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Political Cartoon
| February 19, 2020
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Ill-advised attempt to censor press
— Bowling Green Daily News | February 19, 2020
Press freedom and informed citizenship go hand in hand. This...
Bill would restore old black lung rules
By ANGIE HATTON
94th District State Representative | February 19, 2020
For several other eastern Kentucky legislators and me, the high...
| February 19, 2020
Dreac Turner, center, a senior member of the Alice Lloyd College Eagles basketball team, was...
By WILLIAM A. FARLEY | February 19, 2020
Beginning March 1, sanitation bills in Letcher County will go up slightly to support an...
By SAM ADAMS | February 19, 2020
The arrest of a Neon man on child pornography charges became more urgent in December...
| February 19, 2020
A Whitesburg man is dead after his pickup overturned in the rain-swollen North Fork of...
By SAM ADAMS | February 12, 2020
Jenkins has a Mexican restaurant again. Jose Javier Navarro, 27, worked Los Peñas restaurants in...
News
Grand jury indicts four
Mountain Eagle Staff | February 19, 2020
A Letcher County Grand Jury returned indictments against four people in Letcher Circuit Court. Those indicted and the charges against...
Six sentenced after pleas
Mountain Eagle Staff | February 19, 2020
A former Virginia schoolteacher is among seven people who have pleaded guilty and received sentences in Letcher Circuit Court. Andora...
Roof work will complete Phase 1 of hotel project
By WILLIAM A. FARLEY | February 19, 2020
Roofing is being laid on the Daniel Boone Hotel, the last work to be done to complete Phase 1 of...
Cowan residents forming a Neighborhood Watch
| February 19, 2020
Cowan residents will meet later this month to organize a Neighborhood Watch after a resident was beaten severely during a...
Premium couple accused in beating
Mountain Eagle Staff | February 19, 2020
Police have charged a Premium couple with beating a woman unconscious and leaving her to die in a creek. A...
Family & Friends
Good news from Laney Webb’s mother
By JEANETTE TACKET YONTS With DOROTHY PENNINGTON TACKET | February 19, 2020
Pea planting for this year can wait until March
By IKE ADAMS | February 19, 2020
Headwaters, Appalshop to host water workshop
| February 19, 2020
Self-defense class Feb. 27
Mountain Eagle Staff | February 19, 2020
Pre-admission conferences set
| February 19, 2020
Sports
Auburn transfer says UK is ‘on a roll’
By Larry Vaught | February 19, 2020
After Joey Gatewood decided he was leaving Auburn and put...
Lady Cougars will meet JBS in opener
| February 19, 2020
The Letcher County Central Lady Cougars will face June Buchanan...
LCC to face Cordia in district tourney
Mountain Eagle Staff | February 19, 2020
The Letcher County Central High School Cougars will play in...
Health
Heart-healthy, taste great
By ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS | February 19, 2020
February is a celebration of matters of the heart. These heart-healthy recipes will ensure that...
Kentucky CancerLink to offer free colonoscopies
| January 22, 2020
Kentucky ranks number one nationally in the incidence of colon cancer. Colon cancer can be...
Black Lung group to meet
| January 22, 2020
The Southeast Kentucky Chapter of the National Black Lung Association will meet at 2 p.m....
Fad dieting problems
By HEATHER NORMANBURGDOLF
UK Extension Specialist | January 15, 2020
Many people have made losing weight and/or becoming healthier one of their New Year’s resolutions,...
Cervical cancer in Kentucky
Mountain Eagle Staff | January 8, 2020
In 2015, 4,175 women died from cervical cancer in the United States. Cervical cancer rates...
Entertainment
New NBC show finds heart, song in tragedy
By LYNN ELBER
AP Television Writer | February 19, 2020
The zestfully titled, song-anddance filled “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” has an unlikely origin. The NBC series,...
Edie Falco talks about new TV show ‘Tommy’ and staying close to home
By BROOKE LEFFERTS
The Associated Press | February 19, 2020
In her role in the news CBS drama “Tommy,” actress Edie Falco plays the first...
Darius Rucker’s ‘Wagon Wheel’ keeps on rolling
By KRISTIN M. HALL
The Associated Press | February 19, 2020
Country singer Darius Rucker couldn’t quite believe it when he was surprised with the news...
Salome’s Stars
| February 19, 2020
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) There could be some negative reaction to your tough...
Cartoons
| February 19, 2020
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Obituaries
Tom Callihan dies at 54
| February 19, 2020
Tom Callihan, 54, of Whitesburg, died February 15 at Roxana. Surviving are his mother, Genita...
Rites held for Edna Mae Meade
| February 19, 2020
Edna Mae Meade, 75, of Somerset, died February 11 at the University of Kentucky Medical...
George Edward ‘Ed’ Narramore dies at 59
| February 19, 2020
George Edward “ Ed” Narramore, 59, of McRoberts, died February 15. He was a son...
Services held for Barbara Adams Girdley
| February 19, 2020
Funeral services for Barbara Rose Adams Girdley, 73, of Richmond, were held February 16 at...
Alice Polly dies at 76
| February 12, 2020
Funeral services for Alice Polly, 76, were held February 7 at the Millstone Missionary Baptist...
Services held for Bobby Ulis Sturgill
| February 12, 2020
Bobby Ulis Sturgill, 39, died February 5 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in...
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