Alfred “New York” White (center) was found not guilty of murder by a Letcher Circuit Court jury Tuesday. Defense attorneys Richard Counts (left) and Will Collins are also pictured. More...
A middle-aged woman who works for one of Letcher County’s two public school districts walked into Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation’s Whitesburg Medical Clinic earlier this week hoping the new federal health care law would offer s More...
By STEVE SZKOTAK The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va.
Coal has emerged as a defining issue in the race for Virginia’s governor, and the stark divide between Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe has grown wider with the release of new federal pollution limits on coal-fired power p More...
A coal miner from West Virginia has won a $1 million Powerball prize. The West Virginia Lottery said this week that David Feamster of Rupert, W.Va., matched five numbers, missing only the Powerball number. More...
Suddenly, e-cigarettes seem to be everywhere. And with them have come a host of questions. Can e-cigarettes damage health over the long run, even though they appear to be better for smokers than regular cigarettes? More...
The good news: The Wildcats play Alabama. The bad news: The Wildcats play Alabama. To the first, UK fans will see how a synchronized and efficient football machine executes. More...
Above, the Jenkins defensive line tried to stop a Knott Central ball carrier in the Cavaliers’ 46-20 loss to the Patriots on Friday. The loss drops the Cavaliers to 1-5 on the season, as they go on the road for the next two weeks. More...
How time has flown by this year. As the miles go by in this journey we call life I catch myself thinking more of my past than I do of my future. More...
A group of Letcher County citizens has been recognized for teaming up to keep their community clean. The Bottom Fork Cleanup Coalition, led by Nathan Polly, earned the PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award for October 2013. More...
I have been in Richmond this week with our daughter, Sharon Holbrook. She began her radiation treatments on Monday. On Wednesday she had a bad reaction and liked to have scared me to death. More...
Clifford Harold Mullins, 69, died October 4 at his home at Neon. Born in Bold Camp, Va., to the late Darwin and Ota Mullins, he was a brother of the late Madonna Sue Mullins and Yvonne Marie Miller. He was a member of the Dunham Freewill More...
A Georgia man has been found not guilty of murdering a friend who died in Jenkins from a gunshot wound in March 2011. After deliberating for an hour and a half Tuesday afternoon, a Letcher Circuit Court jury made up of 11 women and one man acqu More...
Last week’s decision by the Jenkins Independent School Board to raise its property tax rate to 79.9 cents per $100 has led to questions and a letter of concern from the Jenkins City Council. More...
New regulations allow hunters to use a shotgun to take coyotes at night year round. Lights or night vision equipment can only be used from Feb. 1 through May 31. More...
Police say at least two people broke into the Royal Crown Cola Bottling Company building last month and stole industrial copper. Ronald Bentley, owner of the Ermine building, discovered an open door and broken glass in the office area. More...
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A colleague might offer to open a door for you professionally. But before you walk through it, be sure this “favor” isn’t attached to an obligation you might find difficult to discharge. More...
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL — Once again caught in the middle between her quarreling sisters, Donna became the sole holder of a Spencer/Logan family secret. More...
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Hold your nose and don’t spit out your coffee: Doctors have found a way to put healthy people’s poop into pills that can cure serious gut infections — a less yucky way to do “fecal transplants.” Canadian researchers trie More...
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have corrected my high blood pressure using medication, exercise and diet. My blood pressure is now between 105/65 and 110/70. More...
Repeated warnings that antibiotics don’t work for most sore throats and bronchitis have failed to stop overuse: Doctors prescribed these drugs for most adults seeking treatment at a rate that remained high over more than a decade, researchers f More...
Will Caudill & Route 7 will play at Country Cabin II in Norton, Va., on Saturday, Oct. 12. The show will take place from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children 2 to 11 years old. More...
A benefit singing is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., Oct. 19, at the Campbranch House of Worship on Hwy. 931. Singers will include Harlan Sexton and the Gospel Grass Band, The Blessed Friends, Pat Large, and Sandy Potter. More...
The Forgiven Ministries Church will host a revival Oct. 18, 19 and 20. Caleb Howard will speak at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18; Densmore Goodson at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, and Ralph Hall Jr. at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20. More...
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