Gas company files suit against



A Letcher County man denies that he is keeping a natural gas production company away from its wells because he is upset over foxes that went missing in 2005. Hassel Griffie, of Tolby Branch in Hallie, says he is not responsible for a gate that is keeping Equitable Production Company away from three gas wells that have been drilled on […]

Jury indicts 25



The Letcher County Grand Jury has returned 29 indictments against 25 people including a 50-year-old Partridge man and his 74-year-old mother. Those indicted are: • Timothy Halcomb – complicity to making a false statement regarding a prescription, complicity to falsely assuming the title of a pharmacist, complicity to criminal possession of a forged prescription, and being a persistent felony offender. […]

Three charged with sexual abuse



Two Letcher County men and a woman are named in indictments by the Letcher County Grand Jury in connection with sexual abuse of minors. Carroll Paul Jackson, 29, of 60 Candle Drive, Deane, is charged by the grand jury with two counts of subjecting a girl less than 12 years old to sexual contact on March 11, 2008. Susan Jackson, […]

Woman accused of assault



Jenkins City Police have charged a 27-year-old woman with second-degree assault after she allegedly drove her vehicle toward her aunt and intentionally hit her with it. Melissa R. Fisher, of 2404 Indian Creek Road in Virgie, was also charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicating substance (second offense) and operating a motor vehicle while […]

PROPERTY DAMAGE



This automobile belonging to Vernie Shell of Ermine was damaged heavily Saturday night after a Toyota automobile ran off U.S. 119 and into Shell’s yard, running over a fire hydrant and hitting a telephone pole that was lying in the yard waiting to be installed. The impact sent the pole into Shell’s car. Shell said the driver of the Toyota […]

Woman writes children’s book about pickle-eating black bear



Is there such a creature as a pickle-eating bear? Neon native Heather Holbrook Davis, who lives in Norton, Virginia, explores the idea of a pickle-eating bear in a new children’s book she wrote after her three-year-old son, Landon, placed a pickle in the woods near their home hoping a black bear would eat it. “He left the pickle and returned […]

WETLAND



Letcher County Central High School students recently constructed a 40-foot-diameter wetland adjoining their outdoor classroom. The students used a grant from PRIDE as well as the help of Tom Biebighauser, US. Forest Service wildlife biologist; Kevin Wright, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park ranger at Carr Creek Lake; and Sam Adams of The Head of Three Rivers Project, and equipment […]

East KY Tyme appears at Friday bluegrass show



The Hemphill Community Center would like to thank all our friends who come out for Friday night bluegrass. Without your support we couldn’t make bluegrass Fridays happen. The featured band for Friday Nite Bluegrass on April 18 was East KY Tyme. We’d like to say a great big thank you to Astor Taylor and East KY Tyme for helping to […]

Student loan provider suspends loans to first-time borrowers



The Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation (also known as The Student Loan People) will suspend making loans to first-time borrowers beginning May 1. It will continue to make loans for serial (or previous) borrowers. This decision is a result of the capital market crisis. The Student Loan People, along with other FFELP providers across the country, have traditionally issued […]

Candidates’ forum planned



A candidates’ forum for the upcoming 29th State Senate Democratic primary will be held on Thursday, May 1, at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg. The forum will take place from 7 to 8:15 p.m. or until all questions have been answered. Senate Democratic candidates Johnny Ray Turner and Eric Shane Hamilton will answer prepared questions and take questions for […]