2021-02-25

Hwy. 550 crash ends in arrest

According to Kentucky State Police Trooper Leo Slone, a silver Chevy Silverado driven by Jonathon Everage, 31, of Leburn, was traveling toward Hindman on Hwy. 550 E when the driver lost control in a straight stretch in Larkslane. The truck left the roadway around 6:30 a.m. and struck a telephone pole, severing it in two, and came to a rest […]

Floyd Co. drug busts lands 6 in jail

Responding to several tips and complaints of illegal drug activity in the Ivel community, Floyd County Sheriff Sheriff John P. Hunt and deputies made several arrests over the weekend. On Friday night, Feb 19, deputies made a traffic stop on US 23 at Ivel. Deputies discovered that one of the occupants in that vehicle was a fugitive and wanted out […]

Caney News


What a winter we are having! It will be remembered and talked about for a long time. Ice storms, snow, power outages, no heat for many except gas heaters and gas logs, wood fires in fireplaces, propane heaters, etc. We had to be creative and resourceful to find food to eat that didn’t require a stove, microwave, or toaster oven. […]

Carrie Community News


Hello, readers in and out of town. We’ve about got February in the books. Hope this finds everyone doing good! First, we want to send our love and prayers to the families in our county who lost loved ones. Carole Dean Combs, Erma Dene Engle, Glen Bentley and Ms. Irma Stepp at ALC — they will all be missed in […]

Mousie News

The Food Critic raves: Junior’s Hibatchi offers a scrumptious selection that will please every palate. Dinners come with yum yum sauce and choice of two sides: vegetables, noodles or rice. Ted got the steak dinner and I got the chicken dinner. Both were delicious. They also have a shrimp or vegetarian dinner. Hibatchi originated in Japan about a thousand years […]

Remembering special friends

From the Mountains

Hunting Ole Slewfoot

Jim and Jesse and the Virginia boys, bluegrass Hall of Fame members, sang about ole Slewfoot, an oversized bear who was a nemesis to all who lived within miles. C. Hodge Mathes, a professor at Maryville College in eastern Tennessee in the late 1800’s and right after the turn of the century, spent many of his vacations and holidays exploring […]

Observer’s Log

Perseverance


This week NASA pulled off another sterling performance by landing the rover Perseverance on Mars. The rover’s primary mission is to look for evidence of past life, either direct chemical or organic signs in the composition and the chemistry of rocks. It will also look for textural evidence in the rock record. All this will take place in its landing […]

Happy Birthday

February 18Russel Sue SmithTristan Lee CampbellTyler CouchMike RennGreg Amburgey February 19Jonathan R. MorganHope Bolen February 20Peyton Rylee SloneRebecca BaldridgeTim E. CornettDylan CraftRuphenia Sue CombsCarrie ShortEdna GibsonMadison Carpenter February 21Eden Isabella SloneIda HughesLarry WattsJordan Reed MorganCallie Marie Howard February 22Rowdy Logan HallKirsten Dee LafertyKeenan Lamar LafertyRandy FoutsKay JonesJoshua K. EppersonRandy BoggsPeyton HallIrene Cornett February 23Aaliyah M. MillerWilliam Griggs SloneKevin MillerZeda Amburgey […]

Happy Anniversary

February 19Michael & Patty HicksDoug & Hope Bolen February 23Leroy & Mae Haynes February 24Janiice & Darrell ConleyKenneth & Robie Dyer