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Eglinton Tournament Watercolours set to arrive in Kilmarnock

EAST Ayrshire Council was due to take delivery of the Eglinton Tournament Watercolours and Shields on Wednesday.Read

Kilmarnock people can get debt help

DEPUTY First Minister Nicola Sturgeon dropped into Kilmarnock on Tuesday to launch a service providing legal advice to people on repossession and debt issues.Read

Irvine Valley projects get cash boosts

TWO projects in the Irvine Valley area have benefited from cash payouts from the Scottish parliament.Read

East Ayrshire mums hold fundraiser for Kilimanjaro climb

BUSINESSWOMEN Diane Janikowski and Clare Barbour are busy raising cash for their trip to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in June.Read

Euro cash will support jobs drive in East Ayrshire

A EUROPEAN cash injection of more than £34million will be invested in programmes to develop Scotland's workforce and safeguard and create jobs, First Minister Alex Salmond announced on Monday.Read

Darvel shop loses drinks licence after repossession

THE drinks licence for a Darvel shop was revoked this week after licensing board members heard that the premises had been repossessed.Read

Pizza giveaway at Kilmarnock's Papa John's

PAPA John’s Kilmarnock store will be giving away free pizza this Saturday, January 16, to celebrate the company being named Pizza Delivery Chain of The Year for the second year running.Read

Kilmarnock's Liam Dolan comes home to entertain at the Palace Theatre

DOLAN’S the name, and entertaining’s the game.Read

Kilmarnock College makes Jordan's sport coach dreams come true

TWO years ago Jordan Kerr arrived at Kilmarnock College with dreams of studying sports coaching.Read

Kilmarnock's Dick Institute hosts preview of nature exhibition

IT was fitting that the preview of The Dick Institute’s Radical Nature exhibition on Friday night took place with radical weather conditions outside.Read

Kilmarnock girl raises cash for rehab centre

BRAVE Alan Agnew, 26, volunteered to have his chest waxed to raise cash for his pal’s fundraising venture.Read

East Ayrshire Council poised to axe Crossroads Primary

COUNCILLORS were this week poised to pull the plug on wee Crossroads Primary School, less than two years after they voted to save it from the axe.Read

Kilmarnock book company expands

THE future is looking bright for an expanding Kilmarnock firm after they stepped into save a company in Carlisle.Read

Government minister visits Kilmarnock centres

SCOTLAND Office Minister Ann McKechin visited Kilmarnock this week.Read

Kilmarnock MP Des Browne accused of 'jumping on the bandwagon'

‘SHOW DES Browne a bandwagon and he wants to jump on it’, is how EAC’s SNP team has responded to the Labour MP’s criticism of how the council tackled the big freeze.Read