Paintsville News

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.

As the nation marked the annual National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Citizens National Bank staff worked together during October to promote Breast Cancer Awareness in their community.

Dean and Rose Baldwin of the Oil Springs Volunteer Fire Department presented Charles Thompson of the Big Sandy Shrine Club a $300 check for the Shriners' Children's Burns hospital.

A well-known former basketball coach from Eastern Kentucky has announced that he will run for state representative.

Floyd County native Terry Scott knows the culture of Eastern Kentucky. That's why when the uproar began about Somerset Addiction Solutions, LLC - an opiate addiction treatment clinic slated to locate to the community in the near future - he wasn't truly surprised.

A Matewan, W.Va., group is hoping to capitalize on Kentucky's renewed interest in "adventure tourism" by offering trips down the Big Sandy River in kayaks and canoes.

The 31st Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday and select nominees to replace retiring Circuit Judge Danny P. City meeting heated INEZ - Tension was in the air at last Thursday's Inez City Commission meeting, with three of the members voting to go into executive session to discuss personnel and two voting against.

A Lawrence County man charged with killing four people in an April 2008 car crash entered a Kennedy plea Friday in Wayne County, W. Sheriff warns of scam LOUISA - The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office is looking for people who were apparently involved in a blacktop scam and has issued a warning to would-be clients.

A new trial date has been scheduled for a West Virginia man accused in the murders of an eastern Kentucky woman and her two daughters.

Flags at all state office buildings will be lowered to half-staff Sunday in observance of National Firefighters Memorial Day under an order from Gov.

It was an overcast Friday, but that's did not stop folks from heading out to the 47th annual Apple Days Festival in Paintsville.

The Floyd County Chamber of Commerce and the Paintsville/ Johnson County Chamber of Commerce are seeking businesses or organizations interested in taking part in a job fair scheduled for October.

Morehead State Universitya s fall enrollment has increased slightly for the third consecutive year, according to estimates given At its quarterly meeting, the Regents were told that early indications support an enrollment of 9,025 compared to 8,981 in the fall of 2008.A The reported also stated that the incoming freshmen class apparently again will ...

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Most elementary- and middle-school students in the Big Sandy region performed at the proficient or distinguished levels on the Kentucky Core Contest Test last year, but the news wasn't so good for the region's high schools.

A minimum security inmate who is from Lawrence County walked off from a Frankfort prison Monday, according to a press release issued by the Kentucky Department of Corrections.

Kylie and Maggie Daniel of Shelbyville announce the birth of their daughter Caroline JoAnn Daniel.

WAVERLY: Emojane Tackett Leeth, age 90, was born May 2, 1919 in Paintsville, Kentucky to the late Simon Andrew and Gillie Mae Blanton Tackett.

The Inez City Commission voted last Tuesday to approve an ordinance relating to the establishment of a joint sewer agency consolidating the Inez waste water system with the Martin County Sanitation District.

The Monticello Utility Commission was among water and wastewater utilities that was recognized and honored recently by the Kentucky Rural Water Association.