2012-10-24

Gabby’s fishing fever

Don’t let falling lakes get you down

This is the time of year that most lakes are dropping the water levels to winter pool. This hurts the fishing on most lakes because the rapid changing water levels spook the fish and causes them to move away from the banks and shallow water. This in turn causes fish like bass to become less active and not feed as […]

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Trick-or-treating is set for Oct. 31



Countywide trick-ortreating is set for 5 until 8 p.m. on Oct. 31. Halloween safe nights are scheduled to take place in several communities Wednesday evening. The City of Whitesburg’s safe night will be held downtown. Businesses and organizations are encouraged to give out candy from 5 until 8 p.m. A ‘trunk-or-treat’ event will take place in the parking lot of […]

4 sex offenders indicted here for disobeying rules



The Letcher Grand Jury has indicted four convicted sex offenders for failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements. They are: • Billy Monroe Baker Jr., 28, 355 Pert Creek Road, P.O. Box 546, Whitesburg, who is charged with creating a new Internet identity without registering the new identity and with being a persistent felony offender. Letcher County Sheriff ’s […]

Ward wants sewer for Craft’s Colly



The City of Whitesburg might finally get some relief from the large amount of raw sewage that runs into the Kentucky River from Craft’s Colly, according to Letcher County Judge/Executive Jim Ward. At the October meeting of the Board of Directors of the Letcher County Water and Sewer District, Ward announced the county government is looking at getting funding for […]

LCC offers workshops for parents



Letcher County Central High School will hold parent grade level workshops for all grades nine through 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday, November 12. All parents are invited to attend these workshops. There will be a representative from Kentucky Higher Education attending from 5 to 5:30 p.m. After this session, parents may attend breakout sessions that include information […]

Service Saturday for Toth



A memorial service will be held in Jenkins on Saturday for Christopher Shane Toth, 42, who died October 18 in Nashville, Tenn. The service will be held at 2 p.m. at the Emmanuel Baptist Church. Toth is a graduate of Jenkins High School who was known for making friends easily. He was born in Richmond, Va., on December 20, 1969. […]

Local students succeed at EKU



Five students from Letcher County are members of the Honors Program at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. They are: • Matthew Boggs, Whitesburg, freshman bology major • Kaitlyn Collier, Neon, freshman pre-RN pre-nursing major • Kevin Collier, Neon, freshman undeclared seeking 4 year major • Andi Fields, Whitesburg, freshman chemistry major • Anthony Potter, Thornton, sophomore forensic science and chemistry […]

The story behind the Babe Beans

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My wife Loretta and I picked the last mess of green beans we’ll be getting out of the garden this year just before dark Monday. In fact, I didn’t even know they were there until we went out to check on our most-likely, lost-cause snow peas that are about ready to blossom but may not get the chance. I planted […]

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