2020-11-18

Liquor burglary solved

Whitesburg Police have arrested a 21-year-old man and charged him with breaking into Food City Wine and Spirits. Police Chief and Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator Tyrone Fields said Ryan McFall, 21, turned himself in Monday morning and gave him a written statement. A juvenile was also involved in the burglary, which netted the would-be thieves nothing for their trouble, Fields […]

Kentucky Power’s rate request draws fire

Organizations ranging from the Sierra Club to the American Association of Retired Persons are opposing a rate hike requested by Kentucky Power Company. The Kentucky Public Service Commission held hearings on the proposal online on Friday, Nov. 13, and Monday, Nov. 16, and received several comments from residents asking that the rate increase be denied. Most were from residents on […]

Turner supports court’s decision



In the case styled Beshear v. Acree, the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a sweeping and unanimous decision that Governor Andy Beshear’s emergency actions to address the COVID-19 pandemic are legal. The court said they were not only constitutionally sound but “was, and continues to be, necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health and safety of all […]

Falcon was welcome visitor

Points East

Last Friday, noonish, I was sitting on the front porch soaking up the last warm day we’re apt to see for awhile, when Loretta stepped outside to bring me a cup of just-brewed coffee. I’m lucky she didn’t spill half of it in my lap because she was no sooner put the door than she began exclaiming, “Look, look, look […]

Jewel Crase dies at 91

Jewel Boggs Crase, 91, died November 11, 2020, at her home on Cowan. A daughter of the late Harrison Boggs Sr., and Ora Boggs, she was the mother of the late Penny Crase. Mrs. Crase was also preceded in death by her husband, Dorsey Crase, and twelve siblings. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to all. […]

Rites held for Zachary Back

Services for Zachary Douglas Back, 26, were held November 11 at the Isom Pentecostal Church. Burial was in the Dixon Cemetery at Elk Creek. A son of Jessica Hatton Bolling and the late Eric Douglas Back, he was born in Whitesburg. He died November 6 in Blackey. He was preceded in death by a sister, Tiffany Hatton, and his grandparents, […]

Now here’s a tip!

• “At a home center recently, I saw a zip-up bag to store artificial Christmas trees in. This bag looked like luggage, with wheels on one end. I have purchased two, and I use them under my bed to store off-season clothes. I can pull the handle and they wheel right out, and I no longer have to get down […]

SPEAKING OF SOAPS

RECAPS – NOV. 16-20

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL — Flo attempted to referee when Wyatt made an accusation against Shauna. Impressed with Carter’s style, Paris congratulated Zoe on her engagement. Wyatt and Flo laid down the law to Shauna about Eric, and Quinn. Liam attempted to persuade Steffy that Thomas is faking his drastic change. Quinn lashed out at her former BFF Shauna […]

How to fight boredom

Senior News

Are we bored yet? Of course we are. We’re staying indoors, especially now that cold weather has arrived, not shopping, not visiting friends, not doing much of anything. Somehow we have to get through this winter, though, and now might be the time to explore things that are new and different to us. Here are some ideas: Change the channel. […]

This week’s top videos and DVDs

Top 10 Video Rentals 1. Hocus Pocus (PG) Bette Midler 2. Spell (R) Omari Hardwick 3. After We Collided (R) Josephine Langford 4. An Imperfect Murder (R) Sienna Miller 5. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG) animated 6. Ava (R) Jessica Chastain 7. Fatima (PG-13) Joaquim de Almeida 8. Wolf of Snow Hollow (R) Jim Cummings 9. Happy Halloween, […]