Police are investigating allegations that a Jenkins High School student was sexually assaulted with a broom handle earlier this month. Because of the nature of the charges involved, police would not go on record to talk about the case. More...
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for next week for the president of the Sandlick Volunteer Fire Department who was arrested last week on a drug trafficking charge. Buddy Sexton, 73, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on Nov. More...
WASHINGTON The lame-duck session of Congress that kicked off this week will test whether Democrats have spines made of Play-Doh, and whether President Obama has decided to pretend that capitulation is conciliation. More...
Many liberals went bananas over the new plan to reduce defi- cits. The ideas put forth by the chairmen of President Obama’s bipartisan deficit commission ignore their priorities, they lament. More...
CHICAGO Millions of people who are struggling with the tough-to-use blood thinner warfarin, sold as Coumadin and other brands, may soon have another alternative. More...
CHICAGO Learning he had prostate cancer floored John Noble. Then came the prospect of surgery and his overpowering fear of being “put under” with anesthesia. More...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney were magnets for criticism 10 years ago when they formed Rascal Flatts. They were called a boy band. Their clothes were funny. And, boys, that ain’t country music. More...
OWENSBORO, Ky. Visitors to the International Bluegrass Music Museum in this western Kentucky city will get a special treat: A look at the 1964 Gibson mandolin that once belonged to bluegrass legend Bill Monroe. More...
LETCHER CO. ROCK, POP, BLUES RAP, CHRISTIAN FISH OUT OF WATER; Fri., Nov. 26 in Whitesburg at Summit City (214 Main St.). 633-2715. SONS OF BILL; Sat., Nov. 27 in Whitesburg at Summit City (214 Main St.). More...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. A new U.S. Senator from the Central Appalachian coalfields said Democratic leadership promised him this week that federal “cap-andtrade” legislation is dead. More...
Ongoing problems with collecting from delinquent water customers and slow deliberations by the Kentucky Public Service Commission have caused the City of Whitesburg to fall behind in paying an outstanding debt to Veolia Water. More...
Why is it when Barack Obama won an election, the Republicans think it was OK for them to ignore the election and obstruct the winner’s program, but when the Republicans win an election, Obama is supposed to run through the woods like Long John More...
To the Editor: The election is over but the damage to my reputation continues. I ask you to print this letter to give me an opportunity to correct two of the incorrect statements that appeared alongside the outrageous Pinocchio caricature. More...
Enes Kanter was let go by the NCAA last week. In the Land of the Free, the ex-Turkish professional wannabe-an-amateur-again can examine a full range of good options. More...
It is the time of year when bluegill are scattered everywhere looking for food, and bluegill fishing should be peaking right now. So try to get out all you can before it gets cold, because the bluegill are not as active during the cold weather. More...
This goes to the man that made a comment in last week’s paper about how much he loves his wife: If you love her so much, why were you seen with a skanky woman at Save-ALot on Nov. 1? More...
Hello everyone. I hope you are all doing well and enjoying these pretty days we are having and are getting ready for the holidays. It seems like Thanksgiving is getting passed over anymore. People celebrate Halloween more than Thanksgiving. More...
Whitesburg correspondent Oma Hatton says, “This picture is for Anna L. Watkins of Florida. Thelma Caudill was one of her neighbors at Marlowe.” More...
Funeral services for Julie Sergent Lucas, 97, will be held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday) at Letcher Funeral Home. Burial will be in Green Acres Cemetery at Ermine. More...
Lakie Brown, 83, died November 15 at Letcher Manor Nursing Home in Whitesburg. A daughter of the late Emmit and Silar Kincer Page, she was the widow of Eugene Brown. More...
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