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Trial date announced, bond reduced in Perry murder case
HAZARD – A 21-year-old man charged with murder in a fatal 2011 crash received a trial date on Thursday and was scheduled to be released from jail on home incarceration as part of a reduced bond. Cory Carroll, of Busy, was indicted by the Perry County Grand Jury on May 12 on allegations that he was under the influence of an “intoxicating substance” on August 22, 2011, when his pickup collided with another truck head on, injuring himself and ...
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County hires attorney to look into agreement with Trus Joist
HAZARD — The Perry County Fiscal Court met on Tuesday, May 15 to discuss contracts, reviewing several special district budgets, and refinancing the justice center. As the deadline to give Trus Joist Macmillan/Weyerhaeyser the deed to the property given to them by the county draws near, Perry County Judge-Executive Denny Ray Noble said that they have hired an attorney to look into the contract to make sure they have fulfilled their end. Co...
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Elmer Combs
Man pleads to five years in trafficking case
HAZARD – A Hazard man and former school teacher pleaded guilty on Thursday to four separate drug trafficking charges. Elmer Combs, 64, was arrested on December 12 as part of an Operation UNITE roundup and charged with four counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, second offense. According to the indictment, Combs, a former teacher in the Perry County School District, was alleged to have sold methadone to a cooperating w...
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Homeless shelter scaling back services
HAZARD – A lack of funding at Community Ministries’ Corner Haven homeless shelter has forced staff to scale back operations in order to keep the shelter open. In a statement released on Wednesday, Community Ministries Interim Executive Director Adrienne Bush announced that beginning May 22 the shelter would, for the time being, only provide emergency shelter, and longer-term transitional housing would no longer be available. The shelter ope...
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Hazard PD to participate in ‘Click It or Ticket’
HAZARD – Motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts should beware. The 2012 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization kicks off May 20 to help save lives by cracking down on those who don’t buckle up. The Hazard Police Department is joining with other law enforcement agencies and highway safety advocates across the country to help save more lives by strongly enforcing seat belt laws around the clock. “Too many driv...
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Man swallows handful of pills after caught shoplifting, police say
HAZARD – A Hazard man who allegedly swallowed several of pills after he was caught shoplifting was admitted to the hospital for treatment, and is also facing a felony charge of tampering with physical evidence. Hazard Police Sergeant Randy Napier responded to the shoplifting call at the Hazard Walmart on Monday, May 14. Store employees observed 28-year-old Joseph W. Sizemore concealing $87 worth of merchandise in a bag and exiting the store...
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Circuit clerk candidates looking forward to election
HAZARD — With the primary election just days away, the three Democratic candidates for Perry Circuit Court Clerk have been hard at work campaigning. Incumbent Roger Collins, long time Deputy Clerk Debbie Manis, and law enforcement professional Charles Patterson all said that they believe this could be a close race, and that the expected low voter turnout could be a factor. Patterson said that he believes that his strategy and style of campa...
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<p>Police in Hazard say they discovered 137 pills and more than $1,400 in cash during a traffic stop on Monday.</p><p></p>
Traffic stop turns up pills and cash
HAZARD – One person was charged with drug trafficking and another with possession following a traffic stop Monday morning in the Cherokee Hills community. Det. Bradley Couch and Deputy Chief Joe Engle with the Hazard Police Department were patrolling the area when Engle said a seat belt violation prompted them to pull over a vehicle being driven by 54-year-old Bruce Combs, a resident of the Combs community. According to the police citatio...
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Grand jury returns 11 more indictments this month
HAZARD — A special session of the Perry County Grand Jury was called on Friday, May 11 due to the excessive number of cases on the jury’s docket the week before. On Friday, May 4 the grand jury indicted 39 people, and this past week they indicted 11 more on charges ranging from arson to abandonment of a minor. Christopher Caudill, 42, of Hazard was indicted on a charge of second-degree arson, first-degree criminal mischief, and first-degree...
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<p>Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Teresa Reed is seeking re-election this year, and will face off with challenger Chris Paul in next week&#8217;s Democratic primary.</p>
Meet the candidates: Reed seeking re-election as commonwealth’s attorney
HAZARD – Teresa Reed captured her first elected office in the 2006 election, and by the end of this year will wrap up her first term as commonwealth’s attorney, an office to which she also hopes to gain re-election this year. A graduate of Hazard High School, Reed went on to attend Berea College and also earned a master’s degree from the University of Dayton. She earned her law degree from the University of Kentucky before moving back to he...
