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Kiwanis Club donation to help flood relief effort

The Kiwanis Foundation, through the Kentucky-Tennessee District, awarded a grant for $16,541 to the City of Jenkins to help flood victims with unforeseen expenses related to the July 28, 2022, disaster. Pictured (left to right) are Kiwanis Foundation Executive Director Donna Ratliff, Jenkins Kiwanis member Wendell Boggs, Jenkins Kiwanis President Paul Thompson, Jenkins Mayor Todd Depriest, Jenkins Kiwanis Vice President... READ MORE >

Woman’s murder comes after she spoke out about daughter’s death

Last October, Angela Roberts had no doubt whether her daughter’s death three months earlier was murder or suicide, even though the death certificate said the manner of death was unknown. “She wouldn’t do that to herself. She was murdered,” Roberts told The Mountain Eagle then. Now, five months after she began speaking up publicly about her daughter’s shooting death, Roberts... READ MORE >

County government in dire financial straits

The cost of incarcerating people awaiting trial is breaking the county, officials say, but 1.5 percent occupational tax proposed by the Letcher Fiscal Court failed to pass the first reading, leaving open the possibility that the county will have to cut services or default on its debt. Only four of the five magistrates attended the special called meeting on Thursday,... READ MORE >

Bad water lines are troubling F-N

Broken water lines in Fleming- Neon are putting a strain on the city’s resources to deal with long term problems. “Seems like every day we have some sort of disaster,” said Mayor Ricky Burke. Recently, a construction company building a wall broke a water pipe near a manhole cover. Burke said, while he is grateful for the work being done,... READ MORE >

Reeves is national player of the week

Antonio Reeves of Kentucky is The Associated Press men’s college basketball player of the week after shining in a pair of wins that catapulted the Wildcats into the top 10. His biggest performance came in a win over then-No. 4 Tennessee, when he had 27 points and seven rebounds for his seventh straight game of at least 20 points. The... READ MORE >

Writer says Dillingham is UK’s best NBA prospect

New York Daily News columnist Dick Weiss, who is in the National Sportswriters Hall of Fame, likes the talent on coach John Calipari’s team but he really likes freshman guard Rob Dillingham. “He is the one college player in this NBA draft class most likely to make an (NBA) All-Star Game in the future,” Weiss said. That was before ESPN... READ MORE >

LCC fought adversity, coach says after loss

The Letcher County Central’s boys’ basketball season ended last Wednesday with a 56-39 loss to top seed Hazard in the first round of the 14th Regional tournament. Like they had done all year, LCC played tenacious defense the whole game and cut the lead to one point midway through the third quarter. But the Cougars offense went cold, and they... READ MORE >

Struttin’ Time

Watching “Swamp People” on the History Channel brings me to a story I am sure you will get a chuckle from. I was hunting in Hays, Kansas with a now out-of-business outfitter Chrismon Outdoors. They were great outfitters, but divorces have a way of making even the best go south. Anyway, I arrived at the lodge on the evening before... READ MORE >

Gabby’s Fishing Fever

In this world there are somethings that never change — like when we were kids and some of the older folks would take time to teach us how to fish. I know kids today love to spend time on games and online, but most kids also love to be outdoors doing things like playing and running also camping, boating, swimming,... READ MORE >

Speak Your Piece

Tell us what’s on your mind. No need to give your name. Call 606-633-7508 from 9 am Tuesday to 9 am Friday. In addition to the telephone and the U.S. Mail, The Mountain Eagle accepts comments to Speak Your Piece by electronic mail. Our address is: mtneagle@bellsouth.net. On subject line put Speak Your Piece. Why isn’t the county tramp being... READ MORE >