Local businesses reported that Small Business Saturday was a success.   Businesses ran special sales and some gave away prizes, such as Meade’s Do-It Center, which presented checks for two $500 shopping sprees on Saturday.   The winners were Danielle Crouch and Frank Flynn. In addition to brick and mortar businesses, small vendors put together […]

By: Lisa Bicknell The Irvine-Ravenna Kiwanias Club presented Heritage Farm and Business Awards to Estill County farmers David Newton and Doug Arvin on Thursday night.   David Newton is the son of Elmo and Jewell Newton, the third of five siblings. He attended schools in Estill County and graduated from Estill County in June of […]

By: Lisa Bicknell Reports vary as to what started the fire in the Pitts area last Monday afternoon; some say it was a cigarette tossed out a window; others say someone was burning leaves and the fire got out of control.   Whatever the cause, firefighters and forestry crews worked tirelessly to save buildings and […]

By: Lisa Bicknell Barbara and Bev Hall of Pitts Rd. say they slept very little on Monday night, with a wildfire spreading about a half mile from their home and moving in their direction.  So they took turns sleeping and keeping watch over their place.   By midday Tuesday, the wildfire had swept past them […]

From Jason Bowles ECHS Band Director The Marching Engineers’ season came to a dramatic close Saturday night, as they won the 2022 KMEA Class 3A State Marching Band Championship.  Class 3A was one of the most competitive classes and included many former state champions including Beechwood, Murray, Russell, and Garrard County.   Entering post season competition, the band […]

Wednesday morning, Broadway resident Staci York noticed this house was on fire on Broadway and alerted first responders.  Irvine Fire Department Chief Justin Patrick said that when crews arrived the house fire was “fully involved.”  No utilities were hooked up in the house, which belongs to Eugene Hurst.  Patrick said they believe that homeless people […]

Daniella Powell,  above, is pictured with a display of Bosses Day gifts.  She has purchased the Ravenna Florist and Greenhouse from Francie Snowden. Powell has been employed at the business for 12 years. 

By: Lisa Bicknell Twenty-two Future Farmers of America (FFA) students from Estill County and 35 FFA students from Madison County assisted the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife (KDFW) with stocking bass in the Kentucky River below the Irvine bridge on Thursday.   It was the third restocking of the week, including one at the […]

Less than 30 years ago, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was launched in the famed entertainer’s hometown of Sevier County, Tennessee.  Every child in the county, from birth to age 5, had the opportunity to receive a free book each month.  The goal of the program was to inspire a love of books and reading.   […]

Some of the employees hired by Reliance Works include Heather McKinney, Matewood Kortbein, Kendra Napier, Chris Weaver, Tina Turner, Brad Mullins, Shanna Christy (Beattyville office manager),Colin Gamble, Chelsea King (Irvine office manager), Donald Lewis, Lois Robinson, and Leslie Lucas. Not all are pictured here.   By: Lisa Bicknell Reliance Works, LLC, now has an office […]