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Morris selected for university’s athletic hall of fame
The University of the Cumberlands honored a special group of former athletes as they were inducted into the 2013 Athletic Hall of Fame recently. Among them for his athletic and coaching success is Lynch resident and longtime coach Roger Morris. Born the son of Victor and Maxie Morris in Keokee, Va., Morris is the ninth of 10 children including seven girls and three boys. Father, Victor Sr., played baseball in the coal fields in the late 1...
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Howard, Blevins, Carlisle arraigned in circuit court
Harlan Circuit Court handled several arraignments Thursday, including three for receiving stolen property and one for custodial interference. Fred Scott Howard, 34, of Baxter, Chandra Blevins, 29, of Baxter, and Bobbi Carlisle, 26, of Baxter, were arraigned separately by Special Judge Robert McGinnis on indictments resulting from alleged activities that occurred in February. According to the indictments, on or about Feb. 8, Howard, Blevin...
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Tremont woman faces drug charges
A Tremont woman faces drug charges after police allegedly found drugs and drug paraphernalia on her after she was arrested on a Bell County warrant. Sylvia Hancock, 38, was arrested by Kentucky State Police Trooper Rodney Sturgill on Thursday. According to the citation, Hancock advised authorities she had a syringe on her once she arrived at the Harlan County Detention Center. Hancock handed the syringe over voluntarily, police said. Th...
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Former ranger sentenced on child porn charges
A former forest ranger, who entered a plea of guilty on charges related to child pornography, was sentenced Thursday in Harlan Circuit Court. Bobby Kelly, 31, appeared with his attorney Kent Varney in front of Judge Robert McGinnis for sentencing on a 27-count indictment from 2010. Before sentence was passed, Varney called witnesses to attest to Kelly’s character. Varney called Tracy Bailey to testify first. Bailey said she had known Ke...
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US Court of Appeals upholds decision
After a long battle to save his chosen career as a coal miner, Charles Scott Howard continues working at Cumberland River Coal Company (CRCC) Band Mill No. 2 Mine, a subsidy of energy giant Arch Coal, at Eolia in Letcher County, after the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) decision that CRCC had unlawfully fired Howard because of his numerous safety activities was upheld by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit on Thursday. A Harlan ...
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Water company responds to fire hydrant rental fees
Calling it a misunderstanding, Harlan Municipal Water Works Superintendent Otis Lewis said Harlan Fiscal Court has been paying rental fees for fire hydrants “for years.” At a recent meeting of the Harlan Fiscal Court, Harlan County Treasurer Ryan Creech brought to the court’s attention a request from Harlan Municipal Water Works asking for payment of rental fees for three fire hydrants located on KY 840 and in Rio Vista. Magistrate David Ke...
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Child, 9, dies in ATV crash
The funeral will be held Saturday for a 9-year-old Pound, Va., boy who was killed Wednesday in an ATV wreck. According to Virginia State Police and the Wise County, Va., Sheriff’s Office, Austin Bowman died when he lost control of the ATV he was riding, crashed and flipped over and came to rest upside down. The wreck occurred near his home, police said. Police said the child was last seen around 1 p.m. and was reported missing by his mo...
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NWS begins enhanced warning system
Hoping to provide additional valuable information to the media and emergency management officials to facilitate improved public response and decision making, the central region of the National Weather System (NWS), which includes Jackson, will begin issuing tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings with enhanced wording and tag lines. “A test of this concept was conducted in eastern Kansas and most of Missouri last year, and I believe the ex...
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Engineers promote profession to students
Joseph Mosley and Erika Smith are problem solvers. That is the key focus of their careers in engineering at the Kentucky Department for Transportation. And last week, they shared information about their jobs, education and career opportunities, and available scholarship information with Harlan County High School juniors and seniors interested in similar careers. Mosley, a graduate of Cawood High School, and Smith, a graduate of Clay Count...
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Coal production dropped in eastern Ky. in 2012
WHITESBURG (AP) — Kentucky statistics show that coal production in some of the state’s historically big producers dropped in 2012 to the lowest levels seen in 47 years. The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet reported that production in Letcher County fell to 2.97 million tons last year, a 36 percent drop from the year before and a fall of more than 50 percent since 2009. The Mountain Eagle reported that Pike County saw a fall in produc...
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Fire chiefs respond to article on water district
Allegations that the Cawood Water District was planning to charge fire departments for water used fighting fires were dispelled in an article in the April 2 edition of the Enterprise. However, other allegations in the article spurred Sunshine Volunteer Fire Department Chief Steven Hatfield and Martins Fork Volunteer Fire Department Chief Scott Blanton to respond. Previous Enterprise reports stated Cawood Water District Supervisor Pete Dean ...
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Lynch receives Brownsfield Grant
After a presentation to the Cumberland Valley Area Development Board (CVADB), the city of Lynch was awarded the Brownsfield Grant with an updated phase 1 and phase 2 of the grant. The award will aid the city’s ongoing efforts to restore old city owned buildings, including the old clinic building, in an effort to impact the economic area in a positive way. The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection recently announced the U.S. Envir...
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Mountain Music Showcase in planning stages
A showcase for mountain musicians is in the planning stages. The National Hall of Fame for Mountain Artisans and the Harlan County Writer’s Guild are making arrangements to present four nights of music in the Harlan area to help raise funds for the organization. Dubbed the Mountain Music Showcase (MMS), the plan is to hold four separate nights of music, with the fourth night being a culmination of some of the best performers of the series...
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Study conducted on KY 38
Help is on the horizon for residents in the Clover Fork area. After a study was completed of the entire length of KY 38 in Harlan County, Sherri Chappell, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Acting Chief District 11 Engineer, said the report has been submitted to the transportation cabinet’s central office. Chappell said after the study is approved, the report will be available for public inspection on the transportation cabinet’s website. “C...
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Truck overturns on US 421
Jeff Phillips | Daily Enterprise Kentucky State Police Sgt. Jeremy Lee inspects a tractor-trailer that overturned on U.S. 421 at the foot of Pine Mountain about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The driver of the truck, Edward Longstreath, of Hallie, appeared to have escaped serious injury, but was being treated at the scene by emergency workers for head lacerations. The truck came to rest near a home located by the highway. The truck’s full load of co...
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Courthouse News
Courthouse News - April 27, 2013
PROPERTY TRANSFERS The following property transfers have been recorded in the office of the Harlan County Clerk. Viola Rains to Eddie Wayne Creech and wife, tract or parcel of land in Harlan Coun...
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Courthouse News - April 11, 2013
MARRIAGE LICENSES The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the office of the Harlan County Clerk. Heather Marie Napier, 29, Kenvir, to Jerry Leon Jones, 37, Kenvir. Ch...
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Courthouse News
MARRIAGE LICENSES The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the office of the Harlan County Clerk. Ashley Nicole Gibson, 20, Ages, to Mitchell Nathan Vanover, 21, Parris...
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Courthouse News - Dec. 7
MARRIAGE LICENSES The following applications for marriage licenses have been filed in the office of the Harlan County Clerk. Kelsey Ann Hacker, 19, Harlan, to Cory Arnold Lowe, 21, Harlan. Debra...
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Courthouse News — Oct. 31
District court cases The following cases have been heard in Harlan District Court, Judge Jeff Brock presiding. Mary Davidson, 25, operating vehicle on suspended/revoked operator’s license — plead...
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Social News
Don’t break the bank, stay cool
With the days finally getting warmer, many of us are looking forward to summertime and making plans for all of the activities we want to do and events we want to attend. Summer can be a lot of fun,...
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Hitting the track to fight diabetes
We know it’s still two weeks away, but my 4-year-old grandson, Tyler Kane Ochs, and I are still seeking sponsors for our participation in Team TKO’s Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes event on June 1 a...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Being content with life is a gift
I recently caught myself thinking about the state of my life. Things were calm and peaceful. I was almost finished with physical therapy and ready to start wellness. I was almost ready to get rid o...
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The hottest ticket in town, again
May and June are the months for commencements. High schools, colleges and universities present diplomas and confer degrees by the thousands. There are traditions, pomp and protocol surrounding each...
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Religion
Sunday School Lesson
Moms learning from moms — Genesis 4:1
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Saluting all that keep our country safe
In a recent interview Patrolman Quillen’s closing statement was, “I believe policemen and the military are this country’s ‘thin blue line’ (the fear) that keeps criminals from hurting honest citiz...
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A saint goes marching in
Years ago my oldest son asked me a question: “What is a saint?” When you’re driving along with a numb mind at day’s end, as I was, that’s not the type of question you are prepared to answer. S...
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Raising siblings to love each other
Joe was the older brother. His younger brother, Jeff, couldn’t do anything as good as Joe. Of course there was six years difference in their age, and Joe was fond of establishing his superiority i...
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Unlikely scribe handwrites Bible in 4 years
PHILMONT, N.Y. (AP) — In the beginning, Phillip Patterson decided to write out every word in the Bible. On empty pages, he wrote of Adam, an ark, locusts, loaves, fishes and the resurrection in ...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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