Local Obituaries-Wednesday December 13, 2023

Louis Sandlin Louis Sandlin, age 40, of Dry Fork, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at the Whitesburg ARH. He is survived by his father: Sherrell Sandlin; 1 brother: Rocky […]
Local Obituaries-Tuesday December 12, 2023

Walter Allen Walter Allen, age 59, of Mayking, passed away on Friday December 8, 2023 at the Whitesburg ARH. He is survived by his wife: Medina Allen of Mayking; 1 […]
City of Evarts Dealing With Water Issues

The City of Evarts is supplying some bottled water following another outage within the city and Black Mountain Utility District. The trouble began with the heavy weekend rains that churned […]
Pike County Couple Plead Guilty on Drug and Weapons Charges

A Pike County couple will be spending several years in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug and gun charges. Mountain Top News reports Joshua Allen and Malinda Mounts of […]
Audit Finds No Inappropriate Payments Made From Flood Relief Fund

A state audit of the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund has found no improper payments were made to anyone from the Fund. The Hazard Herald reports the Kentucky Auditor […]
Road Work Delays This Week on Hal Rogers Parkway in Leslie County

Expect some roadwork delays on the Hal Rogers Parkway in Leslie County tomorrow and Thursday. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will be doing bridge deck repairs on Hal Rogers near mile […]
High School Basketball Mountain Scoreboard-Monday December 11

Girls Betsy Layne beat Belfry 56-30 Pike County Central over JI Burton VA 52-40 Leslie County beat Paintsville 64-54 Martin County over Magoffin County 91-53 Hazard over Wolfe County 71-49 […]
Knott Central at Letcher Central Boys/Girls District Doubleheader Tonight

It’s a big 53rd District boys/girls doubleheader tonight as Letcher County Central welcomes in Knott County Central at LCC gym. The LCC Lady Cougars and KCC Lady Patriot girls play […]
#14 Kentucky faces #9 North Carolina Saturday in Atlanta

After coming off a victory against the Penn Quakers last Saturday, the Kentucky Wildcats moved up two spots in the latest AP Poll, checking in at No. 14. There was […]
Former Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll Passes Away

Former Kentucky Governor Julian Morton Carroll has passed away at the age of 92. Carroll served as Governor from 1975 to 1979 having been Lieutenant Governor prior. He also served […]