By: Lisa Bicknell Austin Moore, a 2006 graduate of Estill County High School, was recently hired as the School District’s Athletic Director.  He was also named the principal of the Success Academy. There’s a lot to the role of athletic director in any year, but during a pandemic, that role, like that of every other […]

Photo submitted Bill Neikirk and President Bill Clinton are pictured here aboard Air Force One.   Neikirk, a nationally recognized journalist from Irvine, died last week. Note: This article was originally printed in the Lexington Herald Leader. Bill Neikirk, a nationally recognized journalist and author who got his start as a part-time sports reporter on […]

Photos by Lisa Bicknell The Monarch Waystation behind West Irvine Elementary is full of blooms.  Volunteers with the Four Seasons Garden Club placed name plates at several flowers earlier in the week.  They reported that there are Monarch Butterfly caterpillars on all varieties of milkweed, so butterflies will likely be spotted soon.

Photo by Lisa Bicknell Janet Rose first began working at Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital as a volunteer, or a Candy Striper.  She was fresh out of high school when she went to work in the admissions office. Forty-six years later, she retired from the hospital, still working in admissions.  Janet said she is looking […]

by Lauren Sangster Portland, Maine In 1989, Martha’s aunt, Crystal McKnight Scarlett, devised a way to raise money to help upkeep the properties.  Martha writes, “The annual reunion was always a time of good food shared and many a recipe changed hands for favorite dishes.  Crystal thought a family cookbook could be produced then sold, […]

by Lauren Sangster Portland, Maine The year 2020 marks the 100th year the Howell family has been gathering to celebrate the birthday of William Epperson Howell, my great- grandfather (born July 24, 1866).  He began the tradition of visiting the grave of Nancie Lee (nee Crawford) Howell, my great-grandmother, on his first birthday after her […]

By: Lisa Bicknell “It was always something I wanted to do,” said Margaret Clark Edmonson, of her career as Lookin’ Fancy’s newest hairdresser. After her husband died unexpectedly in 2015, Margaret said, she was just “so lost.” “I didn’t know what to do.” She applied for a couple of jobs and got hired working at […]

By: Blake Vickers LPL Financial Advisor and Estill County native Angela Drake cut the ribbon signifying the opening of her new office in Irvine just afternoon on July 21st. The building sits at 1561 Richmond Road beside Little Ceasars pizza restaurant. Drake, daughter of Vaulty and Sherry Tyree of Irvine, has wanted to open up […]

By: Blake Vickers Progress on the construction of the Estill County Area Technology Center is moving along nicely. The tech center will offer a multitude of classes for students and residents of Estill County and others in the region. As of now, the building is slated to have a grand opening in August of 2021, […]

On Sunday afternoon a balloon release was held in the Citizen Voice and Times parking lot in memory of local artist John Hatfield.  The sounds of John Lennon’s “Imagine” played under a perfect summer sky while the balloons were released. Hatfield’s artwork was also on display during the memorial, which took place on July 12, […]