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Bill raising high school dropout age heading to governor
FRANKFORT — School districts in Kentucky will be allowed to raise the minimum dropout age for their students under legislation that cleared the Kentucky General Assembly Monday. Senate Bill 97, sponsored by Sen. David Givens, R-Greensburg, will allow local school districts across the state to increase the compulsory attendance age to 18 for their students beginning in the 2015 school year. Currently Kentucky students may drop out of high sc...
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<p>David Hopkins</p>
Symposia to educate medical providers about recognizing, reacting to Rx abuse
Symposia to educate medical providers about prescription drug abuse and diversion will be conducted at four locations across Kentucky this spring. These free “Kentucky Medical Communities UNITEd” forums – presented by the Appalachian Regional Commission, Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy, and Operation UNITE – are scheduled for Morehead (April 13), Paintsville (April 27), Bowling Green (May 11) and Manchester (June 8). Presenters at ...
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City seeking info on buying old school property
PRESTONSBURG — Members of the city council took a tentative step Monday night toward potentially buying the old Prestonsburg Elementary property, with an eye toward using it for a long-planned community center. Discussion began with council member David Gearheart’s report from the city’s projects committee. Gearheart said the committee discussed seeking quotes from financial institutions to restructure the city’s current debt in order to pa...
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Sequestration shouldn’t scare off investors
The recent, much publicized “sequestration” can be problematic in some areas, says Prestonsburg financial adviser Rob Shepherd, but should not deter people from participating in the financial markets. The sequester, a result of a failure between Congressional leaders and the Obama Administration to reach agreement on budgetary issues, will result in $85 billion in across-the-board government spending cuts this year. The $85 billion in cuts,...
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Three sentenced in Social Security fraud
PIKEVILLE — Three Eastern Kentucky women were sentenced recently in U.S. District Court, following guilty pleas in two separate Social Security fraud cases. According to information released by the Social Security Office of the Inspector General, Alice Cole, of Floyd County, was sentenced Feb. 19 to six months in prison and three years of supervised release, and was ordered to make restitution of $110,128.00 to the Social Security Administr...
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<p>Melanie Stevens</p>
Stevens hired as CAIRD marketing and development officer
PIKEVILLE – The Central Appalachian Institute for Research and Development recently welcomed Melanie Stevens to its staff, as marketing and development officer. Stevens comes to CAIRD after serving the City of Pikeville as director of economic development. She also has previous experience serving the five-county region of the Big Sandy Area Development District as a community and economic development project developer. A lifelong resident...
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PRIDE septic system grants available for low-income homeowners
PRESTONSBURG — For a limited time, Floyd County’s low-income homeowners can apply for a PRIDE grant to replace a failing septic system or straight pipe. The PRIDE grants will pay for installation of a septic system or connection to a public sewer system, if one runs by the home. “These grants are for homeowners who want to do the right thing but can’t afford a septic system or sewer connection,” explained Tammie Wilson of PRIDE, which is th...
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Senate adopts resolution requesting East Ky. VA hospital
FRANKFORT – The Kentucky State Senate on Monday adopted Sen. Ray S. Jones’ resolution (Senate Resolution 193) urging the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to consider establishing a VA Medical Center in Southeastern Kentucky. “It would be very easy to establish a VA Medical Center in Southeastern Kentucky by contracting with a local hospital to provide the services for our veterans,” said Sen. Jones, D-Pikeville. Kentucky only ...
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<p>photo by Ralph B. Davis</p><p>Cody Montgomery teaches a class on collecting and marketing wild edibles and medicinals, Saturday, during Kentuckians for the Commonwealth&#8217;s &#8220;Growing Appalachia&#8221; conference.</p>
Workshop plants seeds for small-scale ag
PRESTONSBURG — Appalachians can take greater control of their diets and their finances through small-scale farming, attendees of a conference were told Saturday. About 100 people gathered at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park for the Growing Appalachia conference, sponsored by Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. The conference provided workshops for growers of all skill levels on subjects such as increasing crop yields, saving money by saving ener...
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For the record
MARRIAGE LICENSES Anna Grace McGuire to Charles R. Tackett, both of Grethel. Raymond Lee Conn of Prestonsburg to Sasha Didema Ann May of Banner. Tiffany Dawn Hall to Nicholas Corey Spears, both of Printer. Brandon Jarrell of Flatwoods to Kimberly A. Bryant of Hi Hat. Ronnie Sammons of David to Rena K. Carroll of Brooksville. Megan LaDonna Brown to Spencer Daniel Mitchell, both of Langley. CHARGES FILED Kenneth Kretzer, 28, B...
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Knott County judge removed from office
PRESTONSBURG – Residents in Knott County are currently without a judge-executive after a circuit judge in Floyd County removed Randy Thompson from office on Friday. Thompson, who is serving a 40-month prison sentence in Pennsylvania, was convicted by a federal jury in 2008 of using public funds to influence the 2006 general election. He began serving his sentence late last year, at which time Deputy Judge Greg Mullins began fulfilling Thomp...
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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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