Things did not appear to go smoothly for one man accused of trying to smuggle a live smoke grenade onto a plane by hiding it in a jar of peanut butter.
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by RODERICK MULLINS CLINTWOOD, Va. — The Dickenson County School Board took action on key fiscal and personnel items during its meeting on Wednesday, June 24, including finalizing plans for the upcoming school year and recognizing staff for their long-term service. Budget and Financial PlanningSchool officials provided an update on the fiscal year 2027 budget, noting that the Virginia General Asse
by RODERICK MULLINS CLINTWOOD, Va. — The Dickenson County Board of Supervisors tackled a wide-ranging agenda Tuesday evening that included budget approvals for the upcoming fiscal year, solid waste regulations, economic development agreements and appointments to several county boards and committees. Prior to the regular meeting, supervisors held public hearings on a proposed Solid Waste Ordinance
A man was arrested after a stabbing in Elkview Thursday night.
LONDON — Magoffin County student-athlete Bella Trusty (East Juniors) received the Mark O’Brien Spirit of Competition Award during the East-West All-Star Series, which was held on Saturday, June 20. The additional recipients of the Mark O’Brien Spirit of Competition Award were Alyssa Cartwright (West Juniors), Adelyn Bradstreet (West Juniors) and Josie Dials (East Seniors). Trusty [...]
A man was charged with attempted murder following a stabbing in the parking lot of a Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken on Thursday in northern Kentucky, according to an arrest citation.
SITKA — Michael Paul Howard drove to a win in the Crate Late Model feature race at 201 Speedway on Saturday, June 20. Howard, a driver out of Salyersville, started second in the Crate Late Model feature race. The additional drivers from Salyersville in the Crate Late Model feature race were Chase Hunley, Cody Hunley, [...]
SALYERSVILLE — The MCHS Boys’ Basketball Summer Camp will be held at the Magoffin County High School Gym Monday, July 13-Thursday, July 16. The camp is for boys and girls in grades K-8. Each camper should bring their own basketball. The camp will be conducted from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. each day. Skill work, competitions and [...]
Several people were arrested in relation with a drug trafficking investigation, the Harlan County Sheriff’s Office says.
In this episode of Aging Untold: what’s behind hip pain and how to know when it’s time to consider a hip replacement, plus questions to ask before your next appointment.
SITKA — Returning to victory lane, Scott Lemaster won the 201 Speedway Sport Modified feature race at 201 Speedway on Saturday, June 20. Lemaster is an experienced driver who wins regularly. He earned a feature win at 201 Speedway for the second time in three weeks. Lemaster, a native of Salyersville, delivered a strong performance [...]
SITKA — Salyersville driver Chandler Lykins pushed for a feature win in the Open Wheel Modified feature race at 201 Speedway on Saturday, June 20. After starting sixth, Lykins managed to finish second in the Open Wheel Modified feature race. Brandon Hutchinson (McDowell) started first and prevailed in the Open Wheel Modified class. Brandon Russell, [...]
A grandmother in New York state is suspected of poisoning her daughter and four grandchildren, leading to their deaths.
The signs or urinary incontinence, when to seek medical help and how to move past the stigma.
Troopers say they responded to a single-vehicle crash involving an ATV on Hiram West Road just north of State Route 32 in Milton Township at approximately 1:27 a.m. Friday.
The event will now be held at Jerk’s in Pullman Square, featuring the Rylee Bapst Band.
New information has been released in the search for a missing woman at Grayson Lake.
MOUTHCARD, Ky. — Three people have been arrested following a drug investigation by Pikeville Police. The investigation led officers to the Family Dollar store on Card Mountain Road. There, they made contact with three suspects, Donald Bain, 46, of Tazewell, Va.; Angela Bishop, 47, of Blacksburg, Va.; and Randall Scott Nicley, 46, of Apopka, Fla. Bain was found to have a Crown Royal bag tucked into
Skaters at a roller-skating rink in Baton Rouge say the growing interest is about more than social media trends. It’s about freedom, community and a chance to reset.
LEXINGTON - The largest-ever University of Kentucky Wildcat Pulling Team has returned from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition in Bloomington, [...]
PAINTSVILLE — The JCHS Shot Put & Discus Throwing Clinic is set to be held at Johnson Central High School from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, July 11. Coach Tim Ferguson will host the throwing clinic. The fee for the clinic is $40 per athlete. The fee includes a T-shirt and a stretching/drill band. Coaches [...]
