The Adult Learning Center provides adult literacy and other adult education services, in partnership with the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) and Hindman Settlement School is offering a GED Program. The program includes adult basic education and General Equivalency Diploma…
Court to consider ordinance
By KAREN JONES CODY A day in April has been set aside for residents to choose whether to allow the sale of alcohol in Knott County, but this month the members of the Knott Drug Abuse Council are asking the…
Armed robbery in Knott County
On February 11, 2012 at approximately 4:57 p.m., Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard received a 911 call advising of a possible armed robbery at the Electric Beach in the Mallie community of Knott County. Trooper Randall Riley, Detective…
County to have wet/dry election
The Troublesome Creek Times has just learned that Knott County will in fact hold a wet/dry vote in the upcoming months. A special election will be called following a local petition to have citizens vote on whether the county shall…
Progress unraveling in Knott Co.
By KAREN JONES CODY The outrage expressed when dozens of employees faced layoff by county government seems to have grown quiet now, but the silence does not mean the county’s financial problems are solved. Instead, it appears that the progress…
Softshell man crashes car into his own apartment
By JORDAN THOMAS HALL A Knott County man was arrested for DUI following a crash Monday night, January 30. The crash occurred at Clydean Apartments beside Service Mart on Hwy. 80 in Soft Shell. Danny L. Adams, 33, of Soft…