Flatwoods News

They are looking for a new fire chief in Flatwoods, Ky. as the city council there has accepted the resignation of Chief Richard Blevins, effective August 1st.

The city got a little bigger Tuesday evening. The Flatwoods City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to annex property near Indian Run Road into the city.

So is there a better way to celebrate our nation's independence than by watching a bunch of huge, muscular guys in tights smack each other around? Eleven-year-old Joe Puckett of Flatwoods certainly didn't seem to think so.

The Kentucky Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction and life sentence given to an Ashland man in the 2006 shooting death of a woman who had been living at his apartment.

Mike Wheeler and the staff at Tri-State Construction and Tri-State Lawn Care at 740 Bellefonte Road in Flatwoods have added Tri-State Composite Pools LLC to their signs and opened their shop to the Ashland Alliance for a Business After Hours event this week, in addition to hosting an open house Friday and Saturday.

THE WINCHESTER SUN ONLINE Winchester, Kentucky James Mann/jmann@winchestersun.com Colonel Jeff Fultz of Flatwoods, KY, station in Parris Island, was the guest speaker during the memorial service to remember Pvt.

The Northeastern Recruitment and Certification Team had its annual Foster Parent Appreciation picnic at Flatwoods City Park on June 5. There was a catered lunch, door prizes and a training opportunity about college financial aid programs available for foster and adopted youth.

With the sun and temperatures getting higher Saturday morning, volunteers dragged tires, wading pools, plastic bottles and other trash from around the edges of the Ohio River in Catlettsburg.

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Both shows are at 8 p.m., tickets are $25 to $40 and go on sale March 19. Enamored of baseball, Billy Ray Cyrus intended to become another Johnny Bench as he grew up in Flatwoods, Ky.

Residents of First Street in Flatwoods were counting their blessings Friday even as they pumped and cleaned water and mud from their homes.

VBS Daycamp, Flatwoods SBC, 5690 Burkesville RD, Columbia, KY Daycamp Saturday, June 20, 2009.

On May 30, the Eastern Kentucky Junior Golf Association held a special day of golf for special kids.

A former employee of the Flatwoods Rite Aid store has been charged with stealing nearly $9,000 from the establishment.

Religious beliefs often influence behavior, but the economy's current woes have people searching for financial direction infused with faith.

A CSX spokesman confirmed this week the company has placed on furlough 142 employees from operations in Russell as a result of declining economic conditions and demand for rail services.

Chrysler LLC has told a bankruptcy court it plans to eliminate 789 of its dealers - or about 25 percent of them - across the country as part of its restructuring process.

My grandfather always kept an air compressor ready for anyone who needed it at the old family grocery/post office/VW garage, and I suspect he would have been either amused or angry at the idea of a business charging anyone for air.

Sun Chemical will temporarily close its pigment plant here to adjust to inventory.

The victim told police the theft occurred at a location on 29th Street. She also reported the purse and its contents were worth about $51. No other details were immediately available.