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District winner Samantha Keathley and runner up Brenden Wright.
Stumbo student wins District Spelling Bee
PRESTONSBURG — Floyd Students were recognized this week after strong showings in the recent District Spelling Bee, held at Big Sandy Community and Techinical College. Floyd County Supt. Henry Webb announced the results of the 2013 Floyd County School District Spelling Bee earlier this week. Savannah Taylor Keathley, from John M. Stumbo Elementary, is the district winner, while Brenden Wright, from James D. Adams Middle, is the runner-up. ...
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County doesn’t have money for McDowell office, judge says
PRESTONSBURG — A resolution regarding a proposed county government extension office in McDowell created some heated discussion last Friday, during a special meeting of Floyd County Fiscal Court. During the meeting, fiscal court members were to vote on a resolution, SP 13-02-03 which would authorize the reimbursement of a Kentucky Local Government Economic Development Fund Project for $60,000. The money is to be spent on a Floyd County Exten...
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Growing Appalachia seeks to help people save money and boost economy
PRESTONSBURG — Learning about ways to save and earn money through small-scale farming, energy efficiency and renewables will be the focus of the fourt “Growing Appalachia” conference, to be held March 9 at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. The day-long conference will provide information and skills for healthier living and greater self-sufficiency. Workshops will have three tracks — beginning, advanced and efficiency/renewable energy — so anyo...
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<p>George Ed Clark</p>
County’s oldest WWII veteran dies
HAROLD — George Ed Clark, who was Floyd County’s oldest living World War II veteran and a fixture in the Harold and Betsy Layne communities for many years, has died. Clark, who was just a few days shy of his 98th birthday, died Thursday. He joined the Army in January 1943 and served in the Battery B 564th Full Artillery Battalion in the 71st Infantry under Gen. George S. Patton. Floyd County Judge-Executive R.D. “Doc” Marshall said Floyd ...
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Jones, Turner file resolution urging local VA Medical Center
FRANKFORT – State Sen. Ray S. Jones II, D-Pikeville, filed a resolution Monday urging the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to consider establishing a VA Medical Center in Southeastern Kentucky. Kentucky only has two full-service veterans hospitals, the Lexington VA Medical Center and the Robley Rex VA Medical Center in Louisville. Jones says this leaves the veterans who are residents of Southeastern Kentucky no option other than...
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For the Record
CHARGES FILED Melody Clarissa Terry, 32, Beaver – fourth degree assault. Tracy Hall, 47, Melvin – menacing. Josh Adkins, 21, Grethel – second-degree criminal trespassing. Doris Lewis, 58, Stanville – menacing. Melissa Stephens, 33, Prestonsburg – fourth-degree assault. James Burks, 42, Prestonsburg – alcohol intoxication. Valerie King, 34, Martin – prostitution. Gary Bays, 57, Dwale – operating a motor vehicle under the influ...
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Former David School principal dies
LA CROSSE, Wis. — A former principal of The David School, who taught at the school for over 20 years, died Thursday, in Minnesota. Sister Emma Kriz, 80, who began teaching in David in 1983 and served as the school’s principal from 1987 to 2005, and again from 2006 to 2008, had been making her home at St. Rose Convent, in La Crosse, since moving there due to health reasons in 2008. Kriz entered the St. Rose Convent in 1947, making her prof...
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Students from Prestonsburg Elementary will compete in next months Kentucky Speech League state competition in Lexington.
PES forensics students headed to state
Students from one Floyd County school will be traveling to Lexington next month to compete in the Kentucky Speech League state competition. Supt. Henry Webb announced Thursday that Prestonsburg Elementary students Shelby Blackburn, Katelyn Bingham, Emma Thompson, Emma Justice and Chelsea Reynolds will be competing March 14-16 on the campus of the University of Kentucky. “The board team and I congratulate Shelby, Katelyn, Emma, Emma and Ch...
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2013 a breather before hectic 2014 elections
There will be no elections in Floyd County in 2013, but that layoff will set the stage for a huge slate of races in 2014. According to County Clerk Chris Waugh, 2013 is the scheduled year where there are no elections to be voted upon in Floyd County. But Waugh says that the lack of races this year is but the calm before next year’s storm. The May primary will feature elections for all county offices, including judge-executive, jailer, she...
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<p>Eric C. Conn</p>
More questions than answers in Conn lawsuit
PIKEVILLE — The federal lawsuit against Eric C. Conn could eventually have implications for some of his Social Security clients, but those individual cases are not up for scrutiny in current case, which was filed against the well-known Floyd County lawyer and an administrative law judge who acted as his alleged rubber stamp. According to a complaint filed in 2011 in United States District Court in Pikeville, and which only became public Tue...
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Paul returns $600K in savings from office budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a press conference Wednesday in Louisville, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul announced he will be returning $600,000 to the United States Treasury – money unspent from his official operating budget. The total amount being returned is more than 20 percent of Sen. Paul’s original office budget. Sen. Paul returned $500,000 to the Treasury last year, bringing the total in money unspent from his operating budget to $1.1 million since he...
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St. Joe to host ‘Go Red’ event
PRESTONSBURG — Valentine’s Day is already past, but St. Joseph Martin is joining with the American Heart Association in hopes of touching a few women’s hearts this week. The hospital will be hosting its annual “Go Red for Women” event at noon, Friday, in the Wilkinson Stumbo Convention Center, at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. The event was planned to coincide with American Heart Month and will place a spotlight on the benefits of nutriti...
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