Live nativity scene coming



“Christmas on Leatherwood”, a live nativity scene, will be held at 2 p.m., November 24, at the Big Leatherwood Old Regular Baptist Church/Sonny Miniard farm. A reenactment of Mary and Joseph’s travels and the shepherds and wise men coming to see Jesus will take place at 2 p.m., and hayrides to the nativity scene will be given until near dusk. […]

CDC chief: Wash hands to fight staph



WASHINGTON Drug-resistant staph infections that have made headlines in recent weeks come from what the nation’s top doctor calls “the cockroach of bacteria” – a bad germ that can lurk in lots of places, but not one that should trigger panic. “This isn’t something just floating around in the air,” Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease […]

Finding may help treat infection



WASHINGTON The aggressive antibiotic-resistant staph infection responsible for thousands of recent illnesses undermines the body’s defenses by causing germ-fighting cells to explode, researchers reported this week. Experts say the findings may help lead to better treatments. An estimated 90,000 people in the United States fall ill each year from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. It is not clear how many […]

Letcher names top students



Students at Letcher Elementary School named to the 4.0 Honor Roll are: Nick Howard, Ben Cornett, Ashley Collins, Harvey Hudson, Ethan Walters, Jesse Roark, Sydney Back, Julie Cornett, Alex Fickey, Katlyn Jent, Emilie Nichols, Chandler Sparkman, Cameron Brunty, Andi Fields, Kristin Blair, and Chase Smith. Those named to the A-B Honor Roll are: Cameron Adams, Andrew W. Back, Tanton Cook, […]

Support group meets



The Bringing Back The Memories: Alzheimer’s Support Group meets the third Monday of each month at 1 p.m. The meeting takes place at the Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center in Hazard. For more information, call (606) 435-6196.

Hallucinogens hidden in ducks, deputies charge



ATLANTA A 20-year-old man was arrested for allegedly selling hallucinogenic mushrooms hidden inside chocolate bunnies and ducks and other drugs, authorities said. Rockdale County sheriff ‘s deputies arrested a the man after a deputy spotted him allegedly selling a sheet of LSD and a chocolate duck containing psilocybin mushrooms for $650, Sgt. Jodi Shupe said November 10. “It appears they […]

Church plans dinner



The Cram Creek Church will serve a dinner from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Nov. 16. Dinners are $5 and may be eaten in or delivered. For more information, call 633-1451.

Innovative math program giving students a challenge at school



HENDERSON, Ky. For Henderson teacher Rachel Ray, words are a type of glue tying one math concept to another. That’s why she listens – really listens – when her students explain how to illustrate double digits with words before they even try to count them out with their hands. Finding various ways to depict the number 12 might be easy […]

Taylor was focus of veterans tribute held in Whitesburg



A highly-decorated combat veteran who is now fighting cancer was honored during Letcher County’s annual Veterans Day celebration. The day of November 10 was declared “Ben B. Taylor Day” in honor of Millstone resident Ben Buster Taylor, a retired sergeant with the United States Army Special Forces, known also as the Green Berets. An executive order read aloud at Saturday’s […]

Man hurt using shotgun to loosen lug nut



SOUTHWORTH, Wash. A man trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, sheriff’s deputies said. The 66-year-old man had been repairing a Lincoln Continental for two weeks at his home northwest of Southworth, about 10 miles southwest of Seattle, and had gotten all but one of the lug […]