Irvine Council approves joint ordinance
The Irvine City Council meeting began Monday night with Shirley Fowler, mother of Scott Camden, a city employee recently incarcerated for DUI, pleading for her son to “get a second chance” and possibly...
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Memories of Hiking with Tillie of Indian Fort
Tillie was the name of the Border Collie mix in Berea, KY whose self-assigned job was to lead visitors up Indian Fort Mountain to one of its many scenic overlooks. It was estimated that she made this...
View ArticleIPD arrests woman for theft
The Irvine Police Department made an arrest on March 12 after they responded to a call about an in-progress shoplifting occuring at the Family Dollar Store on Winchester Road. Irvine Police Chief Brad...
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‘Shrooming times are here again’
“Shrooming Times Are Here Again” will be the theme of the City of Irvine’s Mountain Mushroom Festival to be held the weekend of April 26-27. The festival is not only a celebration of the morel...
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Clay City pair arrested for trafficking in meth
The Irvine Police Department arrested a man and woman from Clay City after Officer Jon Sturniolo observed Cheronna Gail Hatmaker driving west on River Drive traveling only 22 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h....
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Local students visit planetarium
On Thursday, nearly 200 kindergarten students from South Irvine Elementary School were treated to a field trip to the Hummel Planetarium, where they learned that no matter where people are from, they...
View ArticleToddlers found in street
An Irvine couple was arrested last weekend after strangers reported seeing a three year old and a 10-month old wandering in the street in cold rainy weather. Iris Clarice Brook, 25, of 620 Henry White...
View ArticleClay City husband and wife arrested for theft at Furnace
A Clay City husband and wife were arrested on March 25 for stealing items valued at more than $38, 000 and causing additional damages of more than $29,000. Kentucky State Trooper Jason Carpenter was...
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Barr visits Bowie Refined Coal
On Monday, Sixth district Congressman Andy Barr visited Bowie Refined Coal (BRC), now in operation at the former site of the South East Coal processing plant. “We are blessed to have this opportunity,”...
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A woman’s place is on her horse…or in her tack shop
The bumper stickers on Tammy Cox’s pickup truck reveal how much she loves horses, as do the slogans on the t-shirts she sells in her tack shop. “A woman’s place is on a horse.” “The more people I...
View ArticleIrvine Council discusses city map, announces new hire
A local property owner addressed the Irvine City Council on Monday night about a farm he bought on Kirkland Avenue many years ago. Dwight Arvin said he always paid county taxes in the past but has...
View ArticleEstill County reaches out to help
Eighteen-year-old Joe Snowden, a local high school student, tragically lost his father to cancer in late March. As if fate weren’t cruel enough, his mother died in a car crash on Furnace Junction Road...
View ArticleOutpouring of support for local student continues
Joe Snowden admits that all the attention he’s been getting lately is sometimes a little much. He calls the love and financial support he’s been receiving from the community and beyond “extremely...
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McConnell on the campaign trail
Bowie Refined Coal workers, county officials, and a busload of high school students packed the conference room at the Bowie Refined Coal facility on Friday morning as Senator Mitch McConnell made a...
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Ravenna’s annual egg hunt at the park was re-named for beloved Councilwoman Joan Richardson this year. Pictured is Jimmy Richardson, Joan’s husband, standing next to the sign at the easter egg hunt...
View ArticleArrests made in festival area
An Estill County couple was arrested after Irvine Police received a call alerting that they were walking through the festival area and stealing items from closed vendor tents. Jon Harrison, 27, of 111...
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Cake Decorating winners
The Mushroom Festival Cake Decorating winners are as follows: Adult 1st place, Emma Day; Child 1st place , Analyse Day,second place, James Werner, and third place , Stephen Wells. The Mountain...
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Agate hunts important part of festival
Kentucky agate is an important element in the Mountain Mushroom Festival each year, right up there alongside morels, music and the Fungus 5K. For the past several years, guided agate hunts have been...
View ArticleLiquor licenses granted
Alcohol and Beverage Control Officer Brad Smith confirmed that two package liquor licenses have been granted in the city of Irvine. Monty’s of Estill County, LLC, owned by Monty Brock, has received a...
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Mushroom Festival draws large crowds
Perfect spring weather brought Mountain Mushroom Festival-goers out in droves over the weekend, with an estimated 20,000 or more in attendance. Francine Bonny, festival chairman, said, “We had a good...
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