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Auditions for Kentucky Opry Junior Pros will begin in April.
Kentucky Opry Junior Pro auditions to begin in April
PRESTONSBURG — Auditions for this season’s Kentucky Opry Junior pros are scheduled to begin this April at the Mountain Arts Center. According to MAC officials, the Kentucky Opry will hold open auditions for all Junior Pro positions on Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg. Auditions will be open for both vocalists and instrumentalists between the ages of 6 and 16, and will be by pre-schedu...
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Workshop planned for home-based microprocessors
PAINTSVILLE — Those who wish to legally sell items such as pickles, salsa or barbecue sauce can take the first step toward accomplishing that, during a workshop to be held March 20. The Johnson County Extension Office is hosting a home-based microprocessor workshop, which is required in order to sell certain moderate-risk homemade foods. In addition to attending the workshop, producers must also apply to and have their recipes approved by t...
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Senate passes Stumbo’s special districts bill, with amendment
FRANKFORT — A bill making its way through the Kentucky legislature aimed at increasing transparency and accountability of the state’s special taxing districts won approval in the Senate on Wednesday. House Bill 1, sponsored by House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, would require “special purpose government entities” in the state to submit administrative and financial information to the Department of Local Government. That information wo...
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Under the proposed map, all of Floyd County and one precinct in Pike County would be represented by House Speaker Greg Stumbo. Currently, three Floyd precincts are represented by Rep. Hubert Collins.
New map would give Stumbo all of Floyd
FRANKFORT — A plan to redraw Kentucky’s House of Representatives district would leave Floyd County with just one legislator in the House. House Bill 2 was approved 53-46 Wednesday, along party lines. Under the plan, the 95th District currently held by House Speaker Greg Stumbo would be composed of all of Floyd County, plus one precinct in Pike County. The way the map is currently drawn, Stumbo has all of Floyd County except for three pr...
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Floyd schools insurance assessment tops $1 million
The Floyd County school system faces yet another fiscal challenge, following an assessment by the Kentucky Department of Insurance, which affixed a more than $1 million bill on the school district. In January, the Kentucky School Board Insurance Trust (KSBIT) sent out a memo to its partners stating that the group had incurred significant deficits to its worker’s compensation self-insurance pool and the liability self-insurance pool. The def...
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May Valley, McDowell tops in district academics
Floyd County Schools were recognized this week for outstanding performance in the recent District Governor’s Cup competition for elementary academic teams. May Valley Elementary and McDowell Elementary each placed first overall in the district, with Betsy Layne placing first in both Future Problem Solving and Quick Recall. “The board team and I wish you the best of luck in regional competition,” said Henry Webb. “We’d also like to especia...
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<p>Johnathan G. Estrada</p>
Detroit man arrested for drug trafficking
PIKEVILLE — A Detroit man is in jail, after police say he was found with a variety of drugs. Kentucky State Police received a tip Monday concerning a possible drug transaction from a vehicle on South Mayo Trail. Units with the KSP Post 9 Criminal Interdiction Team arrived at the scene of the reported transaction and witnessed another apparent drug deal. Officers approached the vehicle, where they made contact with Johnathan G. Estrada, 23...
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Pictured front row left to right: Conner Watts, Crystal Allen, Chyanne Meade, Benji Ferguson, Landon Blackburn. Back Row: Kendra Gambill, Loren Stephens, David Gonzalez, Kevin Watts, Kasey Ferguson, Jack Latta, Mike Gambill.
10 test for higher belts
PRESTONSBURG — Several students improved their belt ranking in February following a regular martial arts test at Family Academy of Martial Arts. Family Academy of Martial Arts, owned an operated by Mike Gambill, a 7th Degree Black Belt, is a martial arts school specializing in Tae Kwon Do which has operated in the area for more than a dozen years. On Feb. 16, 10 students test to reach their next belts. Those who participated in February...
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Schools look ahead to sequester cuts
Following the passing of last week’s sequester deadline in Washington D.C., Floyd County School officials are faced with the unenviable task of deciding from where new cuts to education programs come. Floyd County Schools Supt. Henry Webb said Tuesday that nothing is definitive in regard to the cuts, but the board is anticipating a 5 percent cut to the current year’s head start, Title 1 and 2 programs, and special education funding. Beginni...
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Center to host kids’ math, science event
PRESTONSBURG — East Kentucky Science center will host an early childhood “Spring into Science and Math” event this month at Big Sandy Community and Technical College. The Floyd County Community Early Childhood Council will be hosting a free family science and math event at the East Kentucky Science Center on the campus of Big Sandy Community and Technical College on Saturday, March 23, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Designed with families of you...
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Former director ordered to pay David School $34K
PRESTONSBURG — The former director of the David School has been ordered to repay the school nearly $34,000, following a judge’s order Friday. Circuit Judge Johnny Ray Harris ordered Danny Greene to repay the school $33,919.33 to cover unpaid taxes from when Greene was still over the school. Greene did not appear at Friday’s hearing, but did a responsive pleading, which was entered into the record. In the pleading, Greene says he does no...
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Grant to help laidoff miners, spouses find jobs
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $5,192,500 National Emergency Grant to the Hazard-based Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (EKCEP) to assist workers and their families impacted by layoffs at coal mining companies in Eastern Kentucky. The funding will further power EKCEP’s Hiring Our Miners Everyday (H.O.M.E.) initiative, which is providing re-employment services not only for miners who are laid off but for the...
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Work-at-home job screening March 20 in Pikeville
PIKEVILLE — An event to screen applicants for work-at-home jobs with several well-known national companies will take place in Pikeville in two weeks. Kentucky Teleworks will host a “Telework Job Screening” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., March 20, at the Kentucky Career Center, located at 138 College Street, in Pikeville. Kentucky Teleworks is screening applicants for companies such as DIRECTV, Amazon.com, T-Mobile and JPMorgan Chase. The agency cu...
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<p>photo by Ralph B. Davis</p><p>Highway District 12 Chief District Engineer Mary Westfall-Holbrook presents Johnny Meade III with an order signed by Gov. Steve Beshear, naming him a Kentucky Colonel. Meade was honored for his actions at the scene of a fatal wreck Feb. 3, which officials say likely saved one woman&#8217;s life.</p>
Meade honored for accident scene heroics
ALLEN — After his shift ended the morning of Feb. 3, snowplow operator Johnny Meade III went home and didn’t mention anything about what had happened that day. But, as he was surprised to find out Friday, quite a few people from Floyd County to Frankfort had taken notice. Meade, 21, of Pikeville, was treated to a surprise luncheon Friday, at the Department of Highways maintenance garage in Allen where he works, during which a host of dign...
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For the Record
MARRIAGES Taneeka C. Howell to Joseph B. Coleman, both of Harold. Rachael Ann Ousley of Allen to Shawn D. Wright of Martin. Shana Rena Carroll to Allen D. Ousley, both of Langley. Latessa A. Wright to Christopher J. Skeens, both of Prestonsburg. Shayna Danielle Jude to Nathan Andrew Lafferty, both of Auxier. Crystal R. Picklesimer to Christopher R. Bryant, both of Wheelwright. Matthew Ryan Wike to Lisa Amber Ratliff, both of Pr...
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