Cops say man rammed cruiser during pursuit from Jenkins to Thornton



Police are looking for a Camp Branch man who allegedly crashed his vehicle into a Jenkins City Police cruiser during a high-speed chase Sunday. According to Jenkins Deputy Police Chief Josh Richardson, Officer Mike Garner attempted to stop a vehicle being driven by 39-year-old Shannon Fultz after he clocked the vehicle traveling at 65 miles per hour in a 35 […]

Man pleads guilty in Pike meth case involving wife



A Letcher County man has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine charges filed against him in Pikeville earlier this year. Jody Ray Rose, 35, of Neon, entered the plea August 8 in Pike Circuit Court. Rose was arrested on drug related charges twice in Pikeville last March — for possession of methamphetamine on March 8 and for possession of marijuana on March […]

Jury indicts man after woman found OD’d



A Whitesburg man has been indicted on a felony charge of wanton endangerment after he allegedly left a female overdose victim lying unconscious on the floor of his bathroom while he attended to personal business at the Letcher County Courthouse. The indictment naming Michael D. Rayburn Jr. was among nine returned this month by the Letcher Grand Jury. The grand […]

Jenkins man facing crystal meth and bribery charges



Jenkins City Police seized a large amount of crystal methamphetamine over the weekend, and the alleged owner of the powerful stimulant is now facing drug trafficking and bribery charges. According to court documents, Jenkins Police Officer Mike Garner initiated a traffic stop on a 2002 Harley-Davidson motorcycle being driven by 38-yearold Clarence Yeary of McPeeks Branch, located between Burdine and […]

Local heroes died fighting evil Nazis



Larry Davidson. Jack Davis. William R. DePriest. Names cover the panels on the Letcher County Courthouse. Every name is a soldier who died in service of the United States of America. Ernest Dills Jr. Teddy M. Dingus. James E. Dixon. Kirby Dixon. William M. Duncan. Eighty-seven Letcher County soldiers, Marines and seamen died during World War II. They died in […]

Truman Thompson, retired fire chief, dies at age 70



Longtime Whitesburg Fire Chief and firefighter Truman Nathaniel Thompson died Tuesday morning after a long illness. Thompson, 70, was the first black fire chief in Whitesburg, and served on the department for 34 years. He was a firefighter for 49 years. Thompson retired in 2009 after serving as fire chief for 11 years. He began volunteering at Jenkins Fire Department […]

The Way We Were



Clips from available Mountain Eagle pages since our founding in 1907 Thursday, August 18, 1927 A lawsuit has been filed contesting the results of the August primary election for Letcher Circuit Court Clerk. Incumbent Jody P. Adams was awarded a three-vote victory in the Republican race, but J.H. Hogg claims he is the true winner. The vote was recorded on […]

How the times have changed



The following commentary appeared in the August 21, 1947 edition of The Mountain Eagle, decades before the production of goods used daily by many Kentuckians was shipped overseas to foreign countries.

Now Here’s a Tip



• “If you are going on vacation, leave a plastic baggie filled with ice cubes in your freezer. When you return, if the baggie is filled with a single chunk of ice, you’ll know your power was interrupted long enough to spoil your food while you were away.” — G.L. in Missouri • Here’s another moving tip: Bundle clothing on […]

SPEAKING OF SOAPS



THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL — Unable to handle the guilt that’s accompanying the lie, Caroline went to Bill about wanting to come clean to Thomas. Eric called Sheila with the news about his marriage and advised her about her future of living in Los Angeles. Having learned about Bill’s lie from Liam, Steffy had a complete opposite opinion about […]