Local Obituaries-Wednesday November 5, 2025
Mary Slone Tolliver Mary Slone Tolliver, age 61, of Whitesburg, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2025 at her residence. She is survived by her husband: Randy Tolliver; ex husband: James […]
Letcher County Attorney Jamie Hatton Not Seeking Re-election
Letcher County Attorney Jamie Hatton has announced that he will not seek reelection in 2026. Hatton said in a statement that after careful consideration he wants to devote more time […]
Harlan County Judge Exec Dan Mosely Not Running for Re-election
Harlan County Judge Executive Dan Mosley says he will not be running for reelection in 2026. In a post on his social media, Mosley, who has been Judge Executive for […]
LIHEAP Enrollment is Now Open Through LKLP
LIHEAP fall subsidy enrollment is now open to help some residents save a little moneyas winter sets in and heating costs start to rise. LKLP Community Action Agency says the […]
Letcher County Food Resource Information
If you need food assistance due to shortages with your SNAP benefits, the LetcherCounty Food Pantry has put together a handy sheet that lists food pantry hours forWhitesburg and Jenkins, […]
LCC Football Cougars Open Class 3A Playoffs at Home Friday Night
The 6-4 Letcher County Central High School Football Cougars will open the Class 3A playoffs at home this FRIDAY against 5-5 Knox Central with kickoff at 7:30pm. We’ll bring you […]
UK Basketball Cats Win Season Opener Over Nicholls State
Collin Chandler scored 15 points and No. 9 Kentucky overcame a slow start to beat Nicholls 77-51 on Tuesday night at Rupp Arena. Otega Oweh scored 13, Jasper Johnson added […]
LCEAA Boys Preseason A & C Team County Tournaments Saturday at LCC
The LCEAA Letcher County boys middle school B and D team county preseason tournaments were held last weekend. The boys D team tournament was won by Whitesburg and the B […]
Instructions on How to Apply for Food Pantry Services in Letcher County
If you need food for your family this week due to SNAP shortages from the governmentshutdown, leaders of the Letcher County Food Pantry in Whitesburg and Vision FoodPantry in Jenkins […]
Jenkins Ind. Schools Helping Students During Government Shutdown
Jenkins Independent Schools has announced that due to the shortage in SNAPbenefits, they will be providing a third meal at the end of each school day to helpsupport students. In […]