Archive for July 27th, 2012

Kentucky State Police are asking for assistance in finding an Estill County man wanted for a burglary on Barnes Mountain Road. KSP Trooper Scott Felder said a $500 reward is being offered to anyone who can provide information that would lead to the arrest of Frankie Scott Young. Young, 43, is wanted in connection with a... »

Estill County Fire Chief Derrick Muncie said a fire that started early Tuesday morning may have been started intentionally. Lexington television news stations reported a barn fire on White Oak Road across from White Oak Stables was suspicious. Muncie said the details of the fire lead him to believe it was no accident. “The building was abandoned,”... »

It’s not uncommon to drive down River Drive late in the evening and find that your car may be the only one on the road. The businesses close and most of Estill County begins to look something like a ghost town. A group of citizens remember a time when life in Irvine and Ravenna was... »

The Estill County Board of Education discussed a traffic control system for the upcoming school year with the addition of the new KY 89 at its July meeting. Randall Christopher, assistant superintendent, made a presentation regarding the plan for routing incoming and outgoing traffic to the high school and middle school for the upcoming school... »

Well, the time has come for me to bid Estill County farewell. That’s right, my summer internship with the Citizen Voice & Times has come to an end. Though I’m sad to be leaving the community, I am proud of all that I have accomplished and learned here at the CV&T. Having this opportunity has taught... »

Our whole nation has been open-mouthed with horror since Friday morning’s massacre in Aurora, CO. We feel sick, unable to comprehend why anyone would want to wound and kill like that. As I write, I sit in my worn old rocker on the front porch and gaze at a pastoral scene.  Birds chirp and sing.  A... »

St. Elizabeth Catholic Church The St. Elizabeth basement sale will be Wednesday, Aug. 1, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Thursday, Aug. 2, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be clothes and shoes for all the family, household items, new toys, jewelry and many more items. Estill Springs Elementary Estill Springs Elementary will host a... »

Lewis Mick Richardson, 88 Lewis Mick Richardson, 88, of Barnes Mountain Road in Irvine, died Sunday, July 15, 2012, at his home following a long illness. He was born July 7, 1924, in Estill County and was the son of the late Thomas and Katie Osborne Richardson. He was a retired employee of Carhartt, Inc.,... »

St. Elizabeth Catholic Church The St. Elizabeth basement sale will be Wednesday, Aug. 1, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Thursday, Aug. 2, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be clothes and shoes for all the family, household items, new toys, jewelry and many more items. Harg Church of God Harg Church of God will... »

Permits Michael J. Begley, Alma N. Fox and Daniella R. Powell. Motorcycle Permits Philip V. Smith Intermediate Licenses Jennifer G. Siebenicher and Rachel J. Tipton. Marriages •Allison Faye Mosley, 38, homemaker, Irvine to Donald Everett Means, 42, painter, Irvine. •Brenda Lee Cackling, 72, retired, Irvine to Oakley E. Chaney, 75, retired, Irvine. •Jodi Ann Tucker, 49, student, Irvine to Denzil Ritchie, 54, disabled,... »