PHELPS, Ky: Thursday’s special Olympics will provide great memories for all the participants. However, for one competitor from Phelps High School, the games will pale in comparison to the memories she made last Friday night. Madison Lawson, who was born with Spina bifida, is paralyzed from the…
Read MoreLetcher County, Ky:A Letcher County Grand Jury indicted four people recently for trafficking in meth. 41-year-old Brian Broome; 42-year-old Heather Moore, both of Jenkins; and 37-year-old Barry Kinney and 21-year-old Emily Caudill, both of Pike County; were all charged with complicity to traffic in…
Read MorePikeville, Ky: Operation UNITE is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. UNITE takes a three-pronged approach to combat substance abuse. The program launched in April 2003 by Congressman Hal Rogers in response to news coverage of widespread prescription painkiller abuse. UNITE serves 32 counties…
Read MoreJenkins, Ky: A groundbreaking is planned for a new business in Jenkins. The distribution center for Hunt Brothers Pizza, which is currently located in Mayking, near Whitesburg, is slated to relocate to the Gateway Industrial Park in the Jenkins city limits. The relocation will bring about a half-dozen…
Read MorePikeville, Ky: The American Association of Colleges of Medicine recently honored Dr. Boyd R. Buser with the first-ever Board Chair Special Recognition Award. Buser is vice president for health affairs and dean of the University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine. The award was presented…
Read MoreMartin County, Ky: A citizens group has scored a victory in the continuing investigation into Martin County Water District. The Kentucky Public Service Commission has been looking into Martin County Water’s long history of problems with water quality and significant water loss. Last year, Martin…
Read MoreYesterday, we told you about a campaign commercial by former Massey Energy CEO and Republican Senate candidate Don Blankenship, in which he says he will “ditch Cocaine Mitch” if elected. That was a reference to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and it was not the first time McConnell…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky – On Thursday, more than 200 students from 18 schools in Pike and Letcher Counties participated in the Special Olympics, which has been hosted for nearly 10 years by the Pike County Youth Leadership Council. “With this, we want everyone to feel equal,” said Pryce…
Read MoreThe investigation into an alleged murder in Letcher County is underway. Kentucky State Police charged two people in a murder that allegedly occurred in the Neon community. 38-year-old Clifford Caudill, of Welch Hollow in Neon, and 50-year-old Dedra Anne Keathley, of Joes Creek in Pike County, are both…
Read MoreUPDATE: The Letcher County Community News-Press is reporting that police are on the scene where a body was found on Haymond Hill near Neon. The paper is reporting that police believe the body is that Ricky Gibson. The paper is reporting the body found is that of a person who died as a result of a gunshot…
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