SALYERSVILLE — Magoffin County hosted the Fight Night Lights Youth Camp on Friday, June 19. Young players from throughout Magoffin County attended the youth camp and experienced football under the Friday night lights. Students entering second grade-eighth grade were eligible to attend the camp, which was under the direction of Magoffin County coaching staff. During [...]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - Gov. Andy Beshear and Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers, R-Somerset, have announced $6.6 million in Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) program funds to support continued economic [...]
LOUISA, Ky. — Kentucky State Police has arrested a Lawrence County man on child porn charges. Ricky Henry, 39, of Louisa, was arrested Thursday evening, after police raided a home and seized electronic equipment believed to be used in the crime. He is now charged with nine counts of possession of child porn depicting a victim younger than 12. That charge is a felony, punishable by 5-to-10 years in
FRANKFORT - Gov. Andy Beshear announced on Thursday that reports of serious crime in the state decreased for the second year in a row, as the 2025 Crime in Kentucky. [...]
FRANKFORT - Gov. Andy Beshear is inviting Kentuckians to "Kentucky Celebrates America250" on Saturday, July 4, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (ET) on the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) campus, [...]
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man who had been reported as missing for more than two weeks has been located and arrested. Nicholas Michael Fuller, 38, had been reported as missing after he was last seen June 10. Thursday night, Paintsville Police responded to a repott that someone had been seen entering an abandoned house on Lewis Drive. When officers went to check it out, they found Fuller,
The Kentucky Supreme Court declared recent laws passed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly that moved powers away from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear as unconstitutional. In a Thursday majority opinion written by Justice Michelle Keller, the high court found a 2021 law shifting control of the State Fair Board from the governor to the agriculture commissioner [...]
We love hearing our national anthem played. To see the American Olympic athletes win gold and stand on the podium to receive their medals makes our hearts swell with pride. [...]
It interests me how trees are so often intertwined with our culture and history. The 250th July celebration of our Independence is a good time to review the history of [...]
PEWEE VALLEY — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman hopes to do something no other Republican has done as attorney general — get a second term in office. Coleman, 50, formally announced his reelection bid for the 2027 election in Oldham County Thursday afternoon surrounded by his family, friends and a crowd of supporters, including fellow Republicans Agriculture [...]
A center for civics courses is coming to the University of Kentucky after state Republican lawmakers approved an eleventh-hour addition to an education bill earlier this year, but it’s unclear who spearheaded the idea.
The sightings are normal behavior for this time of year, according to John Hast, bear program coordinator for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife.
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise The Kentucky State Police, local fire and rescue members, as well as a local ambulance service responded to Martins Fork Lake on Thursday afternoon. The [...]
LONDON, Ky. — A former employee of the Floyd County school system who is under indictment for rape and other charges connected to a student is now facing federal charges as well. Darion Breann Huff, 32, of Garrett, was working as a teacher's assistant and tutor at Duff Allen Central Elementary during the 2021-22 school year, when she is accused of making advances and sexual contact with a 14-year-
PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Additional pieces to the 2026-27 Kentucky men’s basketball schedule were unveiled by the Southeastern Conference on Thursday. The Wildcats are slated to play all 15 league foes at least once and will tangle with Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt in home-and-home fashion. The league office debuted the 2026-27 home-and-away designations for the league
“Get in there, send the seasoned diplomats, and get it done."
HINDMAN, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear and Congressman Hal Rogers have announced $2.1 million in Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization funding for a major wastewater project in Knott County. The funding will help expand the Ball Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, more than doubling its capacity from 100,000 gallons per day to 250,000 gallons. State officials say the project will support hundreds o
“I've never used people as political pawns and I never will.”
When people hear the words Medicaid cuts, they often picture numbers on a spreadsheet. On Wednesday in Frankfort, those numbers were projected on a PowerPoint presentation. Yet several basic questions remained unanswered. Kentucky Medicaid Commissioner Lisa Lee and her team were asked about provider recoupments, Medicaid expenditures, and other financial data that could help explain how we [...]
Darrell Dean Cornett, 92, a retired NASA engineer from Arab, Alabama, carried on a family tradition dating back more than 70 years to the end of the Korean War when he rang the family dinner bell at the Cornett family reunion in Blackey. More photos appear inside. The post Bell still calls family together first appeared on The Mountain Eagle .
