By: Lisa Bicknell “It was always something I wanted to do,” said Margaret Clark Edmonson, of her career as Lookin’ Fancy’s newest hairdresser. After her husband died unexpectedly in 2015, Margaret said, she was just “so lost.” “I didn’t know what to do.” She applied for a couple of jobs and got hired working at […]
Ribbon cut on Drake business
By: Blake Vickers LPL Financial Advisor and Estill County native Angela Drake cut the ribbon signifying the opening of her new office in Irvine just afternoon on July 21st. The building sits at 1561 Richmond Road beside Little Ceasars pizza restaurant. Drake, daughter of Vaulty and Sherry Tyree of Irvine, has wanted to open up […]
Tech center 30 percent complete
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
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, […]
Fitchburg, where pig iron was made
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
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?
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, […]
Obits
Charles Leon Samples, age 67, of Oak Ridge Drive in Irvine, passed away Friday, June 19, 2020, at the Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital following a short illness. He was born June 17, 1953 in Lee County and was the son of the late Dewey C. and Kathaleen LeMaster Samples. He was a retired Trane […]
Obits
Robert “Bo” Samuel Williams, age 88, of Pine Street in Ravenna, passed away Monday, June 15, 2020 at the Irvine Health Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. He was born June 25, 1931 in Estill County and he was the son of the late Lewis Williams and Ethel Young Williams. He worked at General Motors […]
Obits
Mr. Manford Glenn Richardson, 79, passed away after a short illness on Friday, June 12, 2020. He was born on May 9, 1941 in Estill County Kentucky to the late Manford and Bessie Arvin Richardson. Glenn had many interests – he spent many years as an L&N Railroad Conductor, owned Wisemantown Market and was the […]
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