The Business First of Louisville (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Oldham County Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2008-2009 class of Leadership Oldham County.
The Business First of Louisville (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The Oldham County Chamber of Commerce has extended the deadline for submitting nominations for its 2008 Oldham County Top Achievers Awards.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Seven years after Oldham's race riots, the town's colleges are undergoing an impressive transformation
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Dr Mahesh Kumar is something of a local hero as the head of radiology at Pennine Acute Trust, which runs hospitals in Oldham, Rochdale, Bury and north Manchester. But to achieve international fame he has had to try something different – he has become a singing, dancing, murdering gangster.
You Ain't No Picasso (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Thanks to Backseat Sandbar for bringing this to my attention. I’m sure tickets are sold out by now, but we’ll see what I can do to secure my spot. MP3: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Death to Everyone Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is playing a show July 26th in Jeffersontown, KY at 7pm. There are only 300 tickets [...]
Armageddon Theory (Free subscription) | yesterday
A couple of weeks ago me and mine spent two days at a festival in Oldham. The Chinese apparently have a curse that goes something along the lines of, "May you live in interesting times." The Oldham weekend was nothing if not interesting. The festival ground was plagued by gangs and at one point a skirmish started by one of the inflatable bouncy things that are always at these events....
Bearded Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
Some people just sound like they can play a mean harmonica. Think the front-porch homeliness of Kurt Wagner, the intimate baritone of Bill Callahan, the quiet growl of Will Oldham. To that list you can add the weary creak of Micah Paul Hinson - the hellraising background is all present and correct, as is the subsequent redemption through music and debilitating back problem that forced the cancellation...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... schools are represented. The team's top scorers, forward Harrison Petts of Zionsville and Austin Oldham of Greenwood, have been promoted to the national player pool.International School's Ade Oluyedun "has scored the big goals down the stretch," Costa said. Midfielder A.J. Corrado (Zionsville) is the leader in assists.Goalkeepers Jon Dawson (Brebeuf Jesuit) and Andrew Moor (Carmel) have...
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Last week we covered the rising trend of semi-ironically. This weekend we had a prime example on display at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Bonnie "Prince" Billy (a.k.a Will Oldham), the indie rock icon best known for his lo-fi folk rock stylings, covered the song "World's Greatest" by R. Kelly, the R & B icon best known for his Trapped In the Closet saga and with minors.In November Oldham...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
EX-OLDHAM soccer star Ernie Cooksey has lost his battle with skin cancer aged just 28
MSDN Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Box office fireworks for 'Hancock' Will Smith, Sony film nets $17.1 million Thursday By STUART OLDHAM July 4, 2008 3:08 PM Despite being poorly reviewed, Will Smith and 'Hanock' reigned again at the box office Thursday, netting $17.1 million from 3,965 theatres, down 2% from Wednesday ($17.4 million). The Sony/Columbia tentpole has earned $41.3 million to date and is poised to surpass the $100...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
... time for our company and for residents served by our Kansas City area operations," said Steve Oldham, SureWest president and CEO. "SureWest was immediately attracted to Everest because of its employees, its quality of service and its unique personal touch. None of this will change as a result of this integration, and in fact, we hope to make the customer experience even better. We are enhancing...
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Brothers/Joe Tex), Roscoe Robinson (Blind Boys of Alabama), and Ralph “Soul” Jackson (Spooner Oldham/Muscle Shoals) — who each performed separate sets. Next Sunday, July 13, The JellyNYC Pool Parties feature The Breeders , Matt + Kim and The Whip . More info here . Check out last Sunday’s photos, courtesy of Jason Bergman for JellyNYC: Herbert Wiley & the Checkmates Hermon Hitson Ralph “Soul”...
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
FORMER Oldham and Rochdale midfielder Ernie Cooksey has died after losing his battle against cancer.
TheFA.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jordan Raynes comes from a football family. His father was on the verge of signing a professional contract with Oldham Athletic until a cruciate ligament injury ended his career prematurely.Brother Kieran currently plays for non-League Wilmslow, whilst another brother Michael gained promotion to League One at the end of last season with Stockport County.Meanwhile 18-year-old Jordan has been...
