CLOSE CALL — A pickup truck driven by William Jones, of Jeremiah, slid on an icy road into the path of an oncoming CSX freight train consisting of 100 empty coal cars. Jones was not injured. More...
The Letcher County Sheriff ’s Department arrested a Tennessee man after more than 700 pain pills, marijuana and cash were seized at a Burdine apartment. More...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. A gay coal miner is suing a Massey Energy Co. subsidiary, charging that management didn’t protect him from abusive coworkers. The lawsuit names Massey’s Spartan Mining Co. More...
LOUISVILLE Kentucky is seeing a surge in the number of permits being issued to compost dead animals. Washington County began offering an animal composting service in April. More...
• “To hang up thread spools, use a wire hanger. Untwist the neck portion, thread on the spools (by color or thickness, etc.) and then refit the neck together.” — P.O. in Washington More...
I used to sell marijuana through three certain people, and when they found out that I found out where they worked they begged me not to tell on them. So now they have forgotten about me, and now my kids have been taken from me. More...
A s the pumpkin pie, holiday cock tail and sugar cookie memories begin to fade, we’re reminded that the time has come to set or “re-set” our goals. More...
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have the worst case of postnasal drip, and it’s driving me crazy. I have a neverending “ahem, ahem, ahem” throat-clearing. Phlegm is constantly in the back of my throat. More...
So you’re heading out to the big holiday party, and you’re planning to have a few drinks, whether it’s beer, wine or harder stuff , and maybe some champagne at midnight on New Year’s Eve, too. More...
The Stillwater Band will perform at a New Year’s Eve party at the Neon American Legion Post #104 starting at 9 p.m. on Dec. 31. Reservations are now being accepted. Admission is $10 per person, $15 per couple. More...
LOS ANGELES Concertgoers sick of ballooning ticket prices should have some extra pocket change to rattle with their rock ‘n’ roll in the new year. More...
A sizable portion of Blackey’s 123 residents turned out for a called meeting of the Board of Directors of the Letcher County Water and Sewer District, and they didn’t attend to wish the board a merry Christmas. More...
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio Nearly one in 10 babies were born addicted to drugs last year in southern Ohio’s Scioto County. Rehab admissions for prescription painkiller addictions were five times the national average. More...
Was it only a month ago that the chattering class was writing off the president as being almost as thoroughly defeated as the lame duck Congress, as the failed leader who had lost his way, popularity plummeting, accomplishments vulnerable? More...
Three of the four area high school basketball teams were in heavy action in holiday invitational tournaments over the past two weeks with the Jenkins boys’ team the only exception. More...
LEXINGTON If Kentucky forward Darius Miller was looking past Coppin State to the 11th-ranked Wildcats’ showdown with rival Louisville on New Year’s Eve, it didn’t show. More...
Fans from the Commonwealth will agree that NASCAR finally got it right when it announced in August that the 2011 Sprint Cup Series schedule would include for the first time a stop in Kentucky. More...
Hi there again this week from Hemphill. We are defi- nitely snowed in for a few days. My grandson Cody measured Sunday about 2 p.m., and we had 7 ½ inches of snow and it was still coming down heavily. More...
Kentucky students who plan to attend an in-state college or university in fall 2011 should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible after Jan. 1. More...
MARCH BABY — Benjamin Grant Rankin was born March 25 to Charles and Rachel Rankin of Cary, N.C. He is the grandson of Robbie Brown of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Karen Collins of South Carolina. More...
Funeral services for Ada Viola Henderson, 89, of Manchester, Md., were held December 22 at Polly & Craft Funeral Home in Jenkins. Burial was in the Jenkins- Payne Gap Cemetery. A former resident of Payne Gap, she died December 17. More...
Darrell Wade Wyatt, 50, died December 19 at his home at Jenkins. Born in Jenkins to Emma Northcutt of Trinity, N.C., and Morgan Taylor Wyatt of Neon, he was an auto mechanic and a lifelong resident of Jenkins. More...
