Fatcow Icon
News
Man gets 10 years for selling pills
HAZARD – A 10-year prison sentence was handed down to a Perry County man this week who was arrested as part of an investigation into narcotics trafficking. George Hagan, 35, pleaded guilty early this year to charges of first-degree trafficking after admitting that he sold the drug oxycodone, a painkiller, to a cooperating witness on two occasions in April and May 2011. Hagan appeared in Perry Circuit Court again on Thursday, where Judge W...
full story
Governor signs tweaks for ‘pill mill bill’ into law
FRANKFORT — Some doctors and patients in the Kentucky won’t be forced to wade through as much red tape when prescribing and receiving treatment for pain any longer. Kentucky House Bill 217 was signed into law on Tuesday and is meant to be an amendment to what was dubbed the “pill mill bill,” HB1, passed last year. Governor Steve Beshear said in a press release on Tuesday that since the passing of HB1 “real and substantial changes” have ha...
full story
Letcher woman dies in crash
Slick road conditions are being blamed for a fatal a crash in Whitesburg on Wednesday evening that killed a Letcher County woman. Kentucky State Police responded to the two-vehicle collision on Highway 119, where it was determined that 43-year-old Felecia Ramsey, of Neon, was traveling north when she lost control of her vehicle on an icy roadway and struck another vehicle being driven by a woman identified as Martha Ratliff. Police say Ra...
full story
Safe child exchange bill gets new language in House panel
HAZARD – A bill that would give judges presiding over custody disputes a new option for child exchanges may have a difficult time becoming law after a House panel attached additional legislation on Tuesday. Sen. Brandon Smith filed Senate Bill 141 after a shooting at Hazard Community and Technical College on Jan. 15 left three people dead. Police alleged that Dalton Stidham, 21, shot 20-year-old Caitlyn Cornett as they were supposed to meet...
full story
Christopher Colwell
Escaped inmate still on the loose
HAZARD — Police in Perry County are still searching for an inmate who escaped last week while on work release. Christopher Colwell, 37, of Lower Second Creek, allegedly walked away from the work detail in the Pigeon Roost community of Perry County on Feb. 25. Colwell was being lodged in the Kentucky River Regional Jail on traffic charges, and was due to be released on the same day he escaped. Officials with the jail said Colwell has not...
full story
<p>Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald</p><p>Hazard&#8217;s backwoods and downtown areas were still covered in snow late Wednesday morning.</p>
Winter visits again in E. Ky.
Another round of winter weather passed over Eastern Kentucky Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, making for some beautiful scenes outside. While the National Weather Service is forecasting a potential for more snow in the coming hours with a winter weather advisory in effect until midnight, the temperature is expected to rebound Thursday with a potentially sunny and mild weekend ahead.
full story
Man gets five years for assault
HAZARD – A Knott County man was sentenced last week to serve five years in prison for assaulting a deputy jailer. Christopher Hale, 27, was arrested and lodged in the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Hazard on July 10, 2012, but it was what happened while at the jail that resulted in a five-year sentence. That’s when Hale, according to the arrest citation, became belligerent and began to fight against two deputy jailers as they escorted him ...
full story
Board sets timeline in superintendent search
HAZARD — Citizens of Perry County may soon be seeing advertisements for the county school board’s superintendent search. The Perry County Board of Education met for a special-called meeting over the weekend to set a time line for the search as well as to finalize ads for it. Mike Oder with the Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) met with the board Saturday morning to assist in the planning of the next steps in the process. The board v...
full story
<p>Mayor Nan Gorman joined The Rising Center staff at a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the new rape crisis center. The center has changed its name to The Rising Center after being called the Rape Crisis Center for over 20 years with the idea of giving more hope to those victims who come to the center. Program facilitator Jill Martin said the new name came from a Maya Angelou poem.</p>
Rising Center opens new doors to sexual assault victims
HAZARD — The Kentucky River Community Care (KRCC) Rape Crisis Center, newly named The Rising Center, opened the doors for its new facility on Morton Boulevard in Hazard this month, which is also Sexual Assault Awareness month in the state. Jill Martin, project facilitator, said it has been a long road for the center, which started in 1992 as just a small office in the Hazard ARH. Now, the center has its own building, making it easier for th...
full story
Man pleads guilty to receiving stolen antenna
HAZARD – A Hazard man charged with illegally receiving parts from a stolen radio antenna pleaded guilty in the case on Thursday. Hank B. Baker, 33, appeared in Perry Circuit Court last week where he entered a guilty plea to one count of receiving stolen property over $500, an amended charge. In exchange for his plea, Baker will serve up to two years in prison. Baker was originally indicted in September 2012 on one count of receiving stole...
full story
Feds award $5.2 million to aid laid-off miners, spouses
HAZARD — The Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program (EKCEP), based in Hazard, was awarded a $5.2 million grant on Monday that will be used to assist the region’s out-of-work coal miners return to the workforce. The U.S. Department of Labor announced the grant in a press release Monday afternoon, noting that the funds will not only go to help the more than 2,000 coal miners affected by several rounds of layoffs in 2012, but also th...
full story
Plea deals entered in meth cases
HAZARD – Two people entered pleas in Perry Circuit Court on Thursday in a case related to the manufacturing of meth. Julieanne Davidson, 33, and Jonathan N. Caldwell, 36, both of Hazard, were indicted by the Perry County grand jury in August 2012 on charges of manufacturing meth and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to the indictment, the two were in possession of “equipment for manufacturing methamphetamines” with the intent to s...
full story
Low-income taxpayer clinic offers free help with tax issues
Consumers can get free help with tax issues at the Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, a resource offered by AppalReD Legal Aid. Attorneys at the clinic work with taxpayers on a number of issues, including procuring levy releases, seeking innocent spouse relief, filing amended returns, and negotiating with the IRS. Clinic attorneys also help taxpayers deal with IRS audits or exams, appeal Earned Income Tax Credit turndowns, and combat return prep fra...
full story
<p>Donald Combs</p>
Murder trial remains set for this month
HAZARD – The trial of a Knott County man accused of murder remains scheduled for later this month after attorneys were unable to reach a plea agreement this week. Donald Combs, 35, has been lodged in the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Hazard since May 2012, after he was alleged to have driven a vehicle over in embankment in the Lost Creek community of Perry County. Combs, of Fisty, was under the influence at the time of the crash, police s...
full story
Perry school board changes bus routes for elementary schools
The Perry County Board of Education met Thursday morning for a special called meeting to discuss revision of school boundaries, the district facility plan, and proposed changes for the 2012-13 school calendar. Kenny Lucas, the district’s transportation manager, presented the board with new boundaries for the elementary school districts that would take effect in the coming school year, when East Perry Elementary is up and running. The only...
full story
Weather
Sponsored By:

Lottery
Sponsored By:

Stocks
Sponsored By:

Gas Prices
Sponsored By:

Featured Businesses
Recipes
Sponsored By: