First-graders at the math-and-physics lyceum will be taken to the old building for classes until the smell of paint in the new one dissipates.

For the first-graders of the physics and math lyceum, the bell will ring on September 1 not in the new building on Prospekt Stroiteley but in the old building — they will be taken there by school buses until the new classrooms no longer smell of paint and all inspections have been completed.

Former KCHHK director Dmitry Osipov has died.

Last night, at the age of 59, Dmitry Vasilyevich Osipov, the former director of the Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Plant, died.

A previously convicted resident of Luza beat a friend with an axe.

The man struck an acquaintance several times on the head with the blunt side of an axe.

A post office manager in Kirov was suspected of embezzling 450,000 rubles.

Officers of the FSB Directorate for the Kirov Region uncovered and halted the embezzlement of budget funds intended for social payments. The manager of one of Russian Post's branches in Kirov came under suspicion.

Convicts sentenced to forced labor will be allowed to order prepared meals.

In Russia, people sentenced to compulsory labor will be able to choose how they eat in correctional centers — either to prepare their own meals from purchased groceries or to order ready-made dishes.

Four new schools will open in Kirov on September 1.

On the Day of Knowledge, more than 5,000 students from Kirov will take their seats at desks in new buildings.

Starting August 31, the state fee for "alcohol" licenses will increase.

As of August 31, the rules for obtaining and renewing licenses to sell alcohol in the Kirov region and across the country will change.

The State Duma proposed compensating working pensioners for missed indexations.

In Russia, a mechanism may be introduced to compensate for pension indexations that working pensioners did not receive while employed.

Rospotrebnadzor reminded the public of the rules for choosing school backpacks.

Experts explained how to ensure the safety and comfort of children.

Scratch of the week: Life is a blanket. Sometimes you wrap yourself in it, sometimes you tear it with your claws.

A paw to the stars — and to the heart! In every cat’s (and person’s) life there are weeks when someone will inevitably try to rub you the wrong way. What to do? Buba the Morning Star is sure: give one precise nip, with flair, and walk away as if it were part of the show. After that — leave the rest to the stars.

A pensioner got back the apartment she had sold at the behest of phone scammers.

A 67-year-old resident of Kirov lost her only home after falling for scammers. The prosecutor’s office helped recover the property in court.

In Kirov, the driver responsible for a car accident that killed a woman will be sent to a penal colony.

In Kirov's Pervomaysky District, a 47-year-old man who caused an accident that killed a female passenger in a car was sentenced.

The cause of the fire in Sovetsk has been determined.

In Sovetsk, a car caught fire during electric welding work.

Bank employees helped an elderly Kirov resident avoid losing 100,000 rubles.

Scammers tried to trick an elderly woman.