Bell County News

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.

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.

PINEVILLE a ' The Bell County Circuit Court recently handed down several sentencings.

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.

On April 29, 2009, James C. "Jamie" Kelly, age 42 of Tazewell, Tenn., was found dead.

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.

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

The internet is an information superhighway that has completely changed the way schools teach.

Phil Osborne, director of the FACES of Coal organization, made a stop in Bell County on Thursday evening to meet with local officials and members of the media to discuss the future of the coal industry in Kentucky.

H1N1 vaccines are coming to Kentucky health departments weekly now, and are spreading further across the state.

A fourth suspect has been arrested in a string of church burglaries in Bell County, Kentucky.

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.

Several schools in the Bell County School District had great attendance last year and finished on top region-wide for the Kentucky Directors of Pupil Personnel High Attendance Day.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions: Gov.

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.

A discussion between a Bell County man and Bell County Judge-Executive Albey Brock concerning a roadway became heated as the man persisted with questioning during the court's regular meeting on Tuesday.

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

Two eastern Kentucky teens are behind bars in Tennessee, for their alleged roles in a rash of Bell County church burglaries.

Bell County authorities have arrested two adults and a juvenile in connection with the burglaries of four churches.