Middlesboro News

September was better news for the jobless in Bell County. Kentucky Labor Force Estimates reported nearly a full point drop in unemployment, from 13.3 percent August to 12.5 percent in September.

The Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency will begin the "Subsidy" portion of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program today, to assist low-income households in Bell County with monthly home heating costs.

" A Middlesboro resident was arrested recently on multiple charges of sexual assault and sodomy.

MIDDLESBORO a ' As of Nov. 1, Delta Natural Gas Co. customers will see a significant reduction in their natural gas bills.

So you're one of those superb drivers who can multi-task, right? Well, that might have been what 53,000 Kentucky motorists were thinking when they suddenly found themselves in an auto crash in 2008.

The Middlesboro Department of Community Based Services and the Big Sandy Area Development District hosted a month-long Job Readiness class for the participants of the Kentucky Works Program , and the overall objective of the class was to help participants locate and maintain employment.

PINEVILLE a ' Bell Circuit Court recently handed down several sentencings. David Joseph Poppiti, 19, of New Castle, Deleware, was found guilty of murder, a Capital Offense, and first degree fleeing or evading police, a Class D felony.

Those attending Tuesday night's public forum on the proposed methadone clinic here in Pulaski County were hoping to pepper those responsible with questions about what could be expected.

Middlesboro Daily News' own Howard Baker spoke to an energetic group of students at Pineville Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon about the importance of Halloween safety.

Kentucky Community and Technical College System President Dr. Michael B. McCall visited Bell County on Wednesday morning as part of a recently instituted Public Advocacy Campaign.

Editor's note: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is Angie Meade Cody's story of survival, in her own words.

This June 2009 photo released by Southeast Community College shows an animatronic miner loading coal onto a transport car as another prepares to haul it out of Portal 31, a tourist mine in Lynch, Ky.

MIDDLESBORO a ' Workers at Delta Natural Gas Company in Middlesboro had a startling Wednesday morning after a car crashed into their building on Cumberland Avenue.

The defense attorneys for two high-profile murder suspects in Bell County made their case Thursday morning in a pretrial hearing to have the trial moved to another venue.

In a quick meeting Tuesday night, Middlesboro City Council approved the second reading of the city's personnel policy ordinance.

The Middlesboro Board of Education met in regular session on Monday evening at the Middlesboro Intermediate School Library.

PORTAL 31: Coal mine tour in Lynch, Ky.; kingdomcome.org/portal/index.html or 606-848-1530. Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Adults, $10; seniors, $9; high school and college students, $7; children under 12, $5; children under 3, free.

Pictured above is Judge Robert Costanzo administering the oath of office to Robert Terry Yoakum, who was appointed Bell County District Judge by the governor.

Jason Henry Partin, 35, of Pineville was recently indicted by a Bell County Grand Jury for assault in the first degree.

The Bell County Sheriff's Department has recovered numerous items stolen from four area churches and caught several of the suspected thieves they believe responsible.