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Three indicted in interstate vehicle theft ring
PIKEVILLE — A federal grand jury has accused three Letcher County residents of taking part in a car theft conspiracy. Henry Hall, Goldie C. Pierce and Roger Tolliver were each named in an indictment handed down March 7. All three were charged with counts of conspiracy, aiding and abetting the receipt of stolen vehicles and aiding, and abetting the receipt of stolen property. According to the indictment, all three conspired with each other...
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Hillbilly Days proceeds being misspent, judge says
PIKEVILLE — Pike County Judge Executive Wayne T. Rutherford says the Hillbilly Days festival was founded to raise money for crippled children, but that now that money is going to “companies and corporations.” Hillbilly Days is scheduled for April 18-20 this year, and brings 100,000 people to Pikeville. At a recent meeting of the Pike County Fiscal Court, Rutherford said the Fiscal Court founded the festival in 1977 to raise money for the ...
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Protesters ousted from church after racial dustup
JACK’S CREEK — Church members who spoke out against their preacher for alleged racist remarks recently learned by mail that their membership at the church had been terminated. In December, several members of the Jack’s Creek Baptist Church appealed to the Southern Baptist Convention after they said their pastor used racially insensitive language from both behind the pulpit and in a Sunday School class. Appealing to forces outside of the chu...
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Loretta Wright
Revenge suspected as motive for McDowell shooting
McDOWELL — Family members think revenge could be the motive for a shooting in McDowell Tuesday night that resulted in the death of one man and injuries to two others. Ronald and Loretta Wright, of Fisher Hollow at Printer, allegedly entered the home of Famer and Lorene Halbert, on Halbert Lane at McDowell, Tuesday evening. Famer Halbert was reportedly shot in the head and killed in his bed. Lorene Halbert and Ronald Wright were each shot du...
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Dates set for kindergarten, Head Start registration
As the 2012-13 school year comes to an end, planning has begun for the 2013-14 school year, including registering new students for kindergarten and Head Start in the Floyd County School system. Times and locations were released this week by Floyd county Schools for registering new students for kindergarten for the next school year. There will be both a registration, and a camp for new kindergarten students later this summer. The dates and...
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Ag commissioner blasts Dems over hemp bill amendment
Kentucky Department of Agriculture Commissioner blasted Speaker Stumbo following a Democratic amendment to Senate Bill 50, which he said threatens to kill the measure with a redundant regulatory riposte. Commissioner James Comer came out firing Tuesday, following the filing of amendments by House Democrats late Monday afternoon. The amendments appear to make both the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the Kentucky State Police responsib...
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<p>Sen. Johnny Ray Turner</p>
Turner’s law library bill heads to governor
FRANKFORT – A bill sponsored by Sen. Johnny Ray Turner, D-Prestonsburg, that will allow county law library trustees in counties that fund the county law library to purchase equipment and to house materials and equipment in a Court of Justice facility, is headed to the Governor’s desk. “Senate Bill 98 modernizes the law with regard to county law libraries,” Sen. Turner said. “Currently, the trustees are restricted to buying books or reports,...
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Treasurer says tax cheat claims overblown
PRESTONSBURG — City council members were shocked Monday night by an auditor’s assertion that as many as half of the businesses in the city are not paying occupational tax. The next day, however, city treasurer Yvette Latta said the claim was exaggerated. David Garrett, of Jones, Pack and Associates, appeared before the council to go over his firm’s audit of city finances. During his review, he said said one item that most troubled him was...
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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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