Crockett, KY

Due to construction activity, water service will be interrupted for the Starfire Hill area in Paintsville beginning about 6:00 am, Thursday, June 30, 2022. This will affect customers from Jones & Preston Funeral Home to the top of Starfire Hill, including all side streets in between. This will affect Pointview, Pineview and Forest Park Lane. Service is expected to be restored by 9:00 am, Thursday. A boil water advisory will be in effect when service is restored.

Johnson County Fiscal Court is hosting, in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District,an informational in-person and virtual public meeting on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. (EDT) for the Section 202 City of Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky Flood Risk Management Project. USACE has developed an Engineering Document Report (EDR) to supplement the approved Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the proposed flood risk management improvements for the City of Paintsville and Johnson County, Kentucky. The EDR includes design revisions to the authorized DPR Recommended Plan and provides an integrated Supplemental Environmental Analysis (SEA), which describes the potential environmental effects resulting from the proposed changes. The EDR with integrated SEA can be viewed by visitinghttps://go.usa.gov/xJFqW.During the meeting,USACE will provide a project update and presentation on the proposed supplement to the DPR Recommended Plan as described in the EDR. USACE will also explain the potential impacts as documented in the SEA and facilitate public comments on the proposed action.Louisville District staff will also be available to answer any questions about the project following the presentation.Public input is critical for this process.

Two roads now bypass my little town, but once upon a time US23 ran right through it. Greyhound buses brought people and small freight. Farm vehicles crowded the town on Saturdays. The streets were lined with tall, old trees, and church bells rang loud and clear on Sunday mornings calling...

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the Carter County Detention Center over the past week. This list includes local arrests only. It does not include federal inmates being housed at or transported through the detention center. Joseph Elam, 34, of Ashland, held by Carter County Circuit Court, arrested...

The Olive Hill Chamber of Commerce had a busy weekend, with five ribbon cuttings for three new businesses and two new amenities for recreational cyclists and other visitors. The Olive Hill Trail Town bike repair station was funded with donations from a Carter County Community Fund Grant and Carter County Tourism, with Tourism also contributing to the new visitor’s kiosk.

Frances Wheeler Carter, 91, of Rush, KY went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at Kings Daughters Medical Center. Frances was born January 29, 1931 in Lawrence County, KY to the late Mont and Stella (Justice) Wheeler. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Gorman Dee Carter and her siblings Ithel Austin, Ina Dunbar, Eugene Wheeler, and Rhoda Emma Yates.

As Allison Fletcher Engelbrecht (Class of 2018) begins her 4-year residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia, she said the lessons she learned at MSU stick with her. Engelbrecht’s father, Richard Fletcher (Class of 1992), MSU deputy director of athletics, and mother, Dr. Wendy Fletcher (Class of 1994), are both alumni, and her sister, Reagan Fletcher, will begin her junior year in the fall. She added five of her father’s siblings also attended MSU, making it a family tradition. Engelbrecht was selected for the George M. Luckey Jr. Academic Honors program, which included a full undergraduate scholarship.

On Monday June 27, 2022 from 6-7PM the LC Tourism Commission Chairman, Wes Kingsmore planned a Pop-Up walk for the evening celebrating The 1st Bridge Day in Louisa, KY and Fort Gay, WV area by calling a meeting at the Fred M. Vinson Museum and taking a brief walk from Louisa to Fort Gay to commemorate our bridge being built this day in 1906.

It’s Homecoming time again in Olive Hill, and – yes – that means the parade and fireworks. But it also means talent shows, live music, free pool day, and more. Events actually kicked off a few weekends back when the Homecoming Pageant was held at West Carter High School. Lexi Bond was selected by judges to represent the community as Miss Olive Hill. Her court includes Teen Miss Independence Taylor Maschke and runner-up Shelby Suttles, Pre-Teen Miss Independence Camryn Varney and runner-up Piper Rayburn, Junior Miss Independence Londyn Lykins and runner-up Raylynn Stevens, Small Miss Firecracker Kayleigh McDavid and runner-up Aubree Judd, Little Miss Firecracker Nevaeh Bush and runner-up Sophia Villasenor, Little Mr. Firecracker Kingston Swanigan, Mini Miss Sparkler Abbie Barker and runner-up Kennedi Lawson, Mini Mr. Sparkler Easton Wilburn and runner-up Lucas Bradley, Tiny Miss Sparkler Bristol Covie Jordan and runner-up Harper Walker, Wee Miss Sparkler Haisley Cook and runner-up Remi Irick, Wee Mr. Sparkler Liam Tackett, and Baby Miss Sparkler Ivy Roe and runner-up River Rae Walker.

Morehead, Ky. — Former Lawrence Co. baseball star and current Morehead St. sophomore standout Jackson Feltner made 1st team All-Ohio Valley Conference this past season. Feltner started 54 games this past season and hit .393 with 16 home runs, 17 doubles, 1 triple and drove in 51 runs. His...

Olive Hill City Council entered into the first reading of a new city occupational tax ordinance in their regular meeting last week. That ordinance would set a two percent tax on, “all employees, whether or not residents of the City of Olive Hill, for the privilege of engaging in occupations… businesses or other undertakings for compensation within the city.” The new tax would be, “equal to 2% of the taxable gross salaries, wages, commissions, and other compensations earned by employees for work done or services performed within the city.”

Earl Scott Wright, II, 80, of Louisa, KY went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 24, 2022 at his home. Earl was born November 6, 1941 in Floyd County, KY to the late Earl Scott and Elizabeth (Skeens) Wright. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Myrtle Marie Sturgill Wright, daughter Pamela Sue Wright, five sisters, and four brothers.

OLIVE HILL, Ky. (WSAZ) - Investigators are warning businesses to be aware of a counterfeit money scam. Olive Hill police say three suspects are involved in a scam where they’ve gone into businesses and used $500 worth of fake 20-dollar-bills to purchase pre-paid credit cards. Police say the secret...

PIKEVILLE — The trial of a Paintsville doctor charged with fraud and drug offenses has been continued until next year. Dr. Loey Kousa was scheduled to stand trial July 13 in U.S. District Court at Pikeville, but Judge Robert E. Wier on Friday granted a request by Kousa to delay the proceedings.

Protesters gathered in Morehead Sunday, joining thousands taking to the streets across the country, as millions of people continue to express their anger over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade. Since Friday, all abortions that do not threaten the life of the patient are banned...

BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - One Eastern Kentucky ambulance service has announced that it is closing its doors. In a Monday afternoon Facebook post, Watts-Caney Fire & Rescue officials announced that the Watts-Caney Ambulance service is closing down. Officials with the department say that they are closing down because the...

LOUISA — The Lawrence County Grand Jury returned 15 indictments May 26. • Jaime F. Alvaro Jr., 38, of Chesapeake, Ohio, charged with first-degree bail jumping for allegedly failing to appear in court for a pre-trail conference on Nov. 21, 2021, after having previously been ordered to do so.

LOUISA — An event was held Monday to commemorate the opening of the Louisa/Fort Gay, W.Va., Bridge on June 27, 1906. To celebrate the historic opening, several people took part in a walk across the bridge and back to the Locks. Participants met in the parking lot behind the courthouse and started walking.