Whitesburg, KY

PDF of print edition Lack of progress on baseball field angers officials       Education is unhappy with the slow progress of construction of the new baseball field at Letcher County Central High School. Board Chairman Will Smith said this week that the $1.3 million baseball project is "absolutely the worst project" the board has ever been involved with during his 16 years ... More ... WORK TO DO       School officials had hoped to begin using the new Letcher County Central High publicly criticized the architecture firm in charge of the project during a meeting Monday. More ... Woman says man was killed because he refused beer run By SALLY BARTO       Was Ralph Marcum murdered because he refused to go on a beer run? Or was the 70-year-old man from Fleming-Neon killed after a round of "play wrestling" got out of hand? The answer depends on which of two murder suspects you believe. More ... Jobless rate falls as more get work       Letcher County's unemployment rate fell slightly between February and March after 38 more residents found jobs. The additional jobs lowered the county's unemployment rate from 7.6 percent in February to 7 percent in March, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of ... More ...