As the month of October rolls around, crunch time begins for the Marching Engineers.  Only one more regular season contest remains before regional competition.  The band has been very busy over the last two weeks and has continued its winning ways.  On the first day of October, the band traveled to Liberty to compete in […]

On Friday morning, West Irvine Elementary principal Lorretta Cruse got quite the surprise from her students. She was making announcements over the intercom as she usually does, when she was notified to come to the gym because there was an issue with a student. When she walked into the gym, all 550 students as well […]

This past weekend, the Estill County High School Marching Engineers traveled to Morehead State University to compete in the Blue and Gold Championship of Marching Bands.  With six other AA bands in their class, the band would be facing the most competition of the season thus far.  After a solid preliminary performance, the band swept class […]

The Estill County Board of Education voted to prohibit road blocks as school fundraisers during Thursday night’s board meeting. Superintendent Saylor said that since the last board meeting he had talked to the principals about roadblocks, and they are “adamantly opposed” to roadblocks as school fundraisers, particularly the participation of students in roadblocks. School fundraisers […]

In the past four decades, obesity rates in the United States have soared among all age groups. This rise in obesity rates has affected our youth in alarming fashion. Childhood obesity has increased more than fourfold among those ages 6 to 11. More than 23 million children and teenagers in the United States ages 2 […]

Estill County High School student William “Will” Patrick Burkhart graduated this summer from The Center for Rural Development’s 2016 Rogers Scholars program. Rogers Scholars is an intensive one-week summer leadership program that provides valuable leadership skills and exclusive college scholarship opportunities for high school students in Southern and Eastern Kentucky to seize their full potential […]

With their first competition of the season mere weeks away, the Estill County High School Marching Engineers are already hard at work. They are in the middle of band camp, and they’ve been practicing 12 hour days. As is usual, some of summer’s hottest weather arrived just in time for camp. The band practiced from […]

The Estill County Board of Education recognized several retirees during Thursday night’s special meeting. High school teacher Carolyn Perkins, is retiring following 34 years of teaching, and Debbie Anders, with 23 years of teaching, was recognized. From West Irvine, Kim Dunn and Kim Fallen were honored, with 27 and 29 years of teaching, respectively. Amy […]