Members of the Letcher County Public Library District Board celebrated the opening of a new computer station at the Fleming-Neon Public Library on Oct. 18. More...

An eighth- grader at Whitesburg Middle School has raised at least $3,000 for art and drama programs since kindergarten.  As a kindergartener at Arlie Boggs Elementary School, Brooke Saurer, with the help of her mother Valerie Saurer, wrote lette More...

J.P Morgan was recently socked in the wallet by financial regulators, who levied a fine of nearly a billion bucks against the Wall Street baron for massive illegalities.   More...

“Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed.”   It was the early 20th century socialist Eugene V. Debs who pointed to the utility of this extra Beatitude. More...

The Letcher Central Cougars evened their record to 4-4 after an all-important 22-18 victory over district rival Perry County Central. The Cougars visit winless Whitley County this Friday in their last district contest of the season.  More...

On October 15, Letcher Central’s cross country team held its first ever Senior Night and was host to its annual Cougar Climb.  More...

Bass are now in the shallows and close to the bank and feeding and chasing shad, and any old bass angler worth his favorite rod and reel knows what this means. It is time to start fishing buzz baits on the surface for these feeding bass.  More...

Hello everyone, hope you are all doing well.  Are you ready for the gossip? Okay, pull up a chair and maybe get a cup of coffee and let’s visit.  More...

Hello again. It has been a very busy week for us again.  Tuesday, we had our potluck dinner. As always the ladies brought lots of good food.  Luther and his crew from the jail were there painting our porch. More...

Jenny Lynn Collins, formerly of Millstone, was invited recently to judge the marching band competition at Morehead State University. She attended Whitesburg High School.  More...

Darrell E. Hampton, 62, of Kite, died October 17 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington.  Born in Letcher County to the late Floyd and Anna Hall Hampton, he was a brother of the late Claude Hampton.  More...

Susan Renee Sutton Harrison, 48, died September 19 at her hone in Jamestown after a long illness.  Formerly of Little Colley, she was a daughter of Brenda Caudill Brown of Columbia, and the late Leon Brown.  She attended Whitesburg High Sch More...

Froney Gay McPeeks, 73, died October 8 at her home at Cornettsville.  A daughter of the late James and Lovell Adams McPeeks, she was a retired caregiver.  She was the mother of the late Billy Gene Brock, and a grandmother of the late Geria More...