T-shirts can be purchased for Irvine High Night. See article for information about how to order. By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor Former students of Irvine High School, you are encouraged to dig out your letter jackets and sweaters, fluff your pom poms and wear-or bring-them to the Estill County boys’ basketball game on December […]

Photo submitted From left, Michelle Osborne, Cathy Wagoner, Tina Pasley, Cassandra Shelton, and Jennifer Barnett donned matching t-shirts  and Santa hats and set out on Thanksgiving evening to find the best bargains.  They shopped around the clock. By Suzi Harbison CV&T Staff In 1999, the “Black Friday Girls” began an almost 20 year tradition of […]

Photos by Lisa Bicknell’ Above, Kiwanis President Jeff Hix with Heritage Farmer “Dink” Dixon; above right, Heritage Farmer Jason Smith, and Heritage Business Owner Jim Hayes. Two farmers and a business owner were recognized during the well atttended annual Kiwanis Club’s Heritage Farm-City Banquet last Thursday night. Roy ‘Dink’ Dixon and Jason Smith were the […]

Photo by Brandon Tipton Local officials and Friends of the Library met for a ground-breaking ceremony on Broadway at the site of the future home of the Estill County Public Library.  Sara Noland, with the first shovel on the left, was the ECPL’s first librarian.  She is 98 years old. By Brandon Tipton CV&T Staff […]

Casey Myers Casey Myers, the inmate who escaped custody while being transported from the Estill County Courthouse on October 10, has been captured. Meyers was originally arrested on September 13 and charged with burglary and being a persistent felony offender after allegedly being caught on surveillance stealing an Echo weed eater and a Stanley battery […]

Jason Riley By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor The fourth candidate forum presented by the Estill County Library, the Estill Action Group, 104.9 Pickup Country, and the Estill County Board of Education was held on Monday night at the high school auditorium. The first candidate to be introduced was 6th Congressional district incumbent Andy Barr.  […]

Photo submitted Jailer Bo Morris stands besides one of the bays in the county’s transport van.  Up to five inmates can be transported on one side of the van.  The inmate population continues to explode, and county officials say that even if the jail were open, most of the inmates would still have to be […]

Photo submitted The Marching Engineer’s Color Guard earned Best Overall at Madison Central’s Tournament of the Bands competition last weekend.  The band was named reserve grand champion and beat Adair County for the first time ever. by Jason Bowles ECHS Band Director This past weekend, the Marching Engineers traveled to Richmond to compete in the […]

By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor Photos by Lisa Bicknell From left to right: Sharon Snowden, candidate for mayor of Ravenna, Joe Crawford, co-moderator of the candidate forum; Estine Tipton, incumbent candidate for mayor of Ravenna, and Lindsey Rogers, co-moderator of the forum. The first of the fall political candidate forums was held on Monday […]

Photos by Lisa Bicknell The annual Ravenna Railrad Festival drew a crowd on Saturday despite overcast skies. Several vendors came out to display their wares, and several entertainers serenaded the festival attendees throughout the day. The Kentucky Steam  Heritage Corporation displayed a model of how the Kentucky Rail Heritage Center will look when it is […]