The Manchester Enterprise: News

Boofest 2011 Draws Largest Crowd to Date

Boofest drew its largest crowd to date this Saturday at the Governor’s RV Park

Hundreds of trick-or-treaters gathered there to go camper to camper, in their cutest and scariest costumes.

Sams Injured After Falling From Vehicle

On Wednesday October 26, 2011 at approximately 1:50 p.m. the Kentucky State Police, Post 11, London received a report of an injury to a person that fell from a moving vehicle on Paw Paw Road in Clay County.

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Burning Springs Elementary 3A's Students

Front Row: Left to Right

Kennedy Allen, Dennis Swafford, Trenton Runion, Julia Fultz, Ivy Herald, Kelsey Collett, Kiara Robinson, Tyler Bray, and Trenton Hacker
Back Row: Left to Right
Nicholas Allen, Rachel Sams, Kendra Melton, Jacob Hunter Allen, Matthew Lawson, and Layla Sizemore

Two Former City Police Officers and 8 Others Arrested in Round Up

Two former Manchester City Police Officers and several others were arrested for drug trafficking charges Tuesday.

Manchester City Police Department along with the Clay County Sheriff’s Department, Kentucky State Police, Operation UNITE and the US Marshall Service executed 16 indictments in the early morning hours in Manchester and Clay County.

Scotty Sandlin, 37, of East Manchester and Randal Dodson, 48, of Manchester, both served as Manchester City Police Officers in early 2000.

The two were charged with trafficking in a controlled substance first degree.

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'Of 85 Deaths, 40 Are Drug Related', Says Coroner

The toll of drug related deaths is continuing to climb in Clay County.

“There have been 40 drug related deaths in Clay County, and a total of 85 Coroner calls this year. While some of them may have had alcohol, meth, or other drugs in their systems, 100 percent of drug-related deaths have involved prescription drugs,” says Coroner Danny L. Finley.