Day: June 7, 2012

Hundreds rally in Frankfort

  Crowd voices support of coal By KAREN JONES CODY Hundreds of Eastern Kentucky residents traveled to Frankfort on Tuesday to show their support for the coal industry. A rally was held just prior to a hearing with federal Environmental Protection Agency…

Fire destroys Carr Creek home

  By JORDAN THOMAS HALL A weekend fire has left a home in Littcarr in ruins. Carr Creek Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire around 11:30 Sunday morning. Upon arriving at a residence in Seals Hollow they discovered a…

Ailing man with big heart rescues fawn

By JORDAN THOMAS HALL Always the animal lover, Ray Mullins of Topmost was both shocked and delighted when walking near his home on Puncheon Rd. Thursday morning. Mullins, 76, spotted a baby deer standing on the roadway. His instincts took…

City hears good news on grants

  By SHARON K. HALL The Hindman City Council took several actions in Monday night’s meeting. Business included Kentucky Power Company resolution, Troublesome Creek Environmental Authority Memorandum of Agreement, second reading of the budget, and approval to remove mandatory 90-…

Knott County mother praises Hazard ARH surgeon’s care following daughter’s traumatic go-cart injury

It wasn’t anything out of the ordinary for spunky eight-year-old Hannah Click to hop on the Go-Cart with her 23-year- old sister to take a couple laps around her family’s Knott County home. But while it was something she did…

Family looks for missing man

Jonathan Morgan, age 24, has been missing since May 30. Morgan was last seen in a 2002 black Dodge Ram truck at the Hoskins Medical Clinic beside Hardee’s in Hyden. He was wearing a red American Eagle T-shirt with jeans;…

Dueling rallies precede EPA hearings

  Reprinted from the Lexington Herald-Leader, with their permission. By BILL ESTEP Lexington Herald-Leader FRANKFORT — Hundreds of people in favor of mountaintop mining in Eastern Kentucky started congregating for a rally in the state Capitol before 5 p.m. Tuesday. While…

State expanding veteran cemeteries

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials are moving toward meeting the increasing demand for veteran cemeteries. The Courier-Journal reports that four state veteran cemeteries have been built across Kentucky and a fifth one is being planned in Leslie County to…

Patriots Fall to Hazard

  The 2012 Knott County Central baseball season came to a close with a 7-4 loss to Hazard in the first round of the 14th region baseball tournament. Knott County finished off a pretty decent season, considering they were facing…