Floyd County News

The down economy has some home and small business owners in a pinch, and that was the focus of an expo held today in Floyd County.

" House Bill 2, what has come to be known as the slots bill to put video lottery terminals in racetracks throughout the commonwealth, failed to gain Senate Committee approval Monday and may now be on the back burner until legislators resume business in January.

" Members of the Floyd County Breathe Easy Coalition are gaining ground and with it support on their way to seeing a comprehensive smoking ban passed in businesses throughout Prestonsburg.

An eastern Kentucky city is considering an ordinance that would ban smoking in all public buildings despite opposition that says the move could hurt the city.

The television footage of the tragedy seems to be lost forever, although memories of a 1958 school bus accident that claimed the lives of 27 children in Floyd County remain guarded for many.

The trucks have come again to haul away soaked sofas and waterlogged mattresses.

Cruisin' on Main was a roaring success last Saturday, with 200 cars parked along Main Street.

Volunteers help a resident in Varney, WV clean damaged insulation and drywall out of a flood-damaged home following the flooding of early May.

Ella Clay was awarded southern and eastern Kentucky's PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award for June 2009.

State Sen. Johnny Ray Turner recently sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers asking for assistance in keeping local post offices in Martin, Eastern and Langley open after the buildings were damaged by flooding earlier this month.

" Maytown residents, like those in Martin and Eastern, are worried that their local post office could be closing for good.

IRS officials say they are granting disaster relief to those affected by the Mother's Day Weekend floods.

More than one hundred golfers hit the links in the annual WYMT Golf Classic. The event raises money for the Tony Turner Scholarship Fund.

" Holding a presentation check for $100,000 Friday, Floyd County Judge-Executive R.D. "Doc" Marshall called the funding the results of a "dream come true" in seeing the German Campground area saved.

Supt. Henry Webb has issued a statement on the last day of school for students in Floyd County after receiving the final decision on the 2008-09 school calendar from the Kentucky Department of Education.

Car break-ins are on the rise in an eastern Kentucky community. Investigators in Floyd County are working 25 break-ins in just two months and you may be surprised how the thieves are getting in the cars.

Members of UNITE Service Corps, a collaborative effort between Operation UNITE and AmeriCorps, gathered Thursday to celebrate the efforts of the last year among participants across seven counties.

Police say a man robbed a Floyd County grocery store at gunpoint last night is still on the loose.

James Whited, Big Sandy Area Development Districta TMs financial director, outlined budget summaries with district board members.

" More than 40 volunteers worked tirelessly throughout Thursday morning and afternoon in Maytown, where the floodwaters have subsided and left tons of debris and destruction in their path.