Just a few days away from graduation a Powell County High School senior sits in a Kentucky jail accused of murder. Brett R. Thompson, 18, of Stanton, has been arrested and charged in the death of a two-month old child in Boyd County. Kentucky State Police from the Ashland post were called in to investigate... »
An evidentiary hearing granted to an Estill County man convicted of murder will have to wait a little while longer. Stewart Johnson, who was found guilty by a Powell County jury in 2008 of killing Jerry Wayne Dotson, was granted the hearing after the... »
A call to assist a social service worker led Powell County deputies to a home where there was “extreme indifference to human life” according to a police report. It also led to the arrest of two Clay City residents and two children being turned... »
It has been a rough few weeks. Changes at work, trying to keep up with everything, trying to stay on top of the situations that rise everyday can all... »
Candace Baxter, 64 Candace “Candy” Baxter, 64, Cat Creek Road, Stanton, passed away Saturday, May 4, at St. Joseph Mount Sterling. She was born May 20, 1948 in Stanton to... »
Weight Watchers Meeting Weight Watchers will meet at the Stanton First Church of God located at 980 E. College Avenue. The weigh-in is at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins... »
