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TwopeoplewerearrestedJuly27follow-ingatrafficstopatBroadwayandMainbyOfficerColtonLewis. Hesaidthevehicleonlyhadonework-ingbrakelight.Thedriver’slicensehadbeensuspended. Duringaconsentedsearchofthevehicle,helocatedeightprochlorperaxinepills,threeemptyneedlesfromapurse,andsuspectedmethamphetamine, 42 needles, six withbloodinthemfromthecenterconsole. He charged Jessica Dawn Marcum, 30,ofWagersvilleRoad, Irvinewithnobrakelights, operating on suspended or revokedlicense, drug paraphernalia - buy/possess,possession of a controlled substance, firstdegreeandsecondoffense,andillegalpos-sessionofalegenddrug. The passenger, Joseph R. Harrison, 30,

ofBroadway,Irvinewaschargedwithdrugparaphernalia-buy/possessandpossessionof a controlled substance, first degree andfirstoffense. TwobenchwarrantsfromEstillDistrictCourtwerealsoservedonMarcum. Shewas foundguiltyofoperatingonasuspended or revoked license and failureofownertomaintainrequiredinsuranceonDec.20. JudgeLeachsetherbailonthiswarrantat$288.00cash. ShewasalsofoundguiltyinNovemberofoperatingonsuspendedorrevokedlicenseandnoinsurance. Herbailwassetat$778.00cashonthischarge. Thebailsareequaltotheamountoffinesandservicefeesowedonthecharges.

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ObituariesMary Isaacs, 82

Beverly Miller, 92Rickey Nobles, 66

EloiseRichardson, 69

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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky saw an 11.5percent increase in drug-overdose deaths in 2017,with more than half of thethem from fentanyl, a syn-theticopioidthatcanbeupto50timesmorepotentthanheroin. The number of heroindeathsdecreased,butover-dose deaths from metham-phatime surged, accordingto to the annual KentuckyOfficeofDrugControlPol-icyreport. Thestaterecorded1,565overdose deaths in 2017,and has toxicology reportsfor 1,468. Among those,fentanylwas found in763,or 52 percent, up from 47percentin2016. “Fentanyl is the deadli-estandmostaddictivedrugour nation has ever seen,”Van Ingram, executive di-rectoroftheODCP,saidina news release. “The factthatpeoplecontinue touse

it–despitetheobviousrisk–showsjusthowaddictivethesedrugsare.Peoplehavebecome powerless againstthem.That’s why we havetomake every effort to in-tervene with a comprehen-sivetreatmentresponse.” Fentanyl has been aleading factor in overdosedeaths since 2015 and isoftenmixedwithheroinorput in pills, making it dif-ficulttodeterminethedos-age.IngramnotesthatdrugcartelsinChinaandMexicohaveturnedtofentanylbe-causeitischeaptoproduceandprovidesahigherprofitmargin. BethWarrenoftheLou-isville Courier Journal re-ports that “a dose as smallas twomilligrams, the sizeofAbrahamLincoln’scheekonapenny,canbelethal.”Carfentanil,asyntheticopi-oid that is used as an el-ephant tranquilizer, is evenstronger. Thereportalsosaidthree

The first day of Estill County Schools for students has been rescheduled for August 13 due to construction at Estill Springs Elementary. The photo was taken Monday of the main entrance to the school.

School delayed to Aug. 13 EstillCountySchoolsSupt.JeffSaylormetwiththecontractorFridayandbelievesthatitisbesttomovethefirstdayofschoolforstudentstoAugust13th. “Thesafetyofourstudentshastobepri-orityone,andwewant tomakesure thebuildingis100%safe,”hestated. ‘Momentum Construction has done afantastic joband theyhavebeengreat toworkwith,”headded.“Themajorreasonforthechangehasbeenadelayinthestartoftheprojectresultinginthelatearrivalofconstructionmaterialsandtheweather.” This will change the schedule for thestart of the school year, so here are thedates:

�August6th-OpeningDaywillremainthesame.�August7th -StaffWorkdayatyourschoolsite.�August10th-StaffWorkdayatyourschoolsite.�August13th-FirstDayforStudents(K-12)�August20th-FirstDayforPre-SchoolStudents “Thismayhaveanimpacttheremain-derofthisyear’sschoolcalendar.NoonewantstogotoschoolinthemonthofJuneandwiththeearlyforecastofabadwin-ter,wemayneedtomakesomerevisions,”Saylorstated.

other drugs contributed tomore overdose deaths lastyear than heroin: alprazol-am, gabapentin and meth-amphetamine.

Lethal amounts of heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil (Photo: Kensington Police

Service via Courier Journal) Alprazolam is an anti-anxietymedicine that isof-tenknownbyitsbrandnameXanax.Itwasdetectedin36percentofthetoxicologyre-ports. Gabapentin,whichissellsunderthebrandnamesNeu-rontin,GraliseandHorizant,andisoftentakenalongwithotherillicitdrugstoenhancetheireffects,wasfoundin31percent.

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Estill’s OD death ratewas highest in state

Sherri and Clinton Cole put their kayak into the river Sunday afternoon for the six-mile fun run of Weekend on the Water. Kayakers were transported back to their vehicles after kayaking downstream.

Two arrested for drug possessionduring traffic stop by Irvine Police

Johnetta Dunaway-Whalen and her husband, Michael Whalen, kayaked the six-miles from the Irvine bridge to the Kentucky River Park on Sunday. This was the first time the Whalens had been kayaking.

Saturday was the Float Fest with many floating in the river near the Kentucky River Park. You could bring your own floats or rent them. Over 80 people regis-tered for the events. There were many spectators and volunteers also present.

AWisemantownwomanhasbeenchargedwithpos-sessionofacontrolledsub-stance, first degree (meth-amphetamine) and fourthdegreeassault. DeputyChrisCoffeywasdispatched July 27 to thehome of Danisha Parsons,35,toinvestigateadomesticdispute. Uponarrival,CoffeysaidhesawJamieNealholdingParsonson thefloor.WhenNeal let Parsons up, the

deputystatedthatshestartedswingingathimandNeal. The deputy stated thatParsonshadasmallbaggieofmethamphetamine. Neal said they had beentogether for 15 years andthat Parsons was pregnant.He did not want her usingmeth. Possessionofacontrolledsubstance, first degree, is aClassDfelony.Itispunish-ablebyonetofiveyearsinprison.

Deputy chargespregnant womanwith possession