The skies over Honolulu, Hawaii, were iridescent blue and clear except for a few scattered clouds on December 7, 1941. Like several other Letcher Countians, Colby Adams, 19, of Whitesburg had joined the Navy straight out of high school, and was More...
By MARK STEVENSON and BRUCE SCHREINER The Associated Press
A fugitive Kentucky lawyer who disappeared six months ago before facing a prison sentence for his central role in a massive Social Security fraud case has been captured in Honduras and will be returned to the U.S., officials said. More...
Music City Bowl officials are banking on Kentucky football fans in western Kentucky turning out to see the Wildcats play Northwestern Dec. 29 — the same day UK and Louisville play basketball just a few hours before the bowl game starts. More...
The Letcher Central Cougars are on the road this week with games at Eastside (Va.) on Friday, December 8, and at Belfry next Tuesday night, December 12. More...
Freshly baked cookies are a wonderful holiday gift. Hosting family and friends for a cookie exchange party is a great way to start a new holiday tradition and get a variety of baked goods and some new recipes without spending much money. More...
December 8 — The Whitesburg annual Christmas Parade will be held on December 8 on Main Street. Line-up will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the parade will start at six. More...
Opening statements are expected to begin today (Wednesday) in the murder trial of James R. Huffman IV, accused in the New Year’s 2014 stabbing death of Michael Hogg. More...
Construction is scheduled to begin next year on a $27.8 million widening project for a section of U.S. 119 North from Pine Mountain Junction to the existing four-lane at Mayking. More...
Call 633-7508 from 9 am Tuesday to 9 am Friday. E-m@il address In addition to the telephone and the U.S. Mail, The Mountain Eagle accepts comments to Speak Your Piece by electronic mail. Our address is: mtneagle@bellsouth.net More...
The second annual Boone Art Auction will be held at 6 p.m., December 22, at the Appalshop Theater, 91 Madison Avenue, Whitesburg. There will be a $5 entry fee and the auction will include items by national and local artists. More...
Funeral services for Kenneth Darrell Polly, 69, of Jenkins, were held December 1 at St. George’s Catholic Church in Jenkins. A son of Anna Williams Polly and the late Lester Jay Polly, he was born in Jenkins. More...
Nellie Collins Vance, 80, died November 27. A daughter of the late Celis and Lilie Cornett, she was the widow of Paul Collins and later married Edward Vance, who also preceded her in death. She was a sister of the late Paul Cornett, Jimmy More...
Hayden King, 87, died November 27 at his home in Lexington. Born in Kite to the late Ray and Elizabeth Adams King, he was the widower of Sarah Katherine King to whom he was married for 46 years. The father of the late Mark DeWayne Farris, More...
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