Belfry News

" Matthew Mercer has been named the new principal at Belfry Middle School, replacing James Hurley.

" The Pike County Fiscal Court has agreed to join a lawsuit aimed at making sure a local recycling center adheres to ordinances regulating the business.

A young woman from Hardy was killed Sunday afternoon in an accident that involved two other vehicles, according to the Kentucky State Police.

The Pike County Health Department's Preparedness Program is holding free drive-thru flu shot clinics at three high schools October 2, 2009, practicing for its role as first responder in the event of a public health emergency.

Authorities have identified three family members killed in a Labor Day auto accident.

Nearly four months after flooding destroyed homes, roads, and bridges, crews believe some of the repairs will prevent severe damage in the future.

A fire damages an auto repair center in Pike County. The blaze broke out early this morning at Pro-Tech in Belfry.

Attendees at a press conference at the Pike County Schools' central office offered their farewells to BOE Chairman Bobby Varney.

Hundreds of students are currently enrolled at Pikeville College, but new president Paul Patton wants more.

To the Editor: We the members of Disabled American Veterans Chapter No. 141, Belfry, Ky would like to thank everyone who gave us a donation at our last roadblock, and to tell them that we use this money to help veterans and their families.

To the Editor: We the members of Disabled American Veterans Chapter No. 141, Belfry, Ky would like to thank everyone who gave us a donation at our last roadblock, and to tell them that we use this money to help veterans and their families.

The Belfry Volunteer Fire Department hopes to open a satellite station on this property.

When Principal Carl McIntosh opened the doors to his school after flooding filled it with 52 inches of water on May 8 and 9, the damage was so great he wondered if the district would just decide to close the school permanently.

Because of delays related to bad weather earlier this year, No Child Left Behind test data for Kentucky schools won't be ready in time for the start of the new school year, the state Department of Education says.

An early-morning accident involving a single motor vehicle blocked portions of U.S. 119 at Belfry, Ky., on Saturday.

Loretta Blackburn Henson, daughter of John and Pearl Hatfield Blackburn went to heaven on Wednesday, July 15, 2009.

LEXINGTON, Ky. While a number of graduating seniors are cranking out resumes and strategizing for interviews in the competitive world of business or preparing for graduate studies, 18 students from the University of Kentucky have been selected to serve others in the sometimes less attractive classrooms of America's inner cities and rural ...

Those 18 and over, interested in becoming Charter Members of a Lions Club, that will serve the Belfry-South Williamson area of Pike County, KY, and the Williamson area of Mingo County, West Virginia, are invited to attend an Informational Meeting.

" A 32-year old woman is missing, and authorities are clueless as to her whereabouts, even after an intensive search.

Four Disaster Recovery Centers in Kentucky are scheduled to transition or close on Saturday, June 27.