Perry residents recognized at ALC
01:00 AM, Wednesday, May 22
Several Perry Countians have earned a high level of academic distinction at Alice Lloyd College for the 2013 Spring Semester. The following students have been named to the President’s List for achieving a 4.0 grade point average (based on a 4.0...

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<p>Bailey Richards | Hazard Herald</p><p>Reenactors will be in Perry County next week for the annual Battle of Leatherwood Reenactment. Organizers are celebrating the event&#8217;s 10th anniversary this year.</p>
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Karyn Knecht, left, is working with Jenny Williams and Pathfinders of Perry County.
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<p>Alice Lloyd College&#8217;s annual Appalachia Day will be held on the school&#8217;s campus next Saturday, Oct. 13.</p>
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<p>Cris Ritchie | Hazard Herald</p><p>PCC drama instructor Philip Neace directs his students during a reading of their competition piece, &#8220;The Shakespeare Project.&#8221; The Commodore Players will be performing at the Kentucky Theatre Association Festival in early November.</p>
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<p>photos by Herman Howell</p><p>The inside of Jimmy Couch&#8217;s recreation of the Y restaurant at his home in Louisville.</p>
Old Leatherwood coal camp recreated in Louisville
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Treehouse Cafe & Bakery in Hazard will be the venue for a poetry reading on Oct. 6. (photo by Bailey Richards)
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Borrowed Blue performed at the Black Gold Festival on Friday, Sept. 21.
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<p>A 13 year old boy in Hazard said he found a coin valued at at least $10,000 in a roll of pennies from a bank.</p>
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