Whitesburg News

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer Sgt. 1st Class Lance Cornett, Staff Sgt. Christopher N. Hamlin, Lance Cpl.

A leaking dam that some Letcher County residents feared could collapse and flood homes hadn't been inspected by state regulators in more than a decade.

The Pineville Independent School Board met Monday night in regular session. The prevailing topic for the Board was future plans for improving Pineville schools through economic efficiency, community improvement and overall progression.

Officials from all three Southeastern Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges held a forum Monday in Letcher County to discuss improvements to the coal industry.

For some senior citizens, it was a chance to get dressed up and cut a rug. Carl Parrott was surprised when his name was called to be prom king.

On 5/21/09 at 0830 hrs KSP Hazard received a call from J & A Mining Company at Friday Branch in Letcher County, reporting a rock truck driver had backed over the dump site.

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq a ' Sustainers began an Iraqi Cultural Awareness class here at the 3d Sustainment Command headquarters April 27.

A joint investigation by the Letcher County Sheriff's Office, the Kentucky State Police Drug Enforcement Special Investigation East, the HIDTA Drug Task Force and the Federal Bureau of Investigations has resulted in the arrest of several Letcher County residents as well as two subjects now living in Detroit, Michigan.

The Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard is investigation a 3 vehicle fatality collision that happened just after noon on the Whitesburg by-pass section of Highway 15.

An Eastern Kentucky man was killed Saturday in a three-vehicle crash in Letcher County.

They can shut down Main Street for the bike show - why not for art? That's what John Pellegrini, a Whitesburg doctor and art collector, wanted to know.

A Viper woman was killed Sunday when the car she was driving crossed a center line in Whitesburg and hit another vehicle, police said.

The Flower and Garden Show this weekend at the London Community Center had something for everyone from a living plant wall to homemade lollipops.

Federal officials have filed a request for a coal miner to get back his job after he was fired, allegedly for reporting a potential safety violation at a Harlan County underground mine.

A 25 year old Letcher County man is wanted by the Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard as the result of a stabbing that took place in the Blackey community of Letcher County.

Gov. Steve Beshear is heading to eastern Kentucky to make check presentations and cut ribbons with local officials.

With their popping purple blooms and their tendency to hug the highway, redbud trees make driving in Laurel County a true pleasure.

Sept. 22, 1932 - April 14, 2009 Lee Anna "Polly" Golliher, 76, of Whitesburg, KY, passed away April 14, 2009, at Whitesburg Medical Center.

A group of volunteers from Letcher County is fighting to find a cure for cancer one flush at a time.

The landscape of U.S. 119 entering into Letcher County is set to change in the upcoming years as construction has begun on a section of road that starts 1.3 miles east of the Harlan County line.