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Evans testifies in murder trial
Anthony Cloud Staff Writer The man who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the William Taylor murder case testified in court on Tuesday. Commonwealth Attorney Karen Greene Blondell called Jeremiah (Jeremy) Evans to the stand. Evans pleaded guilty several months ago to criminal facilitation to commit murder in the case. He allegedly drove the defendants to Taylor’s home the night of the alleged assault. Evans testified Tuesday that...
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Jones receives media award at EKLC
Shane Pippin Staff Writer Middlesboro native Matt Jones won the Media Award at the East Kentucky Leadership Conference’s 26th annual gathering held in Middlesboro last week. “This award means a lot to me,” said Jones. “The setting makes it extra special. I love Middlesboro, so to be able to win the award and to receive it here in Middlesboro is very endearing.” Jones is the founder of KentuckySportsRadio.com, the largest independent c...
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Cumberland Gap Tavern turns in beer permit
Reina P. Cunningham Staff Writer The Cumberland Gap Beer Board met at a special called meeting Monday night to address allegations against a local bar. According to Cumberland Gap Mayor Bill McGaffee, the meeting was called concerning allegations made against The Cumberland Gap Tavern. “(The bar) allegedly brought untaxed beer into the city for resale,” said McGaffee. Prior to the meeting, the Gap Tavern had closed its doors for goo...
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Nominations being accepted for business leaders
Special to the Daily News The 2013 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards (EIEA) program is accepting online nominations through May 23 for the region’s top small business leaders and entrepreneurs who have launched and are managing a successful business enterprise in Bell County. The top three finalists in each of the five EIEA categories will be recognized—and the award winners announced — on Sept. 9 at the 2013 EIEA awards luncheon host...
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1,200 pounds of drugs collected during National Take-Back Day
Special to the Daily News In just a single day, citizens across southern and eastern Kentucky have doubled the amount of unwanted or unused medications returned for safe disposal. On April 27, Operation UNITE partnered with local anti-drug coalitions, the Kentucky State Police, and local law enforcement agencies for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. During the four-hour take-back ...
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Fleeing suspect gains 10 additional charges
Reina P. Cunningham Staff Writer A Pineville man was arrested Sunday after failing to yield when an officer activated his emergency lights in an attempt to stop the vehicle. Joshua Hubbard, 23, was arrested by James Taulbee of the Bell County Sheriff’s Department and charged with first-degree fleeing or evading police. In addition to the felony arrest, Hubbard was charged with 10 additional misdemeanors and violations. Hubbard’s fin...
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Living history
Anthony Cloud Staff Writer The “War Between the States” was relived in the Cumberland Gap, Tenn., this weekend with re-enactors bringing history alive for hundreds of visitors. “This is where history is coming alive,” said Cumberland Gap Alderman John Ravnum, who took the time to spearhead the event. Ravnum has participated in re-enactment for 30 years. “What’s happening is all these little pieces of personal history are being lost,...
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Taylor murder trial resumes
Anthony Cloud Staff Writer After being postponed for a week due to several different activities, the William Taylor murder trail continued on Monday. A key witnesses for the commonwealth was Lucas Maiden. Lucas Maiden, a convicted felon, is related to Candy Maiden by marriage and had a relationship with Shana Mason, who testified two weeks ago. Lucas Maiden testified to seeing Brain Hatfield and Jeremy Evans on the day of the alleged ...
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Bell-Whitley holds Repair Affair
Anthony Cloud Staff Writer Each year Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency helps bring in volunteers for Repair Affair. The event typically lasts at least one day. The event focuses on helping elderly people improve their homes. Saturday, there was work done on several homes. One of the homes that was repaired is located on Browning Loop, which is on Laurel Hill. The group who volunteered to work on the home was St. Mary’s Episcopal Chur...
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Man allegedly attacks ex-girlfriend, flees
Marisa Anders Claiborne Progress Authorities are looking for a man who they say battered his ex-girlfriend in her home last week. Robert Andrew Hawkins, 32, is wanted on several charges stemming from an incident last Wednesday. According to Sgt. Shawn Goode, of the Tazewell Police Department, Hawkins allegedly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home in Tazewell and attacked her. Hawkins is charged with especially aggravated burglary, es...
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McConnell unveils measure to help coal industry
Roger Alford Associated Press PIKEVILLE (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled legislation Monday aimed at forcing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expedite the process for coal companies seeking permits to open new mines. McConnell made a series of stops in the Kentucky coalfields to promote what