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Local News

Tech center 30 percent complete

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By: Blake Vickers Progress on the construction of the Estill County Area Technology Center is moving along nicely. The tech center will offer a multitude of classes for students and residents of Estill County and others in the region. As of now, the building is slated to have a grand opening in August of 2021, […]

Imagine

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On Sunday afternoon a balloon release was held in the Citizen Voice and Times parking lot in memory of local artist John Hatfield.  The sounds of John Lennon’s “Imagine” played under a perfect summer sky while the balloons were released. Hatfield’s artwork was also on display during the memorial, which took place on July 12, […]

School News

Neal (and his dad) have perfect attendance

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Jacob Neal was recently honored for having nine years of perfect attendance.  Since beginning preschool, he has not missed a day.  His father, Travis “Rick” Neal, a single dad, has also not missed a day of driving Jacob back and forth to school, every single day.

Schools announce Summer Feeding locations

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Estill County Schools is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided, at […]

Students pay tribute to teachers who’ve made a difference

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photos by Lisa Bicknell Estill County High School students with the top 24 GPAs each introduced their pick of a teacher who has greatly impacted their lives.  Below are the students’ names and the teachers they chose.    Students            Teachers Hannah Patrick       Clay Baber Anna Smith   […]

Recent

Fitchburg, where pig iron was made

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By: Blake Vickers The pictures online don’t do it justice. The Fitchburg Furnace is big, enormous even. Located near Aldersgate Camp, it stands at 81 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 60 feet wide. It is one of two blast furnaces in Estill County. The Fitchburg furnace is something of an oddity as it was […]

Obits

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Amber Doty Maupin, 88, passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2020 at Baptist Health Hospital in Lexington. A native of Madison County, Kentucky, Ms. Maupin was born on Dec. 10, 1931 and lived in Central Kentucky all of her life. She was predeceased by her parents, William Martin and Lena Arvin Maupin, her son, Kenneth […]

Christmas…in June?

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On Thursday, June 25, “Uncle Kris” arrived at Backstreet Grub bearing 115 stuffed animals.  He handed out 100 of them, as well as tokens for free treats from the Hippie Hut shaved ice stand. Uncle Kris said that he and Elf Kirston thought the drive-by Santa event went “very, very well.” “There were many happy, […]