Hazard barber overcomes limitation, makes history
by Amelia Holliday
Staff Reporter
10:01 AM, Wednesday, May 15
HAZARD — No matter how good a person is at multi-tasking, doing anything one handed will usually cause the outcome to be less than impressive. This, however, is not the case with one of the state’s newest licensed barbers. Twenty-seven-year-old...

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