A blue 2000 Chevrolet was wrecked then abandoned on Ky. Rt. 201 Tuesday.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a collision on Ky. Rt. 201 at approximately 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 8.
A blue 2000 Chevrolet was traveling north bound on Ky. Rt. 201 when the driver lost control, ran off the roadway, and hit a concrete drain causing the vehicle to overturn.
The vehicle’s title had been junked by the registered owner. The vehicle also had invalid tags on it. Fire chief retires after job transfer Former Fire Chief for the City of Paintsville Bob Dixon made the decision to retire after a transfer that would have made him full-time Safety Officer.
Mayor Bob Porter said the change to Safety Officer, as a full-time position, would be a pay cut for Dixon.
Dixon’s retirement will officially begin on June 1, he said in a telephone interview yesterday, but in the meantime he will be using vacation days he had saved.
“I love the people of Paintsville and have loved helping them,” Dixon said. City to donate baseball field to Paintsville Independent Schools
he baseball field at city park sits quiet and peaceful waiting for the students who compete in “America’s Favorite Past Time.”
After executive session the Paintsville City Council made a motion to agree in principle to donate the city park baseball field to Paintsville Independent Schools at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday evening.
The city will donate the field and some of the surrounding area to Paintsville Independent contingent on final agreement as to the exact property to be deeded and the terms and conditions of that deed following a survey.
The council appointed Walter Preston to the Paintsville Utility Commission in the position of Treasurer.
Preston will be filling the unexpired term of James Colvin who resigned in November for health reasons.
Reward offered, arson suspected A fire that occurred three weeks ago in Wittensville has left a local family seeking answers.
“This was a senseless crime that has taken away about six years of hard work, not to mention the thousands of dollars my family has spent on the property,” said Ruel Osborne Jr., who currently resides in Columbus, Ohio.
The crime Osborne refers to is the burning of a cabin and shed located on Wilcox Branch, in Wittensville. The buildings burned to the ground on the evening of April 25, Osborne said.
Two days prior, Osborne also said, a gas-powered auger was noted stolen from the property, along with suspected other items.
Osborne says he does not know why the cabin and shed were later burned but he and his family are offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
May 11, 2012, 08:44
Man collides with tree, arrested DUI
Kenneth Kestner was arrested yesterday after his second DUI offense.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single vehicle collision in the Baker Branch area Tuesday, May 1 at around 6:30 p.m.
Kenneth Kestner of Staffordsville was driving a silver Chevy Impala when he crashed into a tree. A preliminary search of Kretzer revealed the subject had a quantity of pills hidden down the back of his pants.
