2021-05-12

Water rates in Neon to go up 3% on July 1


Water rates for customers of the Fleming-Neon Water Company will increase by three percent beginning July 1. Mayor Susie Polis reminded city water customers of the increase at the May meeting of the Fleming Neon City Council. The rate increase occurs automatically each year and was factored in as part of a loan agreement with Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to make […]

SIGNS TO PLAY COLLEGE BASEBALL WITH MIDWAY

SIGNS TO PLAY COLLEGE BASEBALL WITH MIDWAY — Letcher County Central High School senior CJ Akers recently signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Midway University. He is the son of Krista and James Akers of Haymond and is the grandson of Red and Edna Austin of Haymond, and of Otis Akers of Duffield, Virginia, and the late […]

5th grader is nation’s best elementary school archer

Letcher County has a national champion archer, and she’s a student in the Jenkins Independent School District. Kimber Collins, a fifth grader at Jenkins Elementary School, is National Elementary Champion in the National Archery in the Schools Program. She completed the Virtual National Tournament, which ended Sunday, with a score of 284 out of 300. She placed first out of […]