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Inez recognizes March Students & Staff of the Month
INEZ — Principal Amanda Fields, teachers and staff recognized the March 2025 Students and Staff of the Month at Inez Elementary School. The stars who made the awards list include: Kindergarten Mrs. Cain: Amyr Sabry Mrs. Moore: Nathan Harrison First Grade Ms. Haney: Eli Moore Mrs. Runyon: Raegan Duty Second Grade Mrs. Preston: Shawn Cline
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Healthy Happenings: Get your mammogram and enter to win
BY DOROTHY DILLON Early detection saves lives. Regular mammograms are key to catching breast cancer early when it is most treatable. Schedule and keep your appointment with the Mobile Mammogram Unit at the Martin County Health Department on April 8 and you will be entered into a $100 gift card drawing. To schedule, please call
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Cause for Paws 5K rescheduled for April 19
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT WILLIAMSON — Massive flooding in the Tug Valley forced organizers to delay the 2025 Cause for Paws 5K/1 Mile Walk, which typically takes place in February. The Tug Valley Road Runners Club presents the race each year with support from local businesses and individuals. Proceeds benefit Save Our Strays (SOS) Animal Rescue,
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BSCTC inducts new Phi Theta Kappa Scholars in honor ceremony
PRESTONSBURG — Big Sandy Community & Technical College (BSCTC) welcomed a new class of scholars into the Alpha Nu Zeta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa during a special induction ceremony Thursday. The event honored students for their outstanding academic achievements and commitment to leadership and service. Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year
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DanceBlue 2025 raises record-breaking $2.3 million, celebrating 20 years of hope
LEXINGTON — Heightened emotions. Perfected dance moves. Hearts filled with hope. It was all in celebration of this year’s record-breaking DanceBlue fundraising total: $2,305,274.20. With this year’s total, DanceBlue has raised more than $25 million “for the kids” since it began in 2006. Beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, more than 600 University of Kentucky students
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Cornhole tournament at Big Sandy brings in flood relief funds
PRESTONSBURG — A cornhole tournament at Big Sandy Community and Technical College drew players and volunteers from across the region, raising funds to support flood recovery efforts. Thirty players from six counties and two states took part in the event on the BSCTC campus. At least eight additional community members volunteered to help run the
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MSU hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony for updated Cooper Hall
Morehead State University is updating and reopening a long-standing residence hall as part of its campus revitalization plan. MSU hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for Cooper Hall on Friday. Cooper Hall, the 35,000-square-foot facility built in 1965 and named in honor of former U.S. Senator John Sherman Cooper, has 177 beds and collaborative
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Warfields’s Harper Lawson takes third place at regional science fair
Harper Lawson, a student at Warfield Elementary School, earned third place at the East KY Regional Science & Engineering Fair. The competition took place Friday at Big Sandy Community & Technical College, followed by an awards ceremony on Saturday at the Mountain Arts Center. The annual science fair is for students in 4th-12th grades who
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CAP garden seed program offers $50 vouchers
The Big Sandy Area Community Action Program will launch its annual garden seed program on April 7. The program offers $50 vouchers to eligible households for the purchase of seeds, plants or fertilizer to grow home gardens. It will run through April 11 or until funds are gone. To qualify, households must have income at
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Warfield Head Start Students of the Month
Warfield Elementary Head Start recently announced its Students of the Month. William Gilbert and Memphis Carter are the stars for February.
