Pictured above: Erika Adams, BSN, RN, District Health Coordinator, Estill County Schools with Jimmie Wise, Director/Paramedic, and Sheila Wise, Training Major/Paramedic, with the Estill County Emergency Medical Services. Estill County Schools received AEDs and first-aid training. Mercy Health – Marcum and Wallace Hospital has been awarded $25,000 from the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH) […]

Photos submitted Hardy Propane Company should no longer have to worry about their tanks floating away in a flood.  These large tanks that hold 78,000 gallons of propane were moved from beside the Estill County Fairgrounds to higher ground on Richmond Rd. Owner Pepper Hardy said the first large tank was installed in 1972 at […]

By: Lisa Bicknell   A dedication service was held on Tuesday, Sept. 21, for the Matilda Hamilton Fee Hydroelectric Station at Lock 12 near Ravenna. The hydroelectric station, named after the wife of the co-founder of Berea College,  is the result of a partnership between Appalachian Hydro Associates (which provided engineering and regulatory expertise), Berea […]

Roland McIntosh and David Davis each hold half of a Kentucky agate that was cut in two. Exhibits by rockhounds, information on agates, gems, rocks, fossils, and minerals, demonstrations, and vendor sales will all be a part of the Southeast KY Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Show the weekend of Sept. 25 & 26.  The show […]

Photo credit to: ACDL By: Lisa Bicknell Dealing with the latest surge of the coronavirus continues to be a challenge for the Estill County Board of Education. The school board decided, after lengthy discussion, to move forward with a Covid testing contract with the same testing laboratory used by the Estill County Health Department. “Test […]

By: Lisa Bicknell   Renovations continue at the Estill County Courthouse Annex on Broadway, formerly the site of the BB&T bank. When renovations are complete, the annex will house the offices of Circuit Judge Michael Dean, District Judge Bo Leach and Sheriff Chris Flynn. Those who pay property taxes will soon have the option to […]

Firefighters were called to a structure fire on Main Street in Clay City early Sunday morning, August 29. The historic structure, located on Main Street between the Clay City Times and the Red River Museum,  was in recent years the home of a restaurant called The Corner Table. Firefighters arrived from several surrounding communities, including […]

Ray Witt celebrated his recent 100th birthday with a drive-by parade.  Members of his church, River Drive Christian, as well as friends and family, drove by his home in Irvine on Friday night.  Ray responded with smiles, waves and toots on a paper birthday party horn.   Ray says it is just another year to […]

Several Estill Countians from Estill County traveled to the National Tri-Five Car Show in Bowling Green last weekend.  Gary Miller was among them, and he entered this GMC pickup truck, winning a Top 5 trophy in the truck category.  Miller’s truck placed among the top 25 of all vehicles in the show (which had more […]

Photo by Lisa Bicknell Michael “Moonshine Mike” Stallings holds a piece of chainsaw art he created.  He  has appeared recently on a  Netflix series and in a documentary about his life.  Stallings is also a talented artist and musician. By: Lisa Bicknell “Every accomplishment begins with a decision to try.” Michael Stallings lives his life […]