A Letcher Circuit Court jury has recommended that Rosemary Fields McClain be sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping her ex-boyfriend murder a 40-year-old Partridge woman. More...
A 21-year-old Jenkins man is in jail after he confessed to police that he robbed the Jenkins branch of Community Trust Bank on Sept. 5. Derrick Scott Bates, of P.O. More...
A case built largely on circumstantial evidence kept jurors from recommending the maximum 50- year sentence for Rosemary McClain, the woman convicted last week of helping her ex-boyfriend murder her best friend in March 2005. More...
Kentucky State Police said charges are pending against a Whitesburg man who crashed his all-terrain vehicle into a trooper's car at Neon last week. Police said Tommy Newman was transported by helicopter to Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., after the incident on Sept. 5 and is recovering from his injuries. More...
In less than eight weeks, Americans choose a president and a vice president. That deputy job matters. Eight times in U.S. history, vice presidents have replaced presidents who died. Gerald Ford stepped up when Richard Nixon resigned. More...
Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 50 years
September 11, 1958 The Letcher County Board of Education is negotiating with the congregation of the Baptist Mission at Haymond for use of the church building as a fifth grade classroom. The room is necessary because there are 60 children in one fifth grade room at Haymond, Supt. W.B. Hall said. More...
LEXINGTON Rich Brooks has tried alternating quarterbacks enough during his long coaching career to know that it never works. Well, almost never. More...
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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 I don't believe any beautiful woman looking for the perfect man would, under any circumstances, look to the VFW or the Legion to find such a man. More...
The Colson Senior Citizens Center recently hosted a health fair. Pictured are Janet Patrick and Tom Boggs who represented Letcher Manor Nursing Home at the health fair. More...
Greetings from the hills and valleys of Eolia and Eolia Christian Community Outreach. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. Proverbs 17:22 Last week at ECCO was a busy and fun week with several community volunteers helping out with the many chores and little projects. More...
This guide is published by The Mountain Eagle as a public service to help keep readers informed about entertainment events within driving distance of Letcher County. All dates are subject to change. More...
The Rev. Lester Foster Franklin Riley, 87, of North Vernon, Ind., died September 2 at St. Vincent Jennings Hospital in North Vernon. Born in Independence, he was a son of the late Grafty Lee and Cordelia Gertrude Tungate Riley. He was the father of the late Kathy Laura Murrell, and a brother of the late Gilbert Riley, G. W. More...
Children's dentists honored by national dentistry group