Letcher Volunteer Fire Department is back on its feet a year after the department went broke and its fire and ambulance services stopped. The fire service is back open, and officials say Neon Fire and Rescue is expected to move an ambulance into the station soon. The Neon service is currently taking calls in the area from its Whitesburg substation. [...] The post Letcher Fire Dept. reopens as ex-c
Tornado sirens are something western Kentuckians and those in other parts of Tornado Alley are used to. But there is a move now to install sirens in Letcher County and link them to stream gauges that will be installed around eastern Kentucky. According to Chris Back, a grant writer with the Kentucky River Area Development District, the U.S. Geological Survey [...] The post ‘Warning sirens’ in work
“Malachi always had a football in his hands,” said Torino Brown, Malachi’s father. “His uncle was about 6-foot-5, and Malachi always prayed for height and the other abilities that God has blessed him with. He was always doing drills as a kid, and I told him if he kept working, he could be special. He took me seriously and put [...] The post Family, football fuel UK recruit from Corbin first appear
It seems summertime has arrived for sure in our area. Daytime temperatures are reaching into the upper 80s and 90s, and the humidity can be very high, making it difficult to fish during mid-day. When we go fishing this time of year, we try to go early in the morning, late in the evening or even at night. The temperatures [...] The post Finding bass and crappie in the summer heat first appeared on
I have been telling you that after my Lake Erie fishing trip — where, after many setbacks, we still managed to catch a boatload of walleye — my next fishing adventure would be to St. Augustine, Florida, in August. Well, plans change, and this time they changed for the better. I have been invited to fish with Morgan’s Guide Service [...] The post The best part isn’t always about the fish you catch
When Arch and Artie Cornett hosted the first Cornett family reunion on the family homeplace off River Road in Blackey near the end of the Korean War, three of their children — Elwood Cornett, 88, Darrell Dean Cornett, 96, and Mildred Cornett Strunk — were there to take part. More than 70 years later, the three surviving members of the [...] The post Family tradition has endured over 70 years first
A Blackey man was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment after allegedly coasting his vehicle with two children inside down Pound Mountain in the wrong lanes of U.S. 23. Zachary Allen Jones, 28, 87 Iris Hill, Blackey, is charged with first-degree possession of controlled substance (first offense, methamphetamine), and two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. According to Jenkins Poli
“If everybody here is part owner, then they’re going to be interested in continuing to help the community and help make this bigger and better,” Martin said. “Even when I’m not around.”
This year’s Independence Day is a special event as America celebrates 250 years since the Continental Congress formally signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
An arrest warrant was executed at a Belfry residence on June 22, with a teenager being charged with several violations, including wanton endangerment against a police officer, according to court records.
The Mountain Water District Board of Commissioners will hold a regular board meeting on at 4 p.m., Thursday, June 25, at its office located at 6332 Zebulon Highway. The public is invited to attend.
I generally try to operate under the idea that the simplest explanation for any action is the right one in many cases.
From the mountains of Eastern Kentucky to the farmlands of Western Kentucky, our rural communities are at the heart of what makes Kentucky special, representing our state’s natural beauty, signature industries, and long-held traditions. With 42 percent of Kentuckians living in ru
BOWLING GREEN – The Magoffin County girls who traveled to Bowling Green for the Miss Kentucky Scholarship Pageant last week represented the county well, coming back with numerous awards and many once-in-a-lifetime memories. Miss Magoffin Erin Grace Rudd was absolutely breathtaking on stage, waking with grace and putting on a stellar performance, and making it [...]
Elgon Partin Jr. went missing in July 2022, leaving behind three children and a family desperate for answers.
Throughout the Ohio River island’s history, flora and fauna have reacted and adjusted to human development like oil and gas wells. As humans abandoned the infrastructure, they've reclaimed their space. The post Muskingum: The End of an Island Refuge's Fossil Fuel Legacy appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .
“Music kind of creates a community, and it’s an exalted position to be up on a stage and to be part of the thing that brings people together,” O’Brien said. The post Grammy Award-Winning Musician Tim O'Brien and the Next Generation of Appalachian Bluegrass appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .
Many credit Addiction Recovery Care with playing a key role in their sobriety. But most also said they felt betrayed by the organization. The post They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud. appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .