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Lady Cards soccer bounces back
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Martin County High School’s soccer team hit a four-game skid after winning the All “A” 15th Region championship. The Cards bounced back in a big way with a convincing 8-0 win at Lawrence County on Thursday. Faith Caldwell led the way with four goals for Martin County. She assisted on…
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New queens of Country Music Highway honored in Louisa
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — This past Saturday, the Country Music Starcase and Museum, in collaboration with Lawrence County Tourism, celebrated the induction of four new female artists into the Country Music Highway at a ceremony along US 23. Honorees included Yvonne Jordan of Lawrence County, Julie Reeves of Boyd County, and Teddi…
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Addiction recovery company under FBI investigation reducing staff, blames reimbursement cuts
BY: DEBORAH YETTER – SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 3:45 PM Kentucky’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment is cutting staff and restructuring some services, citing significant cuts in Medicaid reimbursement from the government health plan that covers almost all of its clients. Addiction Recovery Care, or ARC, based in Louisa, said in a statement Thursday that, as a…
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Cal Ripken players attend Bryce Blevins camp
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Five Martin County Cal Ripken players attended the Bryce Blevins camp in Louisa last week. Beckam Spaulding, Parker Stafford, Blaine Williams, Davis Wilson and Lyric Howell took instruction from the Marshall University pitcher. Over 100 kids from the tri-state area attended the camp to learn from the four-time…
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Skaggs passes torch to Ramey at Country Music Highway Tribute Show
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — The Louisa Country Music Highway (CMH) Tribute Show, organized by Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR), saw legendary musician Ricky Skaggs symbolically pass the torch to 12-year-old singer-songwriter Adalyn Ramey. The event, held on July 12 and 13, featured performances by Skaggs, Noah Thompson, Larry Cordle and several other…
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Louisa CMH Tribute Show: A remarkable Appalachian affair
The Country Music Highway Tribute Show in Louisa this past weekend was a remarkable Appalachian affair. Organized by Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR), it was the essence of Appalachian spirit, kinship and talent. At the heart of the event was the symbolic passing of the torch from the legendary Ricky Skaggs to the 12-year-old prodigy Adalyn Ramey.…
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Former Inez lawyer climbed out of alcoholism, launched a recovery boom
BY DEBORAH YETTER KENTUCKY LANTERN LOUISA — Around the office at Addiction Recovery Care, Vanessa Keeton is still known as “Client One” — marking her status as the first client of the first recovery center ARC opened as a group home in Lawrence County. But her official title is vice president of marketing, where she…
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Skaggs, Thompson, Cordle headline this weekend in Louisa
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT The second stop of the 2024 Country Music Highway Tribute Show unfolds Friday and Saturday in downtown Louisa with live performances, local food, arts and crafts, and more. The legendary Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, hometown hero Noah Thompson, and Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Larry Cordle headline the event organized by SOAR (Shaping…
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Cal Ripken Softball All-Stars play in tournament
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — The Martin County Cal Ripken 12U Softball All-Stars traveled to Louisa to play in a tournament with Belfry, Johnson Central, and Lawrence County on June 19 and 20. The following is a recap of last week’s tournament action: Martin Co. vs Lawrence County – The All-Stars faced the…
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Ricky Skaggs, Noah Thompson, Larry Cordle to play CMH Tribute Show on July 13
The “Million Dollar Holler” will be represented well at the Country Music Highway Tribute Shows in Louisa next week. Economic development nonprofit SOAR announced the lineup for a two-day festival-style celebration set to take place in downtown Louisa on July 12 and 13.
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