Garrett News

For ordinary Kentuckians in 1862, Christmas was not the elaborate affair it is today.

The Floyd County Clerka s Office saw seven more candidates file to run in the May primary in the past week and a half, one of whom lost in the 2006 election by less than 60 votes.

The Richmond Planning Commission voted Monday night to recommend rezoning a 31-acre tract off Cycle Drive behind the Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center.

Even with decades of decay evident, the old stone-walled home near Louisa's city limits has caused thousands of passers-by to imagine what the place was like when it was alive and what could be done with it today.

" Since this past Thursday there have been only two other candidates file for elections in Floyd County, and both of those are constable races.

Agencies responsible for the hundreds arrested last week in what is now being referred to as the a oeOperation Flamingo Roada drug roundup have begun releasing the names of some of those who have been targeted by the investigation.

Free flu shots will be given at the CC Flu Vaccine Clinics on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The walk-in clinic will be at the Senior Center, 911 Beverly Dr.

" Smoke billowed from the impact point between the school bus and the tanker truck as the screams of trapped passengers mixed with the sirens of emergency vehicles approaching from a distance.

Garrett Volunteer Fire department received a call Monday around 3:30 p.m. to a single structure fire at Burch Street in West Garrett, and responded with three units and 11 fireman.

" A Floyd County woman is now facing a drug trafficking charge after a routine traffic stop took another turn.

A truck was discovered Thursday evening beneath the tranquil waters of Lake Cumberland, yet what was inside the vehicle proved to be much more shocking - a dead body.

Kentucky State Police say a body found in Lake Cumberland is that of an eastern Kentucky man missing for two months.