Despite eyewitness accounts, it is unlikely that a cougar would be hunting in the mountains of Letcher County — or anywhere else in Kentucky for that matter, said a spokesman with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife in Frankfort. More...
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has denied a second request for a new trial from a former Letcher County Jail inmate convicted in 2006 for his role in the jailhouse assault and sexual abuse of a fellow inmate. More...
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va.
We’ve all heard of a canary in a coal mine, but what about a Dutch Shepherd? Meet Ginny: the newest member of coal producer Alpha Natural Resources’ search-and-rescue team, trained to perform searches in both underground and surface More...
When songwriter Herbert Paul Gilley died at age 27 in a July 1957 drowning accident in nearby Morgan County, his parents were so stricken with grief they burned his personal belongings, author Chet Flippo wrote in his 1981 biography of Hank Williams More...
Does I’ll Have Another belong in the Triple Crown club with horses such as Affirmed and Citation? With an eye on the weather forecast, we will see. More...
This is the time of year a lot of people head to the lakes to go camping, boating, swimming and fishing — all great ways to spend time together with family and friends. More...
— Shane and Jamie Baker of Thornton watched their eight-year-old son, Jacob, and 12-year-old daughter, Trinity, fish the “Bill Doug Hole” in North Fork of the Kentucky River recentl More...
Hello everyone. Hope you are all doing well and enjoying the weather. We’ve had all kinds this week. We really needed the rain and after all the hot weather the cool weather felt real good, so we can’t complain. More...
Gloria ‘Mousie’ Collier Waddell Slone, 63, of McRoberts, died June 1 at Pikeville Medical Center. A daughter of the late Monroe and Cletis Kiser Potter Collier, she was the widow of Edgel Slone. She was sister of the late Luth More...
Margaret J. Hughes, 85, died May 29 at Indian Path Hospital in Kingsport, Tenn. The widow of William W. Hughes, she had resided in Heritage Hall for several years. More...
Geneva Nezelene Day, 82, died May 29 at her home in Seymour, Ind. Born in Letcher County to the late Roy and Luanna Fields Maggard, she was the mother of the late Jennifer Day Froedge and Larry Day. She was a sister of the late Charlotte More...
A Texas man is scheduled to appear in Letcher District Court this week to answer drug-related charges. James Edward Taylor, 53, of Balch Springs, Texas, was arrested on June 2 after Letcher County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Taylor said he obs More...
Helped by new revenue generated by expanded alcohol sales, a central Kentucky city has been able to hire three new law-enforcement officers and expects to put a fourth to work next month. More...
A 57-year-old Michigan man has been sentenced to two years in prison after recently pleading guilty to sexual abuse charges. Maximo Hernandez Jr., address unknown, pleaded guilty to amended charges of third-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual More...
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Recently obtained information could open a new opportunity for a career change. But temper that Arian impatience and act on it only when all the facts are made available. More...
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By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer CHICAGO
Doctors have successfully dropped the first “smart bomb” on breast cancer, using a drug to deliver a toxic payload to tumor cells while leaving healthy ones alone. More...
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am an 80-year-old male whose annual physical exam was good. My wife and I have a good sex life. We’ve been married 61 years. More...
A hormone-blocking pill approved last year for some men with advanced prostate cancer now also seems to help a wider group of men who were given it sooner in the course of treating their disease. More...
1. Name the female vocalist who had hits with “Fever” and “Alright, Okay, You Win.” 2. Name the group that released “Walk Right In” in 1963. 3. More...