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Blood Moon turns red during eclipse

Moreland ‘treated like king’ during Honor Flight

Engineers squeak by Sayre in season opener

Engineers suffer tough loss to Bell

Local News

Street named ‘Blake Crowe Way’

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Blake Crowe’s parents and grandson, at left, unveiled a sign marking this side street in Ravenna as Blake Crowe Way.   Above, they were joined by Blake’s wife and several other family members.   Mayor Sharon Snowden and City Clerk Amy Crowe wanted a way to remember Crowe, who was spent many years playing and […]

Isfort awarded state practitioner honor

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Submitted (IRVINE, KENTUCKY) April 28, 2022 — In recognition of her excellence in clinical practice, Donna Isfort, MSN, APRN is being honored by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) as the 2022 recipient of the AANP State Award for Excellence in Kentucky. Each year, nurse practitioners (NPs) across the nation are nominated by their […]

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 […]

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Obits

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Leshia Clay Walters Griggs, age 61, of Irvine, Kentucky, departed this life on Monday, May 9, 2022, at the Marcum-Wallace Hospital in Irvine, Kentucky. Born on September 29, 1960, in Irvine, Leshia was the daughter of the late Jerry and Betty Watson Walters.  Leshia is survived by her husband, Emery Glenn Griggs; three children, Keegan […]

Obits

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Nita Jane Tipton, age 60, of Broadway in Irvine, passed away Monday, May 9, 2022, at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond following a short illness. She was born October 7, 1961, in Fayette County and was the daughter of the late Charles and Etta Estes Willis.  She was a homemaker and had lived in […]

Obits

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Brenda Lee Cackling Chaney, age 82, of Irvine, Kentucky, departed this life on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at her home in Irvine, Kentucky. Mrs. Chaney was born on March 28, 1940, in Irvine, Kentucky, to the late Eugene Kelly and Beulah Richardson Flynn. She attended the Easter Valley Baptist Church. She was a member of […]