Clay County News

A Clay County teacher is arrested after police say she was high in the classroom! 42-year-old Marietta House Abner, a special education teacher, was arrested Monday at Goose Rock Elementary School.

Hundreds of jobs are coming soon to Clay County courtesy of a Florida-based recycling company.

Since news broke that Bill Sparkman's lifeless body was found in Clay County with the word "fed" written on his chest, the mystery surrounding his death has triggered nationwide media attention.

A part-time census taker died at the tree in a Kentucky forest where his body was found with a rope around his neck and the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, officials said Wednesday.

In a unanimous decision, the Manchester City Council votes to purchase the land that will be the future location of a waste conversion plant.

LONDON, Ky.- The son of a U.S. Census Bureau worker found hanging from a tree in eastern Kentucky with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest said Tuesday he has no doubt his father was slain.

Josh Sparkman lost the only family he ever really had when his census worker father was found hanging from a tree in rural Kentucky, his feet and hands duct-taped and the word "fed" scrawled on his chest.

Clay County Coroner Jim Trosper confirmed Friday the word "fed" was written on Sparkman, apparently with a felt-tip pen.

The Kentucky medical examiner's office has determined asphyxiation to be the official cause of death of a part-time census worker who was found with a rope around his neck in an eastern Kentucky cemetery.

Editor's Note: When U.S. Census worker Bill Sparkman, 51, was found dead in Clay County, Kentucky, reportedly with the word 'Fed' scrawled on his chest, speculation about his death ran rampant although detailed information reported by the media has been limited and contradictory.

By Samantha Swindler and Adam S. Sulfridge / Times-Tribune Staff The Times-Tribune received a suspicious fax Friday night, which staff immediately turned over to the FBI.

Date: September 24, 2009 the Associated Press reported Wednesday . The FBI has been called in to look into the case to see if there was anti-government sentiment involved in the death of the Census worker.

Rodney Miller has lived nearly all his 56 years in Clay County, the only exception being when, as a young man, he moved to Indianapolis.

MANCHESTER, Ky. - Positive news stories about Clay County don't come often. When it comes to national news, the rural county about 170 miles southeast of Louisville seems to be a magnet for negative headlines.

The Kentucky State Police, Post 11, London has learned that the **PRELIMINARY** cause of death for William E. Sparkman, Jr., 51, of London, KY is listed as asphyxiation.

It is startling how much time is being wasted parsing out the motive behind the murder of 51-year-old substitute teacher, Bill Sparkman in tones that seem to indicate that some kind of feeble justification exists out there, somewhere.

The death of a U.S. Census Bureau worker in Clay County, Kentucky, found hanging from a tree, reportedly with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, rippled through the national consciousness more than other crimes from rural, tucked-away corners might have.

The Clay County coroner confirmed Friday that the word "Fed" was written on the chest of a part-time U.S. Census worker who was found dead, tied to a tree, with a rope around his neck, in the Daniel Boone National Forest two weeks ago.

FBI is investigating whether Sparkman's death is a homicide and whether anti-government sentiment was the motive.

A part-time census worker found hanging in a rural Kentucky cemetery was naked, gagged and had his hands and feet bound with duct tape, said an Ohio man who discovered the body two weeks ago.