A petition to name Paintsville Lake State Park after country music legend and Johnson County native Loretta Lynn now has nearly 26-thousand signatures. Last year, state Senator Robin Webb, a distant cousin of Lynn’s, authored a resolution asking the state parks system to honor her in some fashion. She said the renaming ran into some pushback, and hopes local support keeps growing.
“Any ideas and things needs originate from the ground up, but the local electeds and, and see what the temperature is for that, because, you know, it's been kind of back and forth.”
