Nora Lee Smyth Abney, age 91, of 405 Daniels Addition, Ravenna, went to be with her Lord on March 22, 2021 with her precious family by her side after battling a long illness. She was born September 3, 1929 in Lee County to the late Sarah Elisabeth (Hall) and Raymond Jonas Smyth. She was a […]
Bloom time!
Photo by Lisa Bicknell This tulip magnolia tree has caught the glance of many travelers on River Drive during the past few days. Spring flowers seem particularly bright this year.
Obits
Kenneth Ray Stamper, age 76, of Stone Road in Irvine, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2021, at the Irvine Nursing & Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. He was born August 22, 1944 in Hamilton, Ohio and was the son of the late Ray and Ada Mae Stone Stamper. He was a retired farmer and […]
Companies donate hundreds of mattresses to community
By: Lisa Bicknell Volunteers unloaded a tractor trailer load of about 150 mattresses on Friday at Body of Christ Ministries’ church on River Drive on Friday. The mattresses were donated by companies from Michigan to local flood victims. A second load was expected on Monday. The mattresses are of high quality memory foam and […]
Obits
Henrietta Abney Cain, 88, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at the Hospice Compassionate Care Center in Richmond. She was the widow of Troy Cain. Mrs. Cain was born on May 24, 1932 in Madison County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of Cecil and Ella Tackett Abney, both of whom preceded her in death. […]
Muddy fairgrounds a challenge to clean
By: Lisa Bicknell Volunteers assisted with the clean-up at the Estill County Fairgrounds on Saturday, March 13. The fairgrounds were heavily damaged and the mud left behind on the grounds was a hindrance to clean-up. The fair barn had to be gutted, as well as the concession stand and the ticket booth. Those buildings were […]
Obits
Frances Elizabeth Johnson Day, age 74, of Grindstone Road in Irvine, passed away from cancer on Thursday, March 4, 2021, at her home. She was born September 17, 1946 in Estill County and was the daughter of the late Clarence and Virginia Grace Willis Johnson. She was a homemaker and member of the Rice Station […]
Historic flood damages homes, businesses
Drone photo by Ronnie Harbison This photo was taken of the strip mall beside Noland’s car lot at the intersection of Wisemantown Rd. and Richmond Rd. Flood waters were shallow here, but deep enough to flood the floors of most of the buildings in the strip mall. The river was unofficially estimated to have crested […]
Flood 2021
By: Lisa Bicknell Record breaking flood drowns areas typically untouched by high water Floodwaters continued to rise on Tuesday, after 5 to 6 inches of rain fell over the weekend. Estill Countians saw areas flooded that most don’t remember seeing flooded before. Water levels had surpassed the flooding of 1978 and 1984 and seemed comparable […]
Obits
Robert Lee “Bob” Robinson, 79, of Jeffersonville, died February 11, 2021 at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Bratton Robinson, to whom he was married for over fifty years; a brother, Henry Logan Wallace, Lexington, and a sister, Elizabeth (Dan) Scott, Virginia; two nieces, Cynthia Scott LaPane and Heather […]
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