Ewing-Fleming County Fair

Shelly Gulley's dramatic photographs show the action at the Ewing-Fleming County Fair Wednesday night as the Demolition Derby drew a huge crowd.

Suit is Miss Ewing-Fleming County Fair

Danielle Suit took home the title of Miss Ewing Fleming County Fair Monday night. She is the daughter of Daniel and Jeanie Suit and the granddaughter of Marvin and Nancy Suit and Clifton and Verna Wagner.
Suit competed against 17 other young ladies from surrounding counties. The competition included swim suit and evening gown portions along with interviews conducted by the judges. She will compete for the title of Miss Kentucky early next year.

The sky is alive!

Fourth of July fireworks light up the Fleming County sky at the Rec Park.

MRI machine arrives

A Toshiba MRI imaging device arrived last Wednesday at the new Fleming County Hospital. Photo by Shelly Gulley.

Transportation Cabinet awards $434,000 in road contracts

Work set for Mason, Fleming and Lewis counties

FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. – Nearly $434,000 in contracts awarded by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will mean upgrades to seven miles of roadways in Mason, Fleming and Lewis counties in Department of Highways District 9.

Projects awarded June 3 include resurfacing roads with new asphalt to boost Kentucky’s transportation reliability and improve safety for motorists.

“These are important investments in our transportation infrastructure,” said Transportation Secretary Joe Prather. “A solid transportation infrastructure is essential to our communities everywhere in the commonwealth.”

In District 9, low-bid contracts were awarded for the following work:

• Resurface Olive Hill-Vanceburg Road (KY 59) in Lewis County from KY 344 north to KY 9, a distance of 5.1 miles – to Mountain Enterprises Inc., $349,930.88.

• Resurface Mud Sock-Hillsboro Road (KY 2510) in Fleming County from KY 697 east to KY 1515, a distance of 0.5 miles – to H.G. Mays Corporation, $19,681.03.

• Resurface Garrett Run Road (KY 1443) from Cabin Creek Pike north to the Lewis County line, a distance of 1.55 miles – to H.G. Mays Corporation, $63,898.56.

Most projects will take place this summer or fall. During construction, motorists should “Drive Smart” in work zones and remain aware of workers, traffic control devices and construction equipment at all times.

Five vehicle pileup on Bypass

A five-car pile up at the intersection of the Bypass Road and Elizaville Avenue was caused by inattention, according to police.

Flemingsburg Police Chief Randy Sargent said Jared Miller was not paying attention to the traffic light when he was making a left turn from the Bypass onto Elizaville Road. That mistake caused a chain reaction and sent five cars piling into each other.

According to the police report Miller said he “looked up and saw the green light and misjudged the motions of the other vehicles in the left turn lane.”

The driver of a Dodge Ram, Gregory Terrell said he saw the car Miller was driving and noticed that it was moving fast.

According to the report, Terrell and his passenger Terry Boggs, “looked through their rear-view mirror and saw Unit 1 (Miller), coming at them and that he was not slowing down.”

Officer William Thoroughman, who worked the accident, said in his report that Miller hit Terrell, who hit the vehicle driven by Jarrod Monroe, who hit the vehicle driven by Rebecca Glasscock, who hit the vehicle driven by Tyler Story.

Traffic coming from the Morehead direction was re-routed through Arby’s driveway until the wreck was cleared, which took nearly an hour.

Miller was the only person taken to the hospital, according to the report. Sargent said he had minor injuries and that he was tested for alcohol. Thoroughman said Miller submitted to the test and the results are pending.

“With him being at fault and not slowing down, that is why we had him tested,” Sargent said. “We also found alcohol in the car, but it was unopened.”

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