Fourteen year old Hannah Goolman, a 9th grader at Estill County High School and a Girl Scout of Troop 7182, has been named a Gold Award Girl Scout. Goolman is the first to receive this honor in Estill County in a very long time or possibly ever. It is the most prestigious award in the […]

Warren Rogers holds a dulcimer that he made for his wife. By: Lisa Bicknell Seventy-five year old Warren Rogers said he learned to “walk and talk in sawdust,” as he grew up in his father Buel’s wood-working shop in Powell County. His father made custom-built furniture for many years, then he began making custom cabinetry. […]

Photo submitted The first Pfizer pediatric (age 5-11) vaccine was administered on Monday at the Estill County Health Department.  Nolan Walling, son of Health Department Director Elizabeth Henry, received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccines above. The Estill County Health Department has vaccines and vaccine boosters available for all ages and all vaccine options.

Photo by: Lisa Bicknell

By: Lisa Bicknell   On the morning of March 10, 1998, Marcus Moore and Kerry “Bud” Witt were found shot in the head at Moore’s residence at 336 Jones Rd. in Clay City.  Both had been shot once and with the same 9 mm weapon.  The murders are believed to have occurred sometime between March […]

Amy Noland-Hughes’ cat Heidi, for one. Photo submitted

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 […]