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Dry Branch has a YouTube star

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By: Lisa Bicknell Dry Branch resident Kristen Samples Stepp has always had a “huge love for cooking.”  When everyone else her age was watching movies and sitcoms, she was watching the Food Network and cooking tutorials. In 2016, she tried her own hand at making a tutorial and posted a YouTube video with instructions for […]

SR Warner graduates bootcamp

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Mrs. Mary Joyce Warner would like to announce with great pride that on September 17, 2020 her great-granddaughter, Seaman Recruit Helena Elizabeth Lou Warner successfully graduated from the U.S. Navy boot camp at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois. She now heads to the Naval Nuclear Power School in Goose Creek, South Carolina for […]

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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Ronnie Lee Criswell, age 71, of Berea passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center following a short illness.  He was born August 9, 1949 in Monticello and was the son of Doris Criswell Tucker and the late Lyle Dolen Criswell.  He was a retired United States Marine who served during […]

McGrath, Clemons-Combs, make campaign stop

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By: Lisa Bicknell   Margaret Wood, president of the Estill County Democratic Women’s Club, introduced Amy McGrath and Paula Clemons-Combs at a rally at the Veterans Memorial Park in Ravenna on Friday night.     Candidate Josh Hicks, opposing Congressman Andy Barr, was unable to attend the event because of an unexpected emergency. “Amy continues […]

Local nursing home releases COVID statement

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Editor’s note: Last week we received the following press release from the Irvine Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.     On Monday, Sept. 21, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services website listed a total of 13 positive cases among staff members and 27 positive cases among residents. According to the website, two residents were […]