The Troublesome Creek Times has learned that Kerry Prater, a Hindman native, has been detained by federal authorities after running through security for a President Obama motorcade with several weapons and approximately 500 rounds of ammunition. Details will appear in…
Month: September 2012
Gates for fall trail ride open Sunday
The annual fall horse trail ride, Knott County’s signature tourism event, officially begins on Thursday, Oct. 4. Gates will open at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30, for those arriving early. Horse owners are reminded to bring current health…
Family loses home, pet in fire
By SHARON K. HALL Frank Jacobs and his family are still feeling the pain of a fire Saturday that claimed their home and property. Also lost was the beloved family pet, a terrier dog named “Puppy.” No one was…
Fiscal court approves tax rate
By KAREN JONES CODY Water projects and financial concerns were the primary topics in the Knott Fiscal Court’s regular meeting on Monday, Sept.17. The court voted to authorize Judge Thompson to sign all documents related to the $1 million in coal…
Hindman Settlement has new director
The board of directors of Hindman Settlement School has announced the selection of Brent D. Hutchinson as the school’s new executive director. He succeeds the late Mike Mullins, who served in that capacity for 34 years. Hutchinson will formally…
Woman flown from Hwy. 80 crash
By JORDAN THOMAS HALL A serious accident occurred shortly before 9:00 Tuesday morning, Sept. 4 near Jamestown Village on Hwy. 80 in Knott County. According to Kentucky State Police Detective Joel Abner, a dark green Chevy Cavalier operated…
Ky. Education Commissioner visits Knott County schools
By SHARON K. HALL Knott County Board of Education Superintendent Kim King and staff were pleased to welcome Kentucky Education Commissioner Dr. Terry Holliday to the Knott County school district. After breakfast at the Central Office the troupe toured Hindman…
Residents pull together to recover from tornado
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press WEST LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) — Eddie and Sherri Granger’s new life running an antique store collapsed in a heap of debris when a tornado demolished their nearly century-old building while tearing through this eastern Kentucky…
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‘Operation Big Sandy’ yields arrests of 22 sex offenders
Law enforcement officers from seven counties joined Kentucky State Police and the U.S. Marshals Service last week to conduct a sex offender compliance check throughout the area. The effort was called “Operation Big Sandy.” Sheriff Dale Richardson advised that of…