Murder suspect arrested after muti-county pursuit by KSP

The Kentucky State Police attempted to conduct a traffic stop on I-75 South near the 83-mile marker in Madison County just after 10:12 a.m. on January 18. The initial investigation indicated that the vehicle’s operator was driving carelessly. The Trooper activated his emergency equipment and the vehicle initially stopped. Once Troopers approached the vehicle the unknown driver sped off and […]

Mousie News

Hindman High – the Green and Gold: Mousie was well represented at the basketball game held Jan. 21, 2023, Saturday night, in the old Hindman High School gym. Donna Campbell reported, “It was a part of the Glory Road Hindman Gym induction to the High School Hall of fame. Loved seeing all those old Yellowjackets. Knott County Central players wore […]

Caney News


On the weekend of January 15, it looked and felt like Winter had arrived. On that Thursday a major change seemed evident nationwide: a 3.0 earthquake in California, a hail storm, multiple tornados in the south, followed by flurries on Friday and then measurable snow that night. Thankfully it didn’t create driving hazards because pavements were retaining some of the […]

State Highway Dept.

A story of flood survivors

I sat in Bobby Smith’s office to get a report from the manager of the state highway department on how the flood affected them. The garage is up Right Fork of Troublesome Creek, on Route 160. I knew roads were torn up all over the county. On the morning of July 28, we all wanted to move around to find […]

From the Mountains

The Kentucky River Giant part 2

Martin Van Buren Bates, the son of John W. and Sarah Bates was born November 9, 1837, in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. His parents, five sisters and five brothers were all of normal size. Martin began growing at an unordinary pace at age seven and eight. His father marked his height on the wall each month with a pencil. […]

Keep Life Simple


Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out. Proverbs 10:9 Have you ever thought about what it would have been like to live before the conveniences of modern technology? Imagine washing clothes by hand, or even needing to make your own clothes from scratch . Today we have more conveniences, more time-saving devices, […]

Obituaries

KNOTT COUNTY Bristol Eugene Adams Bristol Eugene Adams, age 80 of Garner, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2023, at the Pikeville Medical Center. He was born at Garner, on February 22, 1942 to the late Jody Adams and Virgie Slone Adams. He is survived by his brothers and sisters: Christine Calhoun, Lizzy Slone, Frank (Girdalee) Adams, Sue Short, Brenda Adams […]

Notices of Intent to Mine

NOTICE OFINTENTION TO MINEPursuant to ApplicationNumber 860-5389, Renewal2 In accordance with KRS 350.055, notice is hereby given that Blue Diamond Mining, LLC, 250 West Main Street, Suite 2000, Lexington, Kentucky 40507 has applied for a renewal of a permit for an underground support operation located 3.0 miles North of Vicco in Knott County. The proposed operation will disturb 17.2 surface […]

Political Cartoon

Coolest team mascots

Voice of dissent: A point of view from the other side

I was looking at the NCAA Basketball standings the other day just to see where Marshall, Morehead, UK, Western Kentucky, Liberty and a couple other teams I like stood in their divisions. As I was looking through those various conferences, I came across several names of teams’ mascots that I thought were kind of cool. As a result, I copied […]