Whitesburg, KY

PDF of print edition Man stabbed to death over $19, police say       An elderly Partridge man was robbed of $19 before he was stabbed to death by a much younger assailant who "needed money for a pill," a Kentucky State Police detective has testified. Det. More ... McRoberts man back in jail       trouble with the law again, nearly 20 years after he was charged with operating one of the largest chop-shops east of the Mississippi River. Vernon Andrew Mullins, who police say is in his seventies, was arrested last week after a search of his home at Wintergreen Drive netted nearly six ounces o... More ... Miners afraid they'll lose jobs if screened for black lung disease       Despite free government programs, only about 16 percent of Kentucky miners get screened for black lung - about half the national average for coal-mining states. More ...