2018-08-29

Services held for Ethel Caudill

Funeral services for Ethel Caudill, 90, of Viper, were held August 27 at the Fort Branch Church of God. Burial was in the Caudill Cemetery. A daughter of the late Jim and Alice Maggard, she died August 24 at Hazard Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was the mother of the late Helen Wells, and was also preceded in death by a […]

Shrimp go wild with marinade of jalapenos, garlic, and cayenne


Jolts of grill flavor and spicy heat can enhance the delicately sweet and briny flavor of shrimp, but it’s easy to overdo it. Most recipes overcook the shrimp and finish them in a bath of mouth-numbing sauce; we wanted juicy shrimp with a smoky crust and chili flavor that was more than just superficial. To achieve this, we sprinkled one […]

You really can’t go wrong with cake, cream, and strawberries


It’s hard to believe that the well-loved combination of cake, cream and strawberries could be anything other than perfection, but soggy cake, squishy cream, or bland, underripe berries can easily ruin this heavenly trio. We wanted a sturdy multilayer cake with a firm filling and unmistakable strawberry flavor fit for a starring role_ a berry-filled showpiece that could serve a […]

Make taco night into easy 1-dish meal with a bake


Our spicy beef taco bake packs all the great texture and flavor of taco night into an easy one-dish meal that could easily be prepped ahead of time. We used 93 percent lean ground beef instead of the usual 90 percent because we found that excess grease pooled on the bottom of the dish if stored overnight. We flavored the […]

LCC soccer off to hot start

Letcher County Central High School’s boys’ and girls’ soccer teams are off to good starts this season. The boys’ soccer team entered play this week with a record of two wins and no losses, while the girls’ team won the only game it had played going into this week. In a 3 to 1 in over visiting Harlan County on […]

Cougars to host Bulldogs

The Letcher County Central High School Cougars are facing their third tough challenge in a row as they look for their first win of the season this Friday against the visiting Hazard Bulldogs. The Bulldogs, a perennial Class A power, are led by senior quarterback Bailey Blair and senior running back Skylar Pelfrey. They opened their season August 24 with […]

Cavs to visit Morgan County

Jenkins High School junior running back Josh Fleming (23) looked for room to run last Friday night as senior wide receiver Shawn Laughary (10) helped clear the way with a block. The Cavaliers fell to visiting Twin Valley, Virginia, 54-18. They will visit Morgan County this Friday. Morgan County was idle last Friday after falling to Rowan County, 46 to […]

Struttin’ Time:

This column almost didn’t happen

What a week. Sometimes you should just stay in bed, but you worry that if you do the roof may fall on you. That is how this past week went, and the timing could not have been worse. This is the week we are meeting up in the Daniel Boone National Forest for a 20-year reunion squirrel hunt, and I […]

Gabby’s fishing fever

It pays to watch for certain ‘signs’

When you spend as much time as I have outdoors and around water fishing you learn to watch for signs of wildlife and for fish. When you are fishing, watch in shallow water areas for mud clouds rising to the top. This is a sign of a fish moving from an area because of being spooked or running to hit […]

Can Wildcats win 8?



LEXINGTON The college football season is nigh and it’s just a matter of time before Mark Stoops enters his sixth season at the helm. The Wildcats have made progress in Stoops’s first five seasons, including back-toback postseason appearances during the past two years. I don’t see the bowl streak coming to an end this season and eight victories could be […]