Yesterday's News Of Hazard, Kentucky

From 14 August 1980 (22 pages) Satellite TV had arrived in Perry County. The Duane TV Cable Company had just installed a huge satellite receiving dish on Lost Mountain. Construction of Hazard’s new city hall was underway. The East Kentucky Beverage Company opened a recycling plant located in the Perry County Park.  Obituaries.

From 29 August 1912 (4 pages) David Lewis, a respected citizen of Leslie County, was waylaid and shot to death near Old Roan at Cutshin. Property owners in the town of Hazard were ordered to build sidewalks alongside their property. Construction was ready to begin for the Wooton & Morgan building on Main Street. The large property owned by Bertha Lyttle in the Cedar Crag area of Hazard was divided into lots and was being sold as a residential addition to the city. Improvements were being made to the hotel on Main Street owned by D.Y. Combs. News from Buckhorn on page 2.

From 31 August 1955. (6 pages) Lizzie Gay of Walkertown was badly burned while using kerosene to build a fire in her kitchen stove. Drunks in church at Gays Creek! Clifton Gabbard, Kilce Mosely, and Ray Eversole were in jail after parading into church during services at Gays Creek and drinking beer. They pleaded guilty. Obrien Thomas of Lothair was taken to Mount Mary Hospital with injuries sustained at Central Service Station. While fixing a flat, the metal ring blew out, throwing him 6 feet into the air and knocking him unconscious. The vocational school classes were opening at both the East Main Street and North Main Street locations. 87-year-old Nancy Davidson, former postmaster at Manual, had died. Two of her four sons included John & Wayne Davidson of Hazard. 

From 28 August 1958. (8 pages) For the first time, voters in Hazard would be casting their ballots with voting machines. Costing $1,750 each, the city and county purchased 6 machines. 2 coal trucks near Sassafras sideswiped one another, with one careening into a car and killing Gail Irene Ninnemann, who was on her way to Typo. Construction work was underway for the new Baptist Church on Main Street. In high school football, MC Napier won convincingly over Leslie County 35-13. The Hazard Bulldogs were opening their season at Collins Field with Elkhorn City. It was announced that the brand-new Walkertown Elementary School would be officially dedicated on Saturday. The Hazard Police Department had a brand-new Ford police cruiser. Leonard Couch and Ivan Landrum of Krypton and George Smith of Hazard were serving their country in the US Army Reserve. Hospital admits and discharges from Mount Mary. 77-year-old John Combs of Main Street had died of a heart attack. He was a veteran of the Span...

From 26 August 1976. (14 pages) The body of Danny Ray Dials of Lothair and Hazard High School was retrieved from Buckhorn Lake. Coal operator Ed Clemons was arrested and charged with DUI, disorderly conduct, and carrying a concealed deadly weapon. In high school football, the Hazard Bulldogs lost to Wayne County 18-0 in the Laurel Bowl. The MC Napier Navajos were hosting Williamsburg. Local news from Busy, Big Creek, Combs, and Christopher. Obituaries.