The Manchester Enterprise: News

Former Residents’ Child Dies in Wrong-Way Crash

A child killed in a wrong-way crash Sunday night has Clay ties.
Five-year-old Blake Cohorn, of Lexington, the son of Wendi Estep-Cohorn and Rocky Cohorn, former residents of Clay County, was declared dead at the scene of the wrong-way accident that happened in Woodford County. Wendi and Rocky were both taken to the UK Hospital.

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Just Around the Corner

New Gridiron Coach Says Tigers Are Adapting Well

New Tiger football Head Coach Kenny Roark goes over instructions during a recent Clay County practice.

With just under a month to go before the Clay County Tiger football team kicks off their 2011 football season, first-year Head Coach Kenny Roark says his players and staff is adjusting well to his new schemes.

“I think everyone’s adapting well,” said Coach Roark, “They’ve never been around anything like this.”

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Drug ring ready to plead guilty, says motion

Ten defendants, Eugene Slone, Ruth Beckner, Larry Smith, Angela Smith, Danville Little, Malla McCown, Curtis Venters, Tony Short, Amanda Short and Jason Sparkman, implicated in a drug ring and subsequent murder plot involving two cooperating witnesses have moved for a speedy trial, according to a motion filed recently.

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Students stranded at school

Couch makes right call, says Samples

After a long night of thunder, lightning and rain, things quieted down a bit early Wednesday morning. “There were no storm warnings from the National Weather Station,” said Superintendent Reecia Samples, “so school resumed at the usual time.”
After all buses had unloaded the children a hard rain fell for about two and a half hours. That’s all it took. The streams, creeks and rivers had more water than they could handle and their banks began to overflow.

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