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Winkle, a junior, breaks strikeout record

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By: Lisa Bicknell   Estill County Softball Engineer Emma Winkle continues to shine in her junior season on the mound.     Last week, Winkle broke the single season strikeout record with 305, with two regular season games and a tournament still left to play in the season. Coach Lynn West said he was made […]

Keeping a legacy alive

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By: Lisa Bicknell Over the past hundred years, thousands of Estill County students have graduated from Eastern Kentucky University. Many of those graduates attended EKU to learn to become teachers. In fact, the college, named Eastern Kentucky State Normal School in the beginning, was created to educate one-room school teachers.  They, in turn, would venture […]

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   […]

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Obits

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Betty Ann Dunigan, age 83, of Cherry Road Court in Berea, passed away Sunday, May 30, 2021, at the Baptist Health in Lexington following a long illness.  She was born August 26, 1937 in Lee County and was the daughter of the late Daniel and Dorothy Johnson Terry.  She was a home healthcare provider and […]

Moms and Derby Day

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by Lisa Bicknell, CVT Editor How was your Derby Day?  Did you flounce around Churchill Downs in a flowery dress and a big hat while drinking a mint julep? Me neither. Perhaps you chose instead to observe International Garden Naked Day? You’ll be happy to know I passed on that one too. Instead I chose […]

1000 hours outside?

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by Lisa Bicknell, CVT Editor Our two oldest grand-kiddos were at my house the other day while their momma was at work. I try to keep them off “screens” as much as possible, but that’s a lane they continually want to drift into. We had made breakfast, eaten breakfast, and read a storybook on the […]