Betsy Layne News

As in election years past, the races for constable in Floyd County fill up with candidates faster than some others.

" The Floyd County Board of Education held its final regular meeting of the year at Prestonsburg High School on Monday, and board members had no trouble going through a lengthy agenda and approving all consent items without any major discussion.

" A bus driver at Betsy Layne Elementary handed out a letter to students Tuesday during her daily route asking that parents not send her Christmas gifts or cards that has some people in the community scratching their heads.

Thieves break in to several Floyd County businesses this weekend, cutting the phone lines to the entire area in the process.

J & J Liquors was the target of a burglary over the weekend. The business owner arrived at the Liquors Store and found that the burglars forced entry in the front door after the telephone lines to the Liquor Store and several other businesses had been cut.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. a ' An attempted assault upon a law enforcement officer, nine counts of criminal possession of forged checks and destruction of two ATM machines are among charges involved in 13 indictments just returned by the Pike County Grand Jury.

" The Family Dollar store at Betsy Layne was the target of burglary this past weekend after police said one or possibly two people gained entry into the store through an adjacent office building.

Floyd County Clerk Chris Waugh and Big Sandy Red Cross Executive Director Robin Tackett discuss fundraising possibilities Tuesday.

FRANKFORT a ' Three local attorneys have been named to a short list of nominees to fill the seat being vacated by retiring Circuit Judge Danny P. Caudill.

Two Floyd County schools have been vandalized during burglaries. County school superintendent Henry Webb told WYMT-TV in Hazard that money from a school fundraiser was taken during the break-ins at Betsy Layne High School and Betsy Layne Elementary in eastern Kentucky.

At the Floyd County Board of Education meeting on Monday, John M. Stumbo Elementary received a check for $500 in recognition of the schoola TMs victory in the statewide High Attendance Day competition.

Crews are expected to begin painting a a one-lane span in Floyd County that used to be a railroad bridge.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. a ' A Pike County man charged with sex abuse and four who allegedly jumped bail were among the 27 persons indicted by the Pike County grand jury when it returned 23 true bills last week.

PRESTONSBURG a ' Prestonsburg police have traced a break-in at Rite-Aid Pharmacy in Glyn View Plaza to two men who were already in jail in Pike County on other charges.

" In a brief special-called meeting Thursday afternoon, the Floyd County Fiscal Court put to bed two agenda items that Judge-Executive R.D. "Doc" Marshall said needed to be taken care of now instead of later.

" In a brief special-called meeting Thursday afternoon, the Floyd County Fiscal Court put to bed two agenda items that Judge-Executive R.D. "Doc" Marshall said needed to be taken care of now instead of later.

The National Kids Count survey released Tuesday ranks Kentucky near the bottom for child well-being. For the second year in a row, Kentucky is 41st in categories measuring education, social, economic, and physical well-being for children.

State police say they caught the man responsible for a string of robberies in Floyd County earlier this year.