Troublesome Creek Times

09/17/2025

UPDATE: The roadway has reopened
Hwy. 550 E is shut down from the old Pic Pac to the mouth of Possom Trot Rd.
Also, use caution following a car crash that has just occurred on Hwy. 550 E near the old S and S Tire, less than a mile from the gas leak. One lane at a time is moving currently.

UPDATE: Utilities has shut the gas off and the scene is now safe. The roadway has been reopened. Thank you for your patience.

Hindman Fire/Rescue is on the scene of an active main line gas leak on Hwy 550 East near the Leburn Post Office. The leak is located close to the roadway.

Please find alternate travel routes until the scene is safe. The utility company has been notified.

09/10/2025

UPDATE: She has been located safe.
MISSING
⚠️ Gwyneth Adaire Price, age 25, was last seen yesterday evening, Sept 9 between 8:00 PM and midnight at a supportive housing facility on Big Branch Ball Rd in Emmalena in Knott County. She was last seen wearing grey pants with a white shirt and grey jacket. She is 5’2” and 300 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. Family advise she suffers from severe mental disabilities and requires medication. Please share and contact 911 if you see her or have any information. ⚠️

09/06/2025

☔️ It may be raining on this parade but it isn’t dampening the spirits of a nice crowd in Hindman today enjoying the annual Gingerbread Festival. The parade is currently underway. See tons of photos in our next edition.🍬

09/05/2025

🫚 We welcome everyone to the Gingerbread Festival going on now through tomorrow in Hindman. Town looks beautiful and bustling with a number of vendors, food booths, carnival rides, and fun entertainment. We’re pleased to have our popular dulcimer shirts back in stock in sizes youth 6-8 through 3XL in an attractive royal heather blue color for $20. Limited quantities in other colors and designs are also available for $15. Stop by our booth/office above the post office or call 606-785-5134 to call and reserve your shirt today. Come out to greet friends and enjoy a great festival! 🍂

08/25/2025

Our office enjoyed a delicious lunch today from the friendly staff of El Guerrerense ("Geh-Rreh-REN-seh") on their opening day. Attached is their menu.

08/15/2025

Meet the Volleyball Pats tonight at 6:00 pm at the Dr. Gene T Watts Field/Bank of Hindman Stadium.

Pictured: Seniors, Ava Waddell, Avery Conley, Samara Bailey, and Taylor Baker reminiscing on their All-A Regional Classic, 53rd District, and 14th Regional championship wins from last season.

08/14/2025

MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING COP CAR ARRESTED IN LETCHER COUNTY

Kentucky State Police have arrested a man in Letcher County who is accused of stealing a Perry County Sheriff’s Cruiser on Wednesday. The missing cruiser was also recovered here.

Trooper Brandon Watts arrested Christopher Combs, 30, of Perry County, on Buck Creek after a foot chase earlier today (August 14).

Police recovered the missing police car shortly afterward, also on Buck Creek.

Combs is in the Letcher County Jail charged with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (first offense, equal to or more than 2 grams), Possession of drug paraphernalia, second-degree possession of a controlled substance (drug unspecified), first-degree fleeing or evading police, speeding 28 miles per hour or more over the limit, first-degree wanton endangerment, no registration plates, being a persistent felony offender II, menacing, and public intoxication (controlled substance).

The Perry County Advocate is reporting Perry County deputies arrested Combs on an indictment warrant on Wednesday and found more than 40 grams of methamphetamine and several thousand dollars in cash during the investigation.

The deputy transporting Combs in the back of an agency-owned black Dodge Charger police cruiser and was in Perry County Park when Combs escaped from his handcuffs, slipped into the driver’s seat and drove away.

08/13/2025

08/08/2025

** Use caution if traveling on Hwy. 15 near the Knott/Letcher line as emergency personnel are on scene of a truck fire along the roadway. Photo submitted by Willard Hall. **

08/05/2025

A new restaurant is opening soon in Hindman, replacing the former Sazon. Details in this week’s newspaper.

05/17/2025

At daybreak we’re seeing the first images of the true destruction in London, Kentucky. A tornado path is visible crossing I-75 just south of London. Emergency personnel and the coroner’s office are still responding to this very tragic scene near the airport. Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this disaster. (Photos by Jordan Thomas Hall, Troublesome Creek Times)

04/25/2025

** A two-vehicle collision has one lane of Hwy. 160 blocked near the Knott County Public Library in Hindman. Emergency crews are responding. Please use caution if traveling in the area, as this is near a curve. **