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Blaine, Paintsville, Louisa East take home opening round wins in EKEBC Tournament
Inez advances by draw BY JOSHUA BALL Night 1 PAINTSVILLE — Blaine, Paintsville, and Louisa East notched opening-round victories Monday night in the opened gym round of the Eastern Kentucky Elementary Conference (EKEBC) Tournament at Paintsville Elementary School. Here is a recap Monday’s games. Blaine 47 – Warfield 37 Skyler Featherolf tickled the twine for…
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Four arrested in Louisa search
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — An ongoing drug investigation in Lawrence County yielded four arrests, with one of the defendants found to have an outstanding warrant against him in Martin County. The criminal complaint states that Officer Teddy Newsome of the Louisa Police Department and Lawrence County Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Osborne executed a search…
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Inez man gives fake name after getting caught shoplifting in Louisa
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — After committing an alleged theft at the Louisa Tractor Supply, an Inez man made matters worse by giving police a fake name as they were arresting him, authorities said. Keith Allen Wiley, 22, of Inez, was arrested Friday evening in Louisa and charged with shoplifting and providing false…
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Addiction Recovery Care promotes Brown and Parsons
LOUISA — Addiction Recovery Care announced Matt Brown’s promotion to chief administration officer and Kayla Parsons’ promotion to senior vice president of business administration. Brown and Parsons originally came to ARC as clients and since then have built successful careers helping others struggling with addiction. During his time as an ARC employee, Brown has helped…
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Homecoming Septemberfest brings thousands to Louisa
BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Lawrence County’s annual fall festival Septemberfest brought a long line of big names out for a homecoming celebration this past weekend including Tyler Childers, Noah Thompson and Ricky Skaggs. This Septemberfest fell on the bicentennial anniversary year of the founding of Lawrence County and celebrated the musical accomplishments of…
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Private Christian school receives $500,000 grant
TMC will partner with Addiction Recovery Care LOUISA — The Millard College has been awarded a $500,000 grant by the Appalachian Regional Commission to provide job training, in partnership with Addiction Recovery Care, to Kentuckians in recovery from substance use disorders. The award is part of a recently announced $12 million package through the Appalachian…
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U.S. 23 Homecoming brings stacked lineup to Louisa
Surprise performers to close out Septemberfest BY PHILL BARNETTMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Lawrence County Septemberfest is raising around $80,000 in preparation for the most over-the-top Septemberfest in recent memory, celebrating Louisa’s bicentennial. Along with the typical vendors, rides, parade and mullet sightings, this year’s Septemberfest, being held Sept. 9 and 10, will feature a stacked…
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Wilson promoted to market president
LOUISA — Addiction Recovery Care, a leading addiction treatment and recovery service provider in Eastern and Central Kentucky, announced that John Wilson has been promoted to Market President, Kentucky. Wilson joined the organization in 2020 as CEO of Crown Recovery Center in Springfield and was then named Market CEO in January 2022. He will lead…
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James puts bus rumors to rest
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Schools Superintendent Larry James said he made the call to send two buses to Lawrence County to shuttle folks from parking areas to the fairgrounds last week. “I agreed to the request,” James said Tuesday regarding questions raised after Lawrence County BOE chairman Heath Preston took to…
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