Hindman News

Knott County Supt. Kim King knows that helping young children achieve proficiency in reading is key to unlocking their educational potential.

Michael Jackson's death is creating a buzz around the world, including right here in eastern kentucky.

Even if Congress approves the Defense Department's request for increased funding, announced last month, there is only a 50 percent probability the chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot will be destroyed by 2023.

The Berea Arts Council is sponsoring its first garden tour, featuring the gardens of eight Bereans.

On Friday, May 15, 2009, at approximately 1:37 AM, Kentucky State Police Post 13, in Hazard, received a call of a single vehicle motorcycle collision on Yellow Creek Road in the Sassafras community of Knott County.

A single vehicle early morning collision has resulted in the death of a 59 year old Knott County man.

A Hindman man died in a motorcycle crash early Friday. Kentucky State Police say Christopher O. Pratt, 46, was riding his motorcycle about 1:35 a.m. on Yellow Creek Road in the Sassafras community of Knott County when he lost control and struck a support beam near a railroad track.

Police are looking for a missing Knott County man. 31-year old Robert Ray Honeycutt was last seen May 5th on Highway 160 near the Ivis Bible Church in Hindman.

Police say rain slick roads appear to have played a role in a school bus crash Friday morning in eastern Kentucky.

This information is all from WKYT news site, I would like to recommend everyone to please go to the site at this link and see if you recognize this young lady. We all need to be much in prayer for her, her family, and be on the lookout for this woman.

A Breathitt County woman is missing and her family believes she could be in danger. 29 year old Jessica Haddix Mullins was last seen in Sassafras in Knott County Saturday night.

Family members say the mother of four would never leave without talking to her family. They say Mullins has no money and could be in trouble.

Uncle Coleman Carroll says, "It's just like she vanished."

Family members say Jessica Haddix Mullins was last seen when she dropped off her youngest child at her boyfriend's home in Knott County about 10:30 Saturday night.

"I was told she dropped the baby off and left, and no one has seen her since then," says Carroll.

Mullins' aunt, Joyce Begley says, "As far as I know it was just a normal trip. I think that maybe her and her boyfriend had an argument the night before."

Mullins was last seen in a 1993 dark green Toyota. Family members say she is 5'8", about 135 pounds with blue eyes. State police say she is registered as a missing person and right now there is no evidence to believe that she is in danger. But family members are not so sure.

"I don't think she ran off, I think that jessica is in a lot of trouble right now. I don't know if it was on her own or somebody else's doing," says Begley. She says she was saving a special gift for Mullins and now hopes she will have the chance to give it to her.

"If she will come home I won't put it off, because I would rather give it to her now than let her wear it in a casket when we find her," says Begley.

"If she gets to see this, call, or get on back home because everyone is concerned and it's really taking its toll on her mother," says Carroll.

Mullins' other three children are with family in Breathitt County. Anyone with information about Jessica Mullins should call Kentucky State Police.

All of us Knott Countians should be very proud of this group and all the positive hype they have brought to our region. With a great sound, and some amazing songs, this group keeps getting more recognition, and is indeed a favorite for many of us here in Knott County. So, it's no surprise they picked up this award for *EAST KY LEADERSHIP CULTURAL/ARTS AWARD* Congrats from all your fans, We are proud of you. Story from www.wymt.com is below as it aired on t.v.

They grew up about 50 miles apart with the city of Hazard between them. The country music duo "Halfway To Hazard" is making a name for themselves in Nashville, but they've never forgotten about their roots.

WYMT's Steve Hensley has more with Breathitt County's Chad warrix and Knott County's David Tolliver as we profile another East Kentucky Leadership Award Winner.

People began recognizing how good they sounded together, including mega-star Tim McGraw, who would end up co-producing their debut album, released in 2007. By then, they were already well known in the town they spent so much time in growing up.

Since their first album was released, Tolliver and Warrix have seen many of their dreams come true; their first single on country radio, the first video, touring with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, an Academy of Country Music Award nomination, and performing in places like Rupp Arena. While Nashville is where they live with their families, Eastern Kentucky is still home.

They also want people to know they support the coal industry. Last year, they took their Friends of Coal tour bus to a reclaimed surface mine.

Of all their accomplishments so far, none may be bigger than their first charity trail ride and concert. It brought in thousands of people to eastern Kentucky from as far away as Canada.

More than 100 thousand dollars was raised for the Buckhorn Children's Center.

Plans are underway for the next charity trail ride in August.

The East Kentucky Leadership Cultural/Arts Award goes to Halfway to Hazard.

We need to be much in prayer for the family from Amburgey Ky in Knott who lost their home to a fire...this is the story below as reported from WYMT, God bless them!!

A cigarette is to blame for leaving five people without a home. It happened in the Amburgey community of Knott County. One home and a second building were destroyed when a woman fell asleep while smoking.

The bed frame where the fire started can still be seen through the smoke.

"I had dozed off to sleep and I had a cigarette lit in my hand and when I woke up and stuff, I woke up because I realized I smelled smoke and stuff because I was trying to put it out," says Marla Mullins.

Mullins says she and her husband were living in a one room building next to her mother in law. The fire already spread to that home before the fire department arrived.

"They came and found me and told me my house was on fire and when we got here, my daughter in law and son told me they burnt the house," says Connie Mullins.

Marla says she spent several minutes trying to put out the fire with blankets and water, but nothing worked.

"It got out of hand, I was hollering 'Help me God' and put it out," says Marla.

Firefighters say she made two big mistakes, smoking in bed, and trying to put the fire out herself. Both families say they lost everything, except for each other.

"It can cost lives, you know. I could have been burned up. I could have been," says Marla.

"My little girl tells me God's got a plan for us, and we'll make it," says Connie.

Connie says she was just beginning to rebuild her life, and will now have to start all over. Marla Mullins says this accident was a wake up call and will force her to stop smoking.

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Relay For Life of Knott County May 29-30, 2009 6 p.m. - 6 a.m. Knott County Central High School


Make plans if possible to come join in the race against cancer, It's a fun and very enjoyable event. Anyone interested in making/joining some teams for the walk, please leave comments. God bless all our cancer patients & survivors in Knott County!!!!

On the one hand, I hate to appear to be contradicting Erik Reece, whose interesting column about unhappy mountain folks we published not long ago.

Forcht Group of Ken-tucky announced that Debbie Reynolds has been named president of the Corbin and Lexing-ton-based corporation.

The University of Kentucky's $450 million hospital building project will be insured for $450 million.

Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed Gurney Norman as Kentucky's poet laureate for a two-year term.

From Commonwealth News Service FRANKFORT, KY-- The Kentucky Arts Council announces that Gov.

Remembering Thomasine Loy About: Thomasine Loy, 72 To ColumbiaMagazine.com: I am sorry to hear about the passing of Thomasine.