Whitesburg, KY

PDF of print edition Plea okayed in '98 death of newborn       Formal sentencing is set for next month in Pike Circuit Court for a mother who has pleaded guilty in the 1998 death of her infant daughter. Delania Hylton Fields pleaded guilty to third-degree fetal homicide on February 22. Letcher Commonwealth's Attorney Edison G. More ...      SURE SIGN OF SPRING - Robins like this one shown feeding on an earthworm last week are gathering in flocks and descending on yards all around as the first day of spring grows nearer. (AP photo) More ... Court, legislators doing battle over severance funds       A fight over how Letcher County's coal severance tax money should be spent has broken out between five of six members of the Letcher Fiscal Court and the two state legislators who represent the county. More ... Starlite owner pleads guilty to 9 counts License to sell drinks reinstated pending action by state agency       permitted to sell alcoholic drinks again after its owner and an employee pleaded guilty to 12 misdemeanor charges of violating the state's liquor-by-the-drink laws. More ... Man charged after trying to invade home at Cowan       A Redfox man, who police say is connected to recent church burglaries, was arrested by the Letcher County Sheriff's Department this week after an attempted burglary on Cowan. Michael W. More ...