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<p>Work on the Eblen apartments in Hazard is currently on hold as officials determine whether the building can be safely rebuilt.</p>
Work to restore former school building on hold
HAZARD —Work to restore a historic building in the City of Hazard remains on hold this week as city and state officials work to determine whether the building, which was gutted by a fire in December, is safe to rebuild. In December, the old Hazard High School building that had been converted to apartments caught fire and forced the evacuation of nearly 40 residents. From floor to ceiling, the building was burnt or damaged by water. The bric...
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Williams enters not guilty plea to DUI charge
HAZARD — A candidate for commonwealth’s attorney in Perry County who was charged with driving under the influence pleaded not guilty to the charge last week. Cordell “Buddy” Williams appeared briefly in Perry District Court on Friday and entered the plea, and is now scheduled to appear again for a hearing in August when two motions in the case will likely be heard. Williams’ attorney, Danny Rose, filed one motion to dismiss the case claim...
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Assault charge against board member dismissed
HAZARD — A misdemeanor assault charge filed against a member of the Perry County Board of Education was dismissed during a hearing in district court last week. It was on July 2, 2011 when former Vicco Mayor Harry Ward filed a criminal complaint against 44-year-old James Ritchie, who serves on the county school board, alleging that Ritchie had assaulted Ward during an event at the annual Vicco Days. Ritchie was charged with fourth-degree a...
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<p>The CSX train struck the black car as it was crossing highway 28 in Chavies. Witnesses say that the safety crossing arms did not come down in enough time to warn the driver.</p>
Car hit by train, results in minor injuries
A wreck in Chavies on Thursday morning caused a scare as a vehicle was struck by a train after a witness said that the rail road crossing arm did not come down in enough time to warn vehicles of the oncoming train. The train was crossing Highway 28 in Chavies when two cars crossed the tracks in opposite directions. One of the cars saw the train and was able to back up and get off the track safely, but the other was struck by the train. “E...
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Hazard attorney Chris Paul is vying for the Democratic nomination for Perry County commonwealth s attorney. (photo by Cris Ritchie)
Meet the candidates: Paul says he’ll be tough on drug crimes
HAZARD – Hazard attorney Chris Paul has spent the past 13 years working as a prosecutor in the county attorney’s office, but is now hoping to take that experience into circuit court as the commonwealth’s attorney for Perry County. Paul is a former reporter for the Hazard Herald, where he worked from 1986 to 1989 before moving to Lexington. He graduated from the University of Kentucky law school in 1993 and later moved back to Perry County...
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Perry County resident Cory Carroll was indicted on charges of murder and assault this month, nearly nine months after a collision that left one person dead and two other seriously injured.(photo by Bailey Richards)
Fatal crash leads to murder charge against Perry man
HAZARD — A Perry County man has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal wreck on Highway 15 nearly nine months after the accident. Cory Carroll, 21, of Busy, was indicted last week on several charges stemming from the collision. Carroll was allegedly under the influence, according to the indictment, which directly caused the crash and led to the death of one person while injuring two others. On August 22, 2011 Carroll and a pa...
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<p>Dr. Raja Goli, center, hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening for his new Eye Center at the ARH Medical Mall. Dr. Goli and ARH have partnered to bring world class technology and services to Perry County.</p>
New eye clinic opens in Medical Mall
HAZARD — A new state-of-the-art eye center has just opened in Pery County with a world-class facility and optical surgeon. The new center, located at the ARH Medical Mall in Hazard, is a partnership between ARH and Dr. Raja Goli, and is one of the most technologically advanced of its kind. Dr. Goli was raised in Hazard after his father started an internal medicine and general surgical career in the area. He said that when he first moved t...
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Political candidates cautioned against placing signs
JACKSON – With the beginning of mowing season and the approaching 2012 primary election, state and contract mowing crews are noticing a crop of political signs popping up along with the grass along state highways. Candidates and their supporters are reminded that placing signs on the right of way is illegal, and the signs can pose a hazard to motorists and workers alike. During each election cycle, state highway workers remove and discard d...
