Miller places in top 5 at Bowling Green
Several Estill Countians from Estill County traveled to the National Tri-Five Car Show in Bowling Green last weekend. Gary Miller was among them, and he entered this GMC pickup truck, winning a Top 5...
View Article100 years young
Ray Witt celebrated his recent 100th birthday with a drive-by parade. Members of his church, River Drive Christian, as well as friends and family, drove by his home in Irvine on Friday night. Ray...
View ArticleLocal firefighter drags co-worker to safety after roof collapses
Firefighters were called to a structure fire on Main Street in Clay City early Sunday morning, August 29. The historic structure, located on Main Street between the Clay City Times and the Red River...
View ArticleSheriff and Judges offices will move to annex
By: Lisa Bicknell Renovations continue at the Estill County Courthouse Annex on Broadway, formerly the site of the BB&T bank. When renovations are complete, the annex will house the offices of...
View ArticleSchool board discusses new state guidelines
Photo credit to: ACDL By: Lisa Bicknell Dealing with the latest surge of the coronavirus continues to be a challenge for the Estill County Board of Education. The school board decided, after lengthy...
View ArticleGem, Mineral and Fossil show comes to town
Roland McIntosh and David Davis each hold half of a Kentucky agate that was cut in two. Exhibits by rockhounds, information on agates, gems, rocks, fossils, and minerals, demonstrations, and vendor...
View ArticleFee hydroelectric station dedicated
By: Lisa Bicknell A dedication service was held on Tuesday, Sept. 21, for the Matilda Hamilton Fee Hydroelectric Station at Lock 12 near Ravenna. The hydroelectric station, named after the wife of...
View ArticleMoving to higher ground
Photos submitted Hardy Propane Company should no longer have to worry about their tanks floating away in a flood. These large tanks that hold 78,000 gallons of propane were moved from beside the...
View ArticleHospital receives funding for life-saving education and training
Pictured above: Erika Adams, BSN, RN, District Health Coordinator, Estill County Schools with Jimmie Wise, Director/Paramedic, and Sheila Wise, Training Major/Paramedic, with the Estill County...
View ArticleWho’s Reading The Citizen Voice & Times?
Amy Noland-Hughes’ cat Heidi, for one. Photo submitted
View ArticleFamily still seeks closure more than two decades after murders
By: Lisa Bicknell On the morning of March 10, 1998, Marcus Moore and Kerry “Bud” Witt were found shot in the head at Moore’s residence at 336 Jones Rd. in Clay City. Both had been shot once and with...
View ArticleHealth Department administers first vaccines for children
Photo submitted The first Pfizer pediatric (age 5-11) vaccine was administered on Monday at the Estill County Health Department. Nolan Walling, son of Health Department Director Elizabeth Henry,...
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Moreland ‘treated like king’ during Honor Flight
by Lisa Bicknell, CVT Editor Estill County native and 95 year-old veteran Donald Moreland was one of eighty veterans from across the state who were treated to an “Honor Flight” to Washington, D.C. in...
View ArticleRogers re-discovers love of woodworking
Warren Rogers holds a dulcimer that he made for his wife. By: Lisa Bicknell Seventy-five year old Warren Rogers said he learned to “walk and talk in sawdust,” as he grew up in his father Buel’s...
View ArticleGoolman earns Girl Scout Gold Star Award
Fourteen year old Hannah Goolman, a 9th grader at Estill County High School and a Girl Scout of Troop 7182, has been named a Gold Award Girl Scout. Goolman is the first to receive this honor in Estill...
View Article‘Shop Small’ campaign a weekend hit
Photo submitted Amanda Abney, the Grinch, and Malorie York reminded Estill Countians to shop small last weekend. By: Lisa Bicknell Business owners and community leaders spoke in glowing terms of the...
View ArticleBridge Work Continues
By: Lisa Bicknell Multiple crews have been working on the Irvine bridge since Monday, Nov. 29. Wright Construction is also on the scene as they continue to lay new natural gas lines in Irvine. One...
View ArticleStallings grateful for supportive community as he combats leukemia
Michael Stallings, above, is undergoing treatments for leukemia. He and his wife are very grateful to friends and volunteers who have made repairs on their home since he was hospitalized. By: Lisa...
View ArticleBlake’s Day of Giving
Above, Kristi Crowe received a hug from one attendee of the community Christmas dinner she helped organize. 600 people were fed; 400 meals delivered, some by high school students
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