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Revival starts Thursday at Warfield Park
WARFIELD — The Well of Inez is hosting a revival at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Warfield Park. They will hand out boxes to the children at Dempsey at 1 p.m. Saturday and Riverside at 1 p.m. Friday. They will be ministering prayer to the communities as well during that time. The Well…
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ATV accident sends man to hospital
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PILGRIM — A Lovely resident was airlifted to the Pikeville Medical Center Saturday evening after being involved in an ATV accident on Emily Creek. According to the Martin County 911 log, the call for assistance came through at 5:53 p.m. reporting an ATV rider had gone over a cliff. Martin…
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Martin County Arrest Report
INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s office reported the following arrests and citations: David Joshua Brown, 38, of Lovely, was arrested Monday on North Wolf Creek Road in Lovely for first-degree fleeing or evading police (motor vehicle), no tail lamps and false report of an indictment to law enforcement. Chief Deputy Chris Kidd made…
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Kentucky Power rate request and proposed settlement still open for comment
BY CARRIE RAY Kentucky Power (KP), a utility serving 20 of Kentucky’s poorest counties, has asked for an increase in electricity rates for homeowners, renters and small businesses – the fourth in eight years. The increase, currently in a settlement agreement under review by the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC), could bring in $74 million…
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Kentucky woman sentenced to two years for forgery of federal judge’s signature
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Kentucky woman was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for forging a federal judge’s signature. Sunshine Ann Miller, 44, of Whitley City, was sentenced by Judge Katheryn A. Crytzer in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Miller agreed to plead guilty to forging…
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Big Sandy inmates will receive meds for opioid use disorder
LEXINGTON — United States Attorney Carlton S. Shier IV announced last week that the federal government has reached an agreement with the Big Sandy Regional Jail Authority, which operates the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, to ensure that people with opioid use disorder (OUD) receive medically appropriate treatment with any FDA-approved medication for OUD, as…
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More old sayings and what they mean
Last week I wrote about old sayings and their meanings or origins. I could not put all of them in that column, so I thought I would write a follow-up. I’ve received a couple of messages about sayings that others have heard through the years. One was “crooked as a dog’s hind leg.” Which means…
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Quit complicating the Grace of God Part 4
“And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked…
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God’s heartbeat in us
The great paradoxes of the Bible. To live you must die; to be free you must serve; to know the truth you must see the lie. God is not trying to confuse us but to show us that His ways are not our ways, nor are His thoughts our thoughts. Isaiah 55:8. Here is another…
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Telling the Story: Team Mary and Joseph
A middle schooler recently told his mother he didn’t like Sunday School because he knew all the Bible stories already. I got a little bit tickled but beg to differ with that young man. Even though I am 62, every single time I open God’s Word, He speaks to me. Unfortunately, I’ve been there as…
