Cumberland News

A Harlan County teacher receives a prestigious honor. Walter Dick, a longtime instructor at schools in Benham and Cumberland, is one of three educators selected for the Governor Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame.

Six young adults have been charged with manufacturing methamphetamine after authorities happened to uncover a meth lab Sunday night near the McCreary County Schools bus garage.

Problems are still plaguing the Cumberland City Council despite their progress in beautification and restoration projects.

Finance Department We have over 20 banks onsite and ready to meet whatever needs you may have.

JASON EDWARDS/Harlan Daily Enterprise Ross Kegan, vice president of operations for Black Mountain Resources LLC., spoke with Reecie Stagnolia Jr.

The Cumberland City Council hopes to expand by annexing Cumberland Elementary School.

A number of kids in south-central Kentucky are vaccinated following some of the first H1N1 clinics in schools there.

Two men were injured in an automobile wreck on West Ky. 80 on Sunday, and authorities believe alcohol intoxication may have been a factor.

DEBBIE CALDWELL/Harlan Daily Enterprise A Cumberland man died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle and vehicle crash Sunday on U.S. 119.

Local businessman Ward Correll understands the price of freedom - and who is paying it.

DEBBIE CALDWELL/ Daily Enterprise Eighteen people were arrested Friday morining in the Tri-Cities area during a roundup by the Harlan County Sheriffa s Office.

Dr. Rachel Lewis-Shelton, a Harlan County native, was recently featured in Southern Kentucky Health and Family Journal for her work with breast cancer patients.

The City of Burnside has a new police officer. Matthew L. Brown was officially sworn into duty by Mayor Chuck Fourman Monday at the November council meeting.

Annual Haunted Hayride on Halloween Night @ Midnight. Enjoy real haunted stories as you ride through the scary places that are still said to be haunted.

U.S. Congressman Harold "Hal" Rogers announced Thursday that the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Community Services has approved a $600,000 grant for the Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation to create 40 jobs in Cumberland.

Another H1N1 Death Reported Lake Cumberland Area Location of second death approximately 70 miles from Adair County, KY By Amy Tomlinson, LCDHD The Lake Cumberland District Health Department is reporting the death of a McCreary County resident as the second H1N1 influenza-associated death in the area.

On 10/24/2009 at 8:20 pm, Kentucky State Police Post 10 Harlan responded to a child abuse call from Harlan ARH.

The last of three people involved in an April home invasion pleaded guilty to related charges last week in circuit court.

State police have charged a Harlan County man with abusing his 3-month-old son. Carl C. Crider, 25, of Cumberland allegedly squeezed his son's abdomen.

A prowler in the Cumberland Manor apartments Friday night wasn't sly enough to avoid being caught.