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 […]

By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor Photo by Lisa Bicknell Kathy Samples grew up in the Cobb Hill area.  She attended a one room school for seven years and says she never dreamed she would become president of a bank one day. Never in her wildest dreams did the girl raised on Cobb Hill ever […]

Photos by Lisa Bicknell With a noticable police presence in town on a muggy Saturday night, the pace of this year’s Revive  River Drive event was pretty sedate.  Irvine Police Chief Brand Smith said “99 percent” of people behaved themselves. A good time appeared to have been had by all.

By SUSAN LYNCH CV&T Contributor The United Methodist Opportunity Store invites everyone to the store on Sept. 5th as they celebrate 75 years of blessings. Seventy-five years ago a young Methodist minister by the name of Rev. John Lewis had a vision. This vision was to help the people of rural mountain towns in Eastern […]

The Estill County Soccer coach who was placed on paid leave pending an investigation last week has been arrested and lodged in the Madison County Detention Center. Andrew J. Hatton, 28, of 1475 Blackburn Rd., Irvine,  is charged with five counts of rape, third degree, two counts of prohibited use of electronic communication device to […]

By Susan Luster Lynch CV&T Staff Writer Arthur Long left a large part of his estate to the city of Ravenna.  His lawyer recently sent a check for $383,762.92, which Long specified was to be used for the youth and needy seniors of Ravenna. There were several items on the agenda last night at the […]