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Moreland ‘treated like king’ during Honor Flight

Engineers squeak by Sayre in season opener

Engineers suffer tough loss to Bell

Local News

Two farmers and a business  

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By: Lisa Bicknell The Irvine-Ravenna Kiwanias Club presented Heritage Farm and Business Awards to Estill County farmers David Newton and Doug Arvin on Thursday night.   David Newton is the son of Elmo and Jewell Newton, the third of five siblings. He attended schools in Estill County and graduated from Estill County in June of […]

Almost 1,000 acres burn

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By: Lisa Bicknell Reports vary as to what started the fire in the Pitts area last Monday afternoon; some say it was a cigarette tossed out a window; others say someone was burning leaves and the fire got out of control.   Whatever the cause, firefighters and forestry crews worked tirelessly to save buildings and […]

School News

Engineers squeak by Sayre in season opener

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The Estill County High School boys basketball team launched their season with an exciting start, prevailing over Sayre on Friday night in their first home game by a score of 62 to 61. “We are just really proud of our whole team,” said Assistant Coach Rick Benton. “The way we played together on the court […]

ECHS Girls Basketball Preview

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Hannah Baker prepares to drive past her teammate Mia Hale during an Excite Night scrimmage game.      Photo courtesy of Bobby Dawes By Ruth Hughes This year’s girls basketball team has a ton of experience returning from last year’s team that only graduated one senior. They will have three seniors that will be heavily […]

Recent

Obits

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April Renae Wilkerson, age 44, of Dreyfus Road in Berea, passed away Thursday, November 24, 2022, at the University of Kentucky Hospital. She was born September 29, 1978, in Estill County and was the daughter of Randall Dale and Eva Mae Ramsey Gross. She was a former clinical med assistant and a volunteer with Hospice. […]

Obits

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Dylan Blake Lorenzo Moore, age 5, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2022, in Garrard County. He was born December 2, 2016, in Fayette County and was the son of Emily Thomas and Lucas Moore.  Survivors in addition to his mother and father include his grandparents, Tracy Thomas of Estill Co. and Judy Abner of Estill […]

Obits

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Randy Lynn Johnson, 65, of Irvine passed away Thursday, November 10, 2022 at the Marcum and Wallace Hospital in Irvine. He was born in Irvine on November 2, 1957 to Hiram and Pauline Johnson.  He is survived by his wife Teresa Johnson, a son Craig Johnson, a daughter Sabrina Lambert (Josh), five brothers: Roy Johnson, […]