Yesterday's News Of Hazard, Kentucky

From 12 July 1976. (8 Pages) Michael Curtis Grubbs of Walkertown was dead after being shot in the head with a .38 pistol. His wife, Eugenia Oaks Grubbs, was charged with his murder. Logan Fields was arrested and charged with 3 counts of receiving stolen property. Kentucky State Police recovered $13,000 worth of stolen radio & electronic equipment from his Two-Way Radio business. Thieves looted the Combs & Feltner Tavern at Dwarf. Eight cases of whiskey, two revolvers, and a tape player were stolen. Jimmy Miller of Wabaco was serving his country in the US Navy. Knott County news section.

From 22 July 1976. (18 Pages) Fire destroyed a duplex on Poplar Street, displacing the families of Tom Kershaw and Bryan Sledsching. The building was owned by Bruce Walker. The Perry County Fiscal Court agreed to delay accepting bids for work on a Buckhorn High School athletic project. Little League and Babe Ruth baseball coverage with pictures. The Vicco Days celebration event was in full swing, complete with a carnival, games, and rides. Birth announcements. Obituaries. Maloney's Department Store was having a storewide clearance sale.

From 27 July 1964. (6 Pages) The City of Hazard’s annexation of Wabaco near Orchard Heights was being argued in court. With Sunday church services in progress, thieves broke into both the Presbyterian Church on Broadway, where purses in the choir room were looted, and the Bowman Memorial Methodist Church on High Street, where they used a crowbar to break into a soda machine. Hazard Police Chief Bud Luttrell was investigating. Hazard City Policeman Anderson Asher stopped a thief who had climbed through the bathroom window of the Combs Drive-In and was robbing the Jukebox of $89. Hershel Ray Flannery of Ary was arrested as he tried to flee the scene. Led by William Turner, the Hazard Little League All-Stars won in district play over both Knott County and Letcher County. Lothair softball won twice over Gays Creek. Roger Pratt of Hazard was serving his country in the US Navy. Joan Combs of Lothair and Jackie Whitaker of Avawam were married. Sam Combs and Ross Hill of Jeff caught a 45-pound...

From 26 July 1940. (4 Pages) Despite being convicted of corrupt election practices, Sam Ward was deemed eligible to once again run for the office of Circuit Judge. Kemper Kiser was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 9-year-old boy at Caney Creek in Knott County. In a battle for control of the English Channel, Britain claimed to have shot down 26 Nazi warplanes. Bids were being accepted by the Perry County Board of Education for the installation of a steam heating system and plumbing for the school at Combs. The pony truck of a freight engine derailed in the Hazard yards after running across a plank that had been placed across the track by small children.

From 25 July 1973. (30 Pages) 20-year-old Mack Trent of Scuddy was found beaten and strangled to death on Pine Mountain. A hitchhiker from Wisconsin who was arrested on other charges confessed to killing a man thought to be Trent. 30,000 people came to see Glen Campbell perform two shows on Saturday the 21 st at Daniel Field in Hazard. A special sports section with extensive coverage of Little League baseball, Babe Ruth, and men’s softball with lots of pictures. Brenda Gale Landrum of Rowdy and Dale Fugate were married. Obituaries