device.

The eReader Basics class will focus solely on those materials available for free download through the BCPL website, www.thebookplace.org, to library card holders.

The class, taught by Information Services Supervisor Jamie Bayne, will meet each Tuesday at noon at the Main Branch, 1740 Central Ave. (four times a month) during April and May. Each week will cover a different device.

The schedule is:

• April 2 & May 7: iPod, iPad, iPhone

• April 9 & May 14: Nook

• April 16 & May 21: Kindle

• April 23 & May 28: PCs and other devices

BCPL card holders have free access to thousands of ebooks, audio ebooks and music through thebookplace.org. The electronic services that will be discussed include OverDrive, Freading, OneClick Digital and Freegal.

Reasonable accommodation for people with special needs should be requested at least 48 hours prior to a program. Call (606) 329-0518, ext. 1140, for more information.

To learn more about all library programs and services, visit www.thebookplace.org.