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John Hansen is making another run for commonwealth s attorney in Perry County. (photo by Cris Ritchie)
Meet the candidates: Hansen seeking to again serve as commonwealth’s attorney
HAZARD – John Hansen voluntarily left the Perry County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office after one six-year term in 2007, the last half of which he called a “remarkable success” in addressing drug related issues in Perry County. Now, after spending the past five years as a private attorney, he is embarking on a new run for public office. Hansen said though he enjoyed his job as commonwealth’s attorney, ensuring that his children received a c...
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Board members sworn in for new term at HCTC
Two members were sworn in on Thursday to serve on Hazard Community and Technical College’s board of directors. Shirley Engle, pictured at left, has previously served on the board as a staff representative. Christian Callihan, pictured at center, began his term as student representative. He is taking the seat vacated by Megan Smith, who term as the student representative on the board just ended. The two members were sworn in by Doug Fraley, HC...
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HPD adds Humvees to fleet
HAZARD – Motorists driving past the Hazard Police Department lately may have noticed something different in the parking lot across from the station, namely a flat-black Humvee with a “Hazard Police” decal on the side. That’s because the department recently acquired two of the military vehicles through a surplus program, at no cost to the city. Deputy Chief Joe Engle noted that when the U.S. military no longer uses certain equipment, they al...
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Radio Day raises thousands for senior center
HAZARD — The Perry County senior center held its 41st annual Radio Day fundraiser that pays for many of the services offered to the seniors of Perry County. Even in a down economy with hundreds of jobs being lost across the county, the senior center was able to raise thousands of dollars to help fund programs for the oldest and wisest of the area. Each year for one day in May, WSGS radio in Hazard turns over the airwaves until late afternoo...
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<p>Combs Branch in Chavies is the currently proposed location for the plant. The land would be several miles up the road and a significant distance from any homes.</p>
Sanitation board votes to go ahead with new sewer plant
CHAVIES — The Perry County Sanitation district is moving forward with plans for a new sewer plant in the Chavies community. Plans for the plant have been in the works for many years, but have never gotten off the ground. With several forms of funding now secure, Sandy Dunahoo of Nesbitt Engineering told the district’s board of directors this week that it is now or never for the plant. Perry County has received grants from the Kentucky Inf...
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<p>Ronald Clark</p>
Assault charge against man accused of shooting father dismissed
HAZARD – A Perry County man charged with shooting his father is out of jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge, while a second felony case was resolved in Perry District Court. Ronald Clark, 46, of Avawam, was arrested by officers with the Hazard Police Department in March on charges of robbery and resisting arrest after they say he was armed with a knife during a shoplifting incident at the Hazard Kmart. At the time, Clark was...
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UPDATE: Fatal crash in Perry leads to murder charge
LOST CREEK – A Knott County man is charged with murder after an automobile crash that killed a passenger inside the vehicle. Kentucky State Police responded to a call reporting the crash at 1:10 a.m. on Ky. 2446 in the Lost Creek community of Perry County. Authorities say 34-year-old Donald Combs, of Fisty, was driving under the influence when he lost control of the vehicle and veered over an embankment before the vehicle came to rest on its...
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New oral health coalition expected to spur changes in state
For the past 30 years, Dr. Fred Howard of Harlan has been seating patients in his blue dental chair and telling them to open up. When they do, he’s seen all kinds of scenarios, from toddlers whose teeth are already rotten from sucking on bottle filled with soft drinks to 20-year-old adults with no teeth at all. On some occasions, children walk in with such a severe abscess in their mouth their eyes are swollen shut. Though the view can be gr...
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<p>Brian Doerries, Adam Driver, Jesse Eisenberg, Peter Francis James, and Kathleen Chalfant, all came to Hazard as a part of the Dionysus Project. The project looks to help foster discussion about addiction through dramatic readings of ancient Greek myths.</p>
Dionysus Project turns spotlight on addiction
Bailey Richards Staff Reporter Several renowned actors came to Hazard last week as a part of a dramatic reading and panel discussion aimed at fighting drug addiction. The Dionysus Project works to create an open and emotional environment through the dramatic reading of a Greek myth. Following the performance, a panel of local experts discussed the issues facing the region regarding addiction. The Dionysus Project was in part created b...
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