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Man will get 2-1/2 years for killing friend
A Letcher Circuit Court jury has recommended that an Indian Creek man serve 2-1/2 years in prison for shooting his best friend to death. Bobby Gene "Wasper" Collins, 38, of Indian Creek, was found guilty October 3 of reckless homicide in the July 3, 2007 shooting death of Mark "Bocky" Adams, 37, of Thornton. More...
Jenkins council member blasts city over water, sewer decisions
By WILLIAM FARLEY

The controversial proposal to change the pricing structure for garbage pick-up to businesses in Jenkins was tabled again at the October meeting of the Jenkins City Council and in what has become a monthly ritual, council member Terry Braddock complained about the removal of $10, More...

Dry conditions making wasps, yellow jackets extra aggressive

The leaves are changing and the temperatures are comfortable, so you take the family for a fall picnic. And as soon as a soft-drink can is opened, unwelcome visitors start showing up. Unwelcome, in the form of yellow jackets, wasps, hornets and other stinging insects foraging for their last meals of 2008. More...

 Features
• article has image Supreme Court asked to reverse ruling that clears Jason Ray Ison
State prosecutors have asked the Kentucky Supreme Court to reverse a recent decision by the Court of Appeals which says a 24-year-old Letcher County man was wrongly convicted of six criminal charges filed against him after his wife and two other passengers in his car were killed in a traffic accident near Whitesburg in October 2005. More...
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 News
• article has image Physicist who grew up in Letcher Co. is part of ATLAS experiment at CERN
To the Editor: People will be interested to know that with the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider in Europe, our hometown boy Austin Napier is involved with the ATLAS experiment at CERN. The website http:// atlas. More...
• Cowan Community Center receives award
• Council to meet
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 Opinions
• article has image Palin's lies may hurt her ticket
WASHINGTON By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign. More...
• Kids could benefit from tough times
• article has image Palin appears happy in her 'Joe McCarthy in heels' role
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 Columns
• Leaving work in 2009? It is time to apply for retirement
Are you planning to "clock out" of the workforce once and for all in January 2009? Generally, you should apply for your Social Security retirement benefits three months before you'd like them to start. So now's the time to apply for retirement benefits to beat the rush — and you can do it online. More...
• article has image Moments In Time
• Now here's a tip
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 Sports
• MSHA adds hearing sites for expanded drug testing
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Federal regulators are trying to make it easier for miners to testify about proposed rules that would expand drug testing in the industry after receiving complaints from a union official. The Mine Safety and Health Administration hopes to add Price, Utah, and Madisonville, Ky. More...
• article has image LCC awaits 'game of the year'
• article has image Sports in Kentucky
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 Speak Your Piece
• Speak Your Piece
Tell us what's on your mind. No need to give your name.
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 This is an ol' dumb hillbilly wanting to talk to the rest of you hillbillies. When these gas companies start trying to cross you, don't let them cross you for that little bit of money. More...
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 Health
• article has image Docs: No exotic pets for youngsters
CHICAGO CHICAGO Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets — or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter — because of risks for disease. That's according to the leading U.S. pediatricians' group in a new report about dangers from exotic animals. More...
• article has image Prolonged hiccupping is not a joking matter
• Deaths up calls for child flu shots
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 Families & Friends
• article has image HILLBILLY WINDCHIMES
Viola Sexton of Mayking, shoes off her homemade 'hillbilly windchimes' on Whitesburg Day of the Mountain Heritage Festival. She has been setting up a booth at the festival for six years and says she enjoys seeing everyone come out to enjoy the festival. More...
• article has image BIRTHDAYS
• article has image SIX MONTHS OLD
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 Patchwork
• article has image Rock bands from Alaska, Alabama to perform here
The Whipsaws, a band who critics have said "sounds like Neil Young with the Drive-by Truckers riding shotgun," and Sons of Roswell. who performed at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in June, are two more rock groups with national followings who will be performing in concert this week in downtown Whitesburg. More...
• Entertainment
• article has image Museum is a tribute to B.B. King
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 Obituaries
• article has image Services are set for Pauline Isaac
Funeral services for Pauline Isaac, 90, will be held at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday) at Everidge Funeral Home. Burial will be in Green Acres Memorial Park at Ermine. A daughter of the late Haynes and Cordia Reed Arnold, she was born in Wise County, Va. She died October 5 at her home at Hemphill. She was the widow of Dow Isaac. More...
• James Mullins dies
• article has image Services held for Arlie "Little Jay" Vanover
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