Floyd County News

Agencies responsible for the hundreds arrested last week in what is now being referred to as the a oeOperation Flamingo Roada drug roundup have begun releasing the names of some of those who have been targeted by the investigation.

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

Requiring the coal industry to pay more of its own freight is a move in the right direction by Gov.

Gov. Steve Beshear today announced that he has approved an increase in the number of mine inspectors and the number of mining permit reviewers in the Energy and Environment Cabinet.

Catlettsburg's former fire chief was arrested Monday night after being indicted for allegedly misappropriating funds from the fire department's charitable gaming operations.

The rise in the market price of copper is suspected to be a major factor in the recent rash of copper telephone cable thefts in Floyd County.

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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.

" A reception to honor the retirement of Floyd County Circuit Judge Danny P. Caudill was held this past week at May Lodge at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in Prestonsburg.

The Judicial Nominating Commission, led by Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr., today announced nominees to fill the vacant Circuit Court judgeship in the 31st Judicial Circuit, Division 1, consisting of Floyd County.

" A Floyd County coal company now operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy laid off 85 workers Tuesday, saying a weak demand for coal and permit-related concerns were the reasons.

" A man who was one of four people injured during the rainstorm at the Jenny Wiley Pioneer Festival Friday was transported to Cabell-Huntington Hospital last week.

" Tomorrow afternoon, longtime Floyd Circuit Court Judge Danny P. Caudill will retire during a ceremony in his honor at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park's May Lodge.

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.

More than $6.48 million to repair flood-damaged state roads has been authorized by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for counties in Highway District 12.

" Smoke billowed from the impact point between the school bus and the tanker truck as the screams of trapped passengers mixed with the sirens of emergency vehicles approaching from a distance.

The Floyd County Chamber of Commerce and the Paintsville/ Johnson County Chamber of Commerce are seeking businesses or organizations interested in taking part in a job fair scheduled for October.

Late this summer, Billy and Eileen Tussy of Floyd County, Kentucky, returned home to find a boulder the size of a large SUV sitting in their bedroom.

" The mood was one of celebration at a special called meeting of the Floyd County Board of Education at Prestonsburg Elementary on Wednesday.

Eight people have been indicted in federal court on charges of mail fraud in an alleged scheme to fake a Floyd County traffic crash and defraud their insurance companies.