Services are held for Wanda Stacy



Funeral services for Wanda Faye Holland Stacy, 54, of Thornton, were held April 25 at Letcher Funeral Home. Burial was in the Thornton Cemetery. A daughter of the late Charlie and Garnie Rowe Holland, she died April 22 at Pikeville Medical Center. She was a sister of the late Jeffrey Holland and Carolyn Kay Gilley. Surviving are her husband, Lawrence […]

Lack of progress on baseball field angers officials



Education is unhappy with the slow progress of construction of the new baseball field at Letcher County Central High School. Board Chairman Will Smith said this week that the $1.3 million baseball project is “absolutely the worst project” the board has ever been involved with during his 16 years as a board member. “I guess I’m not very happy,” Smith […]

WORK TO DO



School officials had hoped to begin using the new Letcher County Central High publicly criticized the architecture firm in charge of the project during a meeting Monday.

Woman says man was killed because he refused beer run



Was Ralph Marcum murdered because he refused to go on a beer run? Or was the 70-year-old man from Fleming-Neon killed after a round of “play wrestling” got out of hand? The answer depends on which of two murder suspects you believe. Testifying during the preliminary hearing for the two men and one woman charged with killing Marcum, Kentucky State […]

Jobless rate falls as more get work



Letcher County’s unemployment rate fell slightly between February and March after 38 more residents found jobs. The additional jobs lowered the county’s unemployment rate from 7.6 percent in February to 7 percent in March, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Education Cabinet. Statistics released Tuesday show that 7,991 Letcher County residents held jobs […]

Cumberland Mountain Arts & Crafts schedule



Cumberland Mountain Arts & Crafts Council Inc. Events schedule (All events will be held at the Little Shepherd Amphitheatre site in Jenkins) May 2nd annual Little Shepherd Arts & Crafts Show Friday-Saturday, May 16-17 No admission All hand-crafted items Friday, 10-6 p.m. or later Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or later Live music on the stage Saturday beginning at noon Food […]

Recent graduate hopes to use teaching degree here someday



Teaching has been a goal for Herbie Brock and he was able to accomplish that goal after earning 44 credits from Hazard Community & Technical College and graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Berea College in February with high honors “I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to work with some of the most experienced, motivating and caring […]

IN WASHINGTON



Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell met recently with members of the Kentucky Primary Care Association. Pictured are (left to right) the Rev. Marty Tucker, board member, Park du Valle CHC, Louisville; Andrea Adams, deputy director, Kentucky Primary Care Association; Robert Paisley, CFO, Fairview CHC, Bowling Green and Morgantown; Chris Keyser, CEO, Fairview CHC; Bill Wagner, CEO, Family Health Centers, Louisville; Senator […]

Metal thieves wreaking havoc



FORT THOMAS, Ky. A rash of sewer grate thefts around northern Kentucky has police worried about safety has scavengers seek scrap metal to sell. At least 26 sewer grates have been stolen this month from streets in Newport, Covington, Fort Thomas, Wilder, Southgate, Bellevue and Dayton. “The story is the sewer grates, but it’s much broader than that – it’s […]

Do you qualify for help with healthcare?



Affordable access to medical care is at the heart of a continuing national debate about the future of healthcare. Nowhere is this issue more clear than in eastern Kentucky. Many healthcare providers in Appalachia have made it a part of their mission to provide medical care to people who cannot afford it. Working through state programs like Disproportionate Share Hospital […]