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MHS JROTC continues success
The Middlesboro High School Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) continues its winning ways. Established in August of the 1993-94 school year and maintaining the Army’s highest rating as an honor unit with distinction places them in the top 10 percent of all JROTC units in the country. JROTC provides opportunities for all students, not just the ones thinking about entering the military as a career. JROTC does not recruit s...
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Smoke smell creates scare
Anthony Cloud|Daily News The smell of smoke caused quite the scare on Tuesday. The Middlesboro Fire Department and EMS responded to a call when an individual smelled smoke inside a building between 19th and 20th Street. According to Middlesboro Fire Chief Tim Wilder, no smoke or fire was found. They did find a heating unit that was “locked up” that could have created the smell. Pictured here are the emergency vehicles that responded to the ...
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Panel approves bill to let counties end constable posts
FRANKFORT (AP) — Counties could abolish their constable offices under a bill that cleared a House panel on Tuesday. The proposal, which state lawmakers have been trying to pass in various forms for years, was approved by the House Committee on Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs. The bill will now proceed to the full House for consideration. The measure would amend Kentucky’s constitution, which establis...
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Free book for adults returning to college
Kentucky adults considering returning to college have a free resource to help them make decisions about higher education. “Adults Returning to School” is published by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA), the state agency that administers Kentucky student financial aid programs and provides college planning materials. The book provides information about entrance exams, financial aid programs and Kentucky colleges and...
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Joe Nichols chosen for KMLF entertainment
The Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival announced that Red Bow Records recording artist Joe Nichols will be performing at the official opening of the 83rd annual Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival on May 23 at the Bell County High School Gymnasium. Nichols has earned numerous awards from the music industry, including being named Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music. He received the Horizon award at the CMAs. Nichols has rele...
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Judy Gulley named 2012 CARES Award Winner
Appalachian Regional Healthcare honored employees from across its Kentucky and West Virginia system on Feb. 7 in Lexington. Employee representatives from each ARH community who had been named as their respective hospital’s 2012 Annual CARES Winner were recognized during the system’s Board of Trustees meeting. Middlesboro ARH Hospital’s winner is Judy Gulley, RN, a staff nurse in the hospital’s Outpatient Surgery Department. Employed at ...
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Explosion damages Harrogate business
Three fire departments and other emergency personnel were dispatched around 6 a.m. Monday to a fire at a Harrogate business, located at 663 Londonderry Road. According to officials, a neighbor heard a large explosion and looked out to find the roof of Hunley Repair Shop already collapsed with the building in flames. The building was the former home of Imperial Trucking. Seven fire trucks, the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Department and Clai...
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Company looks to hire 800 in coal jobs
HARLAN (AP) — A contracting company is looking to fill more than 800 coal mining jobs in Kentucky and Virgina. Officials with Professional Contracting in Norton, Va., are planning to employ workers at five mines that had previously been shut down. Harlan County Judge Executive Joe Grieshop said the news will bring smiles to a lot of faces in eastern Kentucky and the region, where Alpha Natural Resources idled four mines and laid off hundr...
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Hickman Building Supply
Hickman Building Supply is this week’s Surviving the Hard Times business. For almost 50 years, Hickman Building Supply has been at 821 North 19th Street in Middlesboro. Ben A. Hickman opened Hickman Building Supply in 1964. The store has gradually expanded over the years to the point where the business has now grown into several buildings. Originally, just the front of the store was a showroom with the rest of the building used as a war...
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Projects announced at annual DDM meeting
Several projects were announced during the Discover Downtown Middlesboro (DDM) Annual Meeting on Thursday. One of those projects involves the Elks Home in Middlesboro. DDM Executive Director Isaac Kremer announced that as of December, the DDM board of directors are now the owners of the Elks Home. Kremer stated DDM plans to get the building “where it needs to be” but it will take a decent amount of money and time to do so. Kremer stated t...
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March of Dimes kicks off
The March of Dimes held its annual kick off ceremony on Thursday at the Middlesboro Mall. Here Middlesboro Mall manager Charles Burchfield stands with his daughter, Chelsea, who was a premature baby. A woman obtains information about the March of Dimes event during the annual kick off ceremony on Thursday.
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Man indicted on sodomy charge
A Middlesboro man has been indicted for sodomy by the Bell County Grand Jury. Dustin Charles Green, 26, was indicted on the charge of first-degree sodomy for allegedly engaging in deviate sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 12. According to the indictment, the alleged sodomy occurred in 2012. Officer Josh Pratt of the Middlesboro Police Department was the investigating officer in the case. Green was also indicted for being a ...
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New clubs created at Pineville elementary
Pineville Elementary School students have been busy as of late. Elementary principal Cynthia Smith addressed the Pineville School Board on Monday to explain some of the activities the students have been up to. Students at the school have been active in creating clubs. According to Smith, two clubs have been established recently. The first of those clubs was the animal research club. The club meets once a week, but presents on a daily basi...
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Local music students chosen to perform in all-state chorus
Morgan Thompson and Hayden Bennett were recently selected to represent Middlesboro Middle School (MMS) by performing in the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) All-State Honors Choir. Thompson and Bennett perform in the MMS choir under the direction of Elizabeth Edwards, a member of the KMEA. The sold-out concert was held at the Kentucky Center in Louisville on Feb. 7 as part of the 2013 KMEA Professional Development Conference. ...
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MLT to present ‘Nellie’
If you have driven west on Cumberland Avenue you’ve seen her picture on the side of the A.D. Campbell Store building. The elegant lady presiding over the Victorian tea service is Nellie Arthur, wife of Middlesborough founder Alexander Arthur, and the subject of Middlesboro Little Theatre’s (MLT) spring play simply entitled Nellie. Nellie, the latest in a series of local history plays written by Amy Simpson, explores the inner world of Nelli...
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Man arrested for TV theft
A Middlesboro man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly attempted to steal a television from Walmart. Danny Reed Ward Jr., 30, was arrested by officer Brad Cawood of the Middlesboro Police Department (MPD) and charged with theft by unlawful taking over $500. According to the arrest citation, MPD received a report that a male in a black sweatshirt had pushed a $548 plasma television out of Walmart. When confronted, the male ran into the par...
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Slusher enters plea in money laundering case
A former Bell County business man pleaded guilty on Thursday in U.S. Federal Court in London. John Slusher, 60, pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering. If the plea agreement is accepted, Slusher will be sentenced to 37 months of imprisonment. He will also be forced to forfeit real property at 120 Kentucky Avenue in Pineville and several motorcycles. Slusher will be forced to pay $386,000 on or before the day...
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Bell County board reduces over 20 positions
A reduction of over 20 positions throughout the Bell County School District was approved by the Bell County Board of Education during the regular monthly meeting on Tuesday. A district staffing policy approved at the meeting resulted in a reduction throughout the district. The approved policy also results in the safe schools and day treatment programs being abolished. All salary schedule proposals were approved and, as a result of the act...
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Shelter to sell seized animals
The Claiborne Animal Shelter Executive Board has met to decide how to handle an ongoing situation involving 134 animals involved in a weekend traffic stop involving Charlie L. Gregory, of Pineville and Taniciah Little, of Andersonville, Tenn. The board has decided to sell part of the animals they were granted possession of earlier this week. As of 10 a.m. today, the chickens and rabbits seized will be on sale and the puppies up for adopti...
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Middlesboro Mall celebrates President’s Day
Reina P. Cunningham|Daily News The Middlesboro Mall celebrated President’s Day by showcasing this display honoring numerous past presidents.
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Profitt advances to state Governor’s Cup competition
A Pineville student will be competing in the state competition of the Governor’s Cup in March. Andrew Profitt, who is a middle school student at Pineville, was recognized during the regular school board meeting on Monday for winning the regional Governor’s Cup competition in the subject of humanities. He competed against students from Page, Bell Central, Harlan and Wallins. He will compete in Louisville on March 17. Pineville High School ...
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Forestry division rearranges districts
Because of budget shortfalls, which are estimated to be around $1.2 million, the Division of Forestry created new districts for Kentucky. The division will be cutting from nine districts to five. The southeast region, which is the division that includes Bell County, will now serve 16 counties. Those counties include: Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Owsley, Pike, Perry and Whitley. ...
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KSBIT assessment announced at board meeting
Reina P. Cunningham Staff Writer The Middlesboro Board of Education held their regular board meeting Monday night at the Middlesboro Middle School library. Superintendent Rita Cook discussed the deficits in the Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust (KSBIT). KSBIT assessments are still showing Kentucky school districts are facing a $50 million to $60 million bill to pay off an outstanding deficit acquired by the insurance trust. She s...
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Middlesboro teachers of the month
Two teachers were recognized as teachers of the month Monday evening at the Middlesboro Board of Education’s regular meeting. Sheila Smith, director of Supervision and Instruction, read the nominations and presented each teacher with a $25 award. Mandy Creech, a second-grade teacher at Middlesboro Primary School, was recognized as elementary school teacher of the month. “(An) excellent example of a teacher leader (and) serves on numerou...
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PSC closes comprehensive review of East Kentucky Power
Special to the Daily News FRANKFORT – Saying that the East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) has fully addressed the recommendations made by independent consultants in June 2010, the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) ended its comprehensive management review of the electric utility on Monday. The review has led to “core changes within EKPC” that have left the company “well positioned for long-term success,” PSC Chairman David Armst...
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