Whitesburg, KY

PDF of print edition Closing all schools was proper thing to do, doctor says       Letcher County school officials did the proper thing by calling off classes for one day last week after a student was diagnosed with a drugresistant staph infection, says an infectious disease specialist who practices medicine here. More ... Grand jury indicts 15       The Letcher Grand Jury has returned indictments naming 15 people. Those named in the indictments and the charges against them are: • Verbon Todd Griffie, one count of complicity to robbery, one count of complicity to burglary, one count of complicity to theft of a controlled substance, one ... More ... THE BEAUTY OF FALL      THE BEAUTY OF FALL - A pokeweed's purple berries and changing leaves frame this photograph taken Saturday from the top of Pine Mountain near Whitesburg. One night later, most of Letcher County was covered by its first significant frost of fall. Low temperatures were expected to climb back into the ... More ... As many as 50 groups, businesses to give treats       Organizers of a Halloween "safe night" in the City of Whitesburg say the event will give children a place to collect treats without being exposed to traffic and other dangers. "They can dress up and go trickor treating with people we know and trust," said Jenkins storekeeper Ernestine Flint. More ...