Whitesburg, KY

Jenkins may host two fall festivals By WILLIAM FARLEY       The City of Jenkins may be hosting two city festivals within a onemonth period if the Jenkins City Council is able to come to an agreement with the Jenkins Festival Committee Incorporated. At its June meeting this week, the council heard the Jenkins Festival Committee's request that it be allowed... More ... Shootings justified, jury says       his right to self-protection when he shot and wounded two men he believed were burglarizing his home in March, a Letcher County grand jury has determined. The grand jury says Thornton Gap homeowner Darrell Lucas "was justified to engage in self-protection upon commission of first-degree burglary"... More ... ATV deaths up By JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press Writer       At least 18 people - five of them children - died in crashes involving all-terrain vehicles over the Memorial Day weekend, and federal safety officials expect more deaths in coming months. The 18 deaths were nearly double the average for other weekends in May, according to estimates by the Cons... More ... Isom man is cleared       A Perry Circuit Court jury cleared a Letcher County man of allegations that he stole timber from a Blackey couple in 2004. Jarrod Breeding, an independent logger from Isom, was charged with stealing more than $300 worth of timber from Dean and Nina Cornett and causing more than $1,000 worth of da... More ... Couple charged with passing out on pills while baby left alone Pair named in indictments returned here       A couple face charges of wanton endangerment after they allegedly snorted stolen pain pills until they passed out while their infant child was left unattended in the back seat of their car. More ...