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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 ... FRANKFORT A Pulaski County judge has blocked a plan the General Assembly approved earlier this year to release some inmates from parole early. Kentucky lawmakers authorized the state to give certain paroled inmates credit toward their sentences. So far, the state has granted credits to more than 1,000 inmates. More ... The Mountain Firefighters Association's 30th annual Fire School will be held Saturday, August 23, and Sunday, August 24, at Hazard Community and Technical College. All classes are free. More ... A groundbreaking ceremony for the World War II monument to be erected in Jenkins is scheduled for Friday, August 22, at 5 p.m. The event will be held in front of the David A. Zegeer Coal Railroad Museum near the loca- tion where the monument will be erected. More ... Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes and can affect anyone — including college students. The first step is to protect your Social Security number (SSN), bank account and credit card numbers, PINs, passwords and other personal information. More ... Bessie and Lester McPeek have been selected Citizens of the Year for Jenkins Homecoming Days 2008 for their work with God's Love From A Diaper Bag. He is the son of Ersel and Lena (Whitaker) McPeek of Payne Gap, and has five children, Sherry, Angie, Becki, Leslie, and Chris, and six grandchildren. More ... Roger "Hunky" Hall will represent Jenkins as grand marshal of the Jenkins Homecoming Days Festival Parade on Saturday, August 23. Hall is the son of the late Rush and Hattie Hall. He has three sons, Derek, Brandon, and Kyle, and two grandchildren. He is a lifelong resident of Jenkins. More ... Letcher County Central High School is a finalist in the annual PRIDE Envi Awards program, which recognizes outstanding environmental education and cleanup efforts in southern and eastern Kentucky. The award winners will be announced Nov. 10 at the Hal Rogers Center in Hazard. More ... Former Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo says he's considering a run to be speaker of the state House. Stumbo is a former House majority floor leader. The Prestonsburg Democrat returned to his former House seat earlier this year. More ... One of the greatest and most important country music stars ever, Merle Haggard, performed in concert August 15 at the Eastern Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville. Haggard is a native of Bakersfield, Calif. More ... Cash generated by the sale of automobile stickers in the City of Whitesburg has tripled since officials began stepping up enforcement of an ordinance that has been in effect for years. Through the middle of August, the city had collected $13,860 in sticker fees for 2008 compared to a total of $4,000 in 2006. More ... Activity associated with the effort to attract a medium-security federal prison to Letcher County has picked up considerably during the past two weeks, the Letcher Fiscal Court was told at its August meeting this week. More ... The Whitesburg City Council has voted to allow the Heritage 2K8 Custom Truck Show to take place on city streets on the weekend of September 12-14. The event is in its sixth year in the City of Whitesburg and is billed as Kentucky's largest modern custom show. More ... A University of Kentucky study shows local smoking bans don't pose a financial threat to charitable bingo halls. Groups such as public school sports and band boosters depend on bingo revenue to fund programs. More ... Police found 30 marijuana plants growing near Blackey Tuesday, but not arrests were made. "We went to Bull Creek, off of Highway 3408, near the Blackey/Cornettsville community, where some hunters had spotted what appeared to be marijuana," said Letcher County Sheriff's Deputy Brian Damron. More ... The Fleming-Neon City Council received citizen input on issues as varied as speeding and gas wells and horses in the city limits at its August meeting. The council also learned that although levels are dropping slightly, the city's two wells are holding relatively steady and the city should not face water shortages this year. More ... |
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