A jury trial is set to begin next week in Letcher Circuit Court for one of two people charged with murdering a 40-year-old Partridge woman in 2005. Jury selection is to begin August 25 in the trial of Rosemary Fields McClain, of Ovenfork. More...

Gov. Steve Beshear acted wisely in having the state buy a $50 million bond from the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp., so the agency will have money to offer. Had this not been done, the most likely losers would have been low-income students, who have more difficulty borrowing from private lenders. More...

August 21, 1958 Officials of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Corp. said this week they do not believe Whitesburg residents will be inconvenienced by a proposed move of the company's local business office to Pikeville. All Letcher County schools will open Monday, Aug. 25, at 8:30 a.m. School Supt. W.B. Hall said schools will be in session all day on opening day. More...

Professional fisherman Brandon Brock placed 34th is his first season as a pro with the FLW Series. He is a graduate of Whitesburg High School and is manager and co-owner of Brock Farms in Bourbon and Clark counties. He is the son of Debbie Brock of Richmond and the late Larry Brock. More...

E-m@il address In addition to the telephone and the U.S. Mail, The Mountain Eagle accepts comments to Speak Your Piece by electronic mail. Our address is: mteagle@tgtel.com The old saying is what goes around comes around. As you're lying there with your ankles and arm broken you can think about what you stole from that boy that his grandmother wanted him to have. More...

A new program based out of the Letcher County Health Department is focusing on helping pregnant women quit smoking cigarettes in a county that has a high rate of pregnant smokers. In 2006, 37.8 percent of pregnant women in Letcher County were smokers, according to the Kentucky Division of Maternal and Child Health. The state rate was 26.5 percent. More...

Greetings from the hills and valleys of Eolia and Eolia Christian Community Outreach. Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out. Proverbs 17:14 NIV This is such a pleasant time of the year. More...

"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," the 45th annual adaptation of the John Fox Jr. novel, can be seen at the June Tolliver Playhouse in Big Stone Gap, Va., on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. The pre-show entertainment for the outdoor drama this week is: Thursday, August 21, Travis Kern, Big Stone Gap, Va. More...

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., August 23, at Colson Cemetery. The Baker Family will sing and Bill Craft and other ministers will speak. For more information, call Buell Craft at 633-5462 or Ernestine Spangler at 633-5427. More...