Crab Orchard News

Raymond Manuel, 90, of Crab Orchard, died Friday, July 18 at Rockcastle Health and Rehab in Brodhead.

Stanford may see motorcycle cops Christina Miller With the high price of gas everyone suffers, even law enforcement.

Larry Sears Nichols, a full-time evangelist, and his son, Joshua, have been mowing the grass at Camp Nichols/Hanging Fork Chapel since they bought the property nearly three years ago.

A 3-week-old was found unresponsive last week in Lincoln County after sleeping in the same bed as his baby sitter.

A 3-week-old infant was found dead Friday morning at his baby sitter's home in Lincoln County, Kentucky State Police said.

A 3-week old baby was found dead Friday morning at his baby sitter's home in Lincoln County, Kentucky State Police said.

Jack and Sara Margaret Jacobs to Bradley and Rita Pemberton, lots No. 3 and No. 4 of Cherry Hill Subdivision, on Peg Padgett Road, $26,000. Jerry and Lynn McFalls, Robert McFalls and Arthur and Jane McFalls ...

Pleasant View Baptist Church will hold Vacation Bible School June 23-27 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. each day.

“I worked in a tobacco patch for many, many years and have made a lot of money on tobacco.”

Frankie Dyehouse of Crab Orchard had a story to tell Wednesday at a news conference held to discuss the results of an indoor air-quality survey conducted in Lincoln County. via The Interior Journal

“It was a shock to see it in the paper.”

In an odd moment of serendipity, a letter arrived at The Interior Journal on Tuesday from Louisville lawyer Robert W. Riley demanding that The IJ immediately publish a follow-up story indicating the 2007 charge ... via The Interior Journal

Lilah Standish, 65, of Ky. Hwy. 3244 in Crab Orchard, Ky., passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at University of Kentucky Medical Center. via Commonwealth Journal

“The boy was alert and responsive when we got to him. He said he didn't remember what happened. Said everything went black, didn't remember anything. Of course he's hurt”

A teenager was seriously hurt in a violent crash in Lincoln County on Thursday morning. via WKYT-TV Lexington

“It's just brought back a lot of bad dreams and things that we're going to have to deal with”

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the gang-style slayings of two Lincoln County men in 2002, Kentucky State Police said Sunday. via Lexington Herald-Leader

Two women were transported to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital after a two-vehicle collision occurred Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Ky. via Commonwealth Journal

Dottie Ray Poynter, 55 of Crab Orchard passed away Monday, Feb. 18, 2008 at the Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington. via Commonwealth Journal

“Hands off, girls, this one's mine.”

IN MY OPINION A Valentine so sweet, tender College sweethearts found romance that still endures Henry and Judy Gaston are the faces of Valentine's Day.

They've been married 66 years and are still lovebirds.

Not in a showy, sugar-coated sentimental way. Their affection has depth and quiet dignity.

The Gastons are my old friends and I've heard the story of their romance many times. But they're such interesting people that new currents spring up whenever they re-tell parts of it for me. Read more

Selma Story Reynolds, 77, of Somerset, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. via Commonwealth Journal

“We're trying to track down anybody who will research one child of Lucey and Henry (Sparrow)”

Many of Abraham Lincoln's relatives remain in Kentucky, including Nina Warren Clooney, the mother of actor George Clooney. via The Courier-Journal

“It just made me feel sooooooo relaxed”

"I messed up," reads the plea in careful, girlish script. "I used. I don't know why or what's wrong with me. via Kentucky.com

“Everything is going to be OK now. Everything is going to be OK.”

In God she trusts for now

Don Lloyd -- Brother Lloyd -- stalks across the church basement, pacing in front of a small kitchen used by ladies on Sunday to heat casseroles and pies. But Brother Lloyd's message is food for the soul.

Dawn Nicole Smith, convinced that only divine intervention can save her from drugs, listens intently.

The devil is constantly after people who love the Lord, says Brother Lloyd, who is small and compact, his head covered with wisps of thinning white hair. 'He that believes and is righteous, he shall be saved,' he says. 'He what is not shall be damned.' Read more