Photo courtesy of Danielle Patrick Traffic tie-ups such as this one at Waco caused problems all around the area Saturday night. By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor Local dispatchers and first responders were busy early Saturday evening, but despite a flurry of calls for help, there were only five injury accidents reported.  No one was […]

By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor Photo by Lisa Bicknell Mountain Warriors began the first lef of an memorial march for Lt.  Colonel Jeff Cole.  Soldiers carried the flag above to Middlesboro. On Friday morning, the first shift of marchers participating in the Inaugural Mountain Warrior Memorial Ruck March departed from the Kentucky National Guard […]

Photo by Lisa Bicknell Rader’s River Grille was filled with excited children eager to have breakfast with Santa on Saturdy morning.  Restaurant manager Marsha Porter said 141 children and their families came by for breakfast.  The children all received a free personalized ornament.

By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor Despite Elves attempt to unionize, Christmas deliveries to be on schedule During an exclusive interview with the Citizen Voice and Times, Santa Clause recently said “There’s been a little situation with the elves at the North Pole.” According to Santa, Chief Elf Gartrod tried to unionize the elves, and […]

Victoria Stevens, left, and Rhonda Childers, right, accepted the Phoenix Rising Award from the Kentucky Democratic Party on behalf of Estill County’s Democratic Executive Commitee. The Kentucky Democratic Party awarded Estill County’s Democratic Executive Committee with the Phoenix Rising Award at the 2017 Wendell Ford Dinner in Lexington on October 21, 2017.     Estill […]

Photos by Lisa Bicknell Retired teachers Sara Noland, Ica Mays, Wanda Wilson and Sally Hill were recognized by County Judge-executive Wallace Taylor last week. He presented a proclaimation recognizing Retired Teachers Week. By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor Retired Estill County teachers who have reached, or are about to reach, the age of 90 were […]

By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor The principals of Estill County schools presented their own report card to the Board of Education on Thursday night. They shared data and named reasons to celebrate, as well as areas that need improvement. Lisa Reece, from Central Office, began the presentation by explaining how the Kentucky Department of […]

Citizens Guaranty Bank employees and family members are pictured together at their table.  The luau was presented by the bank. Story and photos submitted Saturday, September 30, 2017 was the largest single-day fundraising event in the history of Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital (MWMH). The MWMH Foundation hosted the third annual Golf Scramble and Paradise […]

Photo by Lisa Bicknell In 1987, Jack and Teresa Stickney bought their first 60-plus acres of mostly wooded land on Lilly Ferry Rd. That was the beginning of the fulfillment of a dream.  Jack said he was working as a geologist on an oil rig decades ago, reading Mother Earth News, and telling himself, “One […]