2013-01-09

New thriller stars Swyteck




James Grippando continues to deliver great legal suspense with his latest thriller, “Blood Money” (Harper). His hero, Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck, has appeared in previous novels, but this case becomes his most personal. According to the general public and the media, Swyteck’s client Sydney Bennett is guilty of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Everyone but the court has already […]

Somehow word got out about this one birthday

Points East

Last Saturday was my birthday and somehow the word got out. For the first time since I opened an email account over 16 years ago, my mailbox was full on Sunday morning. I’m not sure how AOL goes about allocating mailbox space, but I do know that 516 birthday cards, mostly generated by Facebookers, is all that mine will hold. […]

Eldridge gets honor



Kelah Eldridge, senior guard for the Letcher County Central High School Lady Cougar basketball team, was chosen to the six-person All Tournament team at the 2012 Surf n Slam Basketball Tournament. Eldridge scored 64 points, dealt out 26 assists, gathered 12 rebounds, and had nine steals in the three games in San Diego, California. The Lady Cougars beat Lakeside, Washington, […]

Who are favorites for 2013 Chase?



Sir Isaac Newton’s law — “To each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” — doesn’t fully apply at this NASCAR juncture, because a new season is about to start. New cars, rules changes and the like are undoubtedly going to produce actions and reactions of their own. Still, there were some developments in 2012 that might lead to […]

Lady Cougars to face test from No. 23 Shelby Valley



The Letcher County Central Lady Cougars will take on the No. 23 Shelby Valley Lady Wildcats at 7 p.m. Thursday in the WYMT Classic at Perry County Central in Hazard. Shelby Valley, now 12-2, tuned up for tomorrow night’s matchup with a 79-41 win at Jenkins on Monday. Letcher Central was expected to easily defeat June Buchanan School on Tuesday […]

Rites held for Brian Collins



Funeral services for Brian Keith Collins, 25, of Colson, were held January 2 at Lighthouse Church. Burial was in the Collins Cemetery at Burgey’s Creek. A son of Elwin Collins and Evelyn Collins of Colson, he was a grandson of the late Bud and Sue Collins, and a nephew of the late Ruth ‘Moose’ Sexton, Chester Amburgey and Charlie Collins. […]

The way we were

Clips from Mountain Eagle front pages over the past 60 years

Jan. 8, 1953 Mrs. Cora Reynolds Frazier, Whitesburg school teacher and widow of Troy W. Frazier, announced her candidacy for the Republican ticket for Letcher County Court Clerk. In announcing her candidacy, Mrs. Frazier said she has received encouragement from friends who want her to seek the office her late husband held for a few months in 1950 before a […]

Charlotte Mabe dies at 84



Charlotte Louise Mabe, 84, of Lexington, died January 4 at the Tanbark Health Care Center in Lexington. Born in Evarts to Margaret Kennedy of Williamson, W.Va., and the late Mike Kennedy, she was the widow of French Mabe Jr. She was the mother of the late French Made III, and a sister of the late Donald Kennedy. She lived in […]

Man held in copper theft employed by scrap yard



A scrap yard employee was charged with receiving stolen property after police found stolen AT&T copper telephone wiring behind his home at Colson. Jimmy W. Cook II, 32, of 173 Ragweed Road, is accused of receiving and retaining stolen AT&T copper telephone wiring valued in excess of $500. He was also charged with possessing protective wire casing police found next […]

LCC band still needs $$$ for D.C. trip



With less than two weeks to go until the 57th Presidential Inaugural Parade, more than 40 percent of total funds needed have been raised to cover the costs of getting the Letcher County Central High School Marching Band and the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) Cadet Honor Guard to Washington, D.C. An estimated $75,000 is needed to pay for […]