Stephen Dalton McQueen, 95 Hilltop Rd., Irvine, Ky., will have his eagle scout court of honor ceremony on Sunday, May 20th, at 3 p.m. at Richmond First Presbyterian Church, 330 West Main Street, Richmond, Kentucky. Stephen’s eagle scout project was completed at Aldersgate Church Camp in Estill County, where he supervised other scouts, scout leaders […]

The Engineer softball team seniors were the recipients of a special send-off party before they left for their senior trip to Washington, DC early in the week. by Lindsey Wood The Lady Engineers softball team had an excellent weekend in the 5th annual Wizard of Odd Classic hosted by Letcher County. Despite losing 2-1 against […]

By LINDSEY WOOD CV&T Reporter The Estill County High School softball team stands 7-2 after last week’s play. The Lady Engineers defeated Garrard County 5-0, and Montgomery County 9-3 before losing to Madison Central 9-4. They capped off the week with an 11-1 region victory against Perry County Central. Estill’s first and best win of […]

The Lady Engineers congratulate one another for their victory over a tough Madison Southern team. L-to-R: Lindsey Isfort, Sarah Wiseman, Taylor Duechle, and Lindsey Wood By LINDSEY WOOD CV&T Reporter The Estill County Lady Engineers softball team improved their record to 4-1 this past week, winning big against district opponents Lee County and Powell County […]

Seniors Lindsey Isfort, Kaylee Covey, Lindsey Wood and Sarah Wiseman by Lindsey Wood The Estill County High School softball team has had a slow start to their season due to the unrelenting rain of the past two weeks. In fact, the Lady Engineers have not played since they defeated Owsley County away 16-0 last Monday. […]

By LINDSEY WOOD CV&T Reporter The Lady Engineers had two games rained out, but finally made it onto the field on Friday.  At top right are seniors Kaylee Covey, Lindsey Wood, Lindsey Isfort, and Sarah Wiseman.    In bottom photo, the seniors wear green ribbons in their hair in remembrance of their classmate Russell Morris […]

Estill Engineers prevail over long-time region champs Knott County to advance to state tournament Photo courtesy of Brendon Miller/Bluegrass Sports Nation By LISA BICKNELL CV&T News Editor Coaches reflect on historic win; Bentley credits community for whole-hearted support Last Friday morning, Estill County Head Coach Jon Bentley acknowledged he was a bit exhausted after his […]

Photo by Lindsey Wood Above, Joe Benton scored 17 points in the second half with a string of threes that kept Estilll county alive in the game against Cordia.  Caleb Bonny iced the cake with 16 of 16 free throws.  See page A•10 for the story.

By LINDSEY WOOD CV&T Reporter Last Friday, the Estill County boys’ basketball team smashed Powell County 64-45 to claim the 56th district tournament championship title for the second year in a row. The Engineers are now district tournament champions, district regular season champions, and a favorite going into regional post-season play. Though Powell would strike […]