Whitesburg, KY

PDF of print edition      TANGLED UP IN BLUE - Letcher County Central High School girls' basketball player Brittany Sexton fights for control of a rebound against Pike County Central's Bethany Howell (left) and Abbey Coleman (right). Visiting Pike Central won the game, 75-42. (Photo by Chris Anderson) More ... Legislation will address truckers driving on drugs       State Rep. Leslie Combs said she will sponsor legislation designed to make it tougher for coal truck drivers to continue working after they've failed a drug test. Combs, a Pikeville Democrat who represents most of Letcher County, said she intends to file the "drugged truck driver bill" during the... More ... State says it won't install guardrail Transportation Cabinet kills Isom-area project a month after it was approved       After spending several months getting petitions signed and writing letters to state officials, Shirley Breeding received word in December that guardrails would finally be placed on a dangerous stretch of Kentucky Highway 1148 between Isom and Little Colley. Mrs. More ... Grand jury returns more indictments       A 23-year-old Letcher County woman has been indicted on 104 criminal charges in connection with the theft of more than $35,000 in cash from a Partridge machine shop. Ashley Renee Halcomb, of 13766 Highway 1103, Linefork, is named in five indictments returned last week by the Letcher County Grand ... More ...