Funeral services were held this week for a Letcher County Jail inmate who died in the Whitesburg hospital emergency room. Terry Christley “Chris” Cantrell Jr., 55, was pronounced dead by Letcher County Coroner Marty Baker at 5:05 p. More...
EPA first fought pollution; now it is battling politics
By DINA CAPPIELLO The Associated Press
WASHINGTON A polluted drainage ditch that once flowed with industrial waste from Lake Charles, La., petrochemical plants teems with overgrown, wild plants today. A light-rail line zips past the spot where a now-defunct Portland, Ore., ga More...
Before we move on from the dust-up over Hilary Rosen’s comments about Ann Romney, let’s be clear on what’s really going on here. Neither Ann Romney nor stay-at-home moms were ever the point. More...
A modern knowledge economy thrives on highly trained workers. The way to get them, obviously, is through education — from basic reading skills for some, to mastery of algorithms for others. More...
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WASHINGTON The bacon you had for breakfast is at the center of a 35-year debate over antibiotics. That’s because the same life-saving drugs that are prescribed to treat everything from ear infections to tuberculosis in humans also More...
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: In October of last year, my husband, age 63, died of a brain hemorrhage (stroke). He was a youthful, healthconscious man, now sorely missed by his wife, family and friends. More...
WASHINGTON A consumer advocacy group is calling on government regulators to withdraw a diabetes drug from Novo Nordisk, saying the injectable medication raises the risk of thyroid cancer, pancreatitis and kidney failure. More...
Matt Abts, drummer for the Grammy-nominated rock band Gov’t Mule, will perform at Summit City in Whitesburg on Saturday night (April 28) with his new side project Planet of the Abts. More...
1. Which group was associated with the album titled “Red Rose Speedway”? 2. What is David Johansen’s other name? 3. Who had a popular album titled “All Hail the Queen”? 4. More...
A Whitesburg woman has been named in an indictment charging her with second-degree manslaughter and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs. An indictment naming Shelia Renae Collins, 35, of 7035 Campbranch, was unsealed April 17 More...
WHEELWRIGHT After a sex scandal at a privately run prison in Floyd County, the state cut off the institution’s funding and now it’s shutting down — and that worries officials in the town of Wheelwright where incarceration mea More...
A 20-year-old Letcher County man has pleaded guilty to robbing a Little Colley grocery store last September. Roger Allen Miles pleaded guilty to an amended charge of second-degree robbery, which is a class C felony, on April 16 in Letcher Circu More...
A Colson man has been named in a criminal complaint filed by his neighbors. Albin and Joella Watts say Astor Martin, 72, of 8784 Highway 7 North, has harassed, annoyed and alarmed them by making rude and vulgar gestures including “grabbin More...
Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 50 years April 26, 1962 The April grand jury noted that crime is decreasing in Letcher County. More...
• “My best friend recently had her first child. For her baby shower, we decided to get together and cook her several meals that could be frozen and go right from the freezer to the oven. More...
Next big buzz words for college basketball: Jabari Parker, a 6-8, 220-pound 17-year-old hoops prodigy at Chicago’s Simeon Career Academy. Across the board, Parker could be the next Anthony Davis. More...
Letcher County Central High School football standout Michael Blair was all smiles last week after he signed to play football at University of Virginia-Wise during a signing ceremony at Ermine. More...
— The Pine Mountain Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution assisted Judge Atkins and the Pikeville DAR Chapter in a ceremony in which 45 people became American citizen. More...
The annual Spring On Cloverlick, a tribute to local poets and artists, will be held on the Cumberland campus of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Monday, April 30. Now in its 43rd year, the event features various competitions w More...
Mary Katherine Hampton McPherson, 56, died March 31 at her home in Batavia, Ohio. Formerly of Jeremiah, she was the daughter of Jessie Back Hampton of Jeremiah and the late Wilburn Hampton, and a sister of the late Wayne Hampton, Willis Hampton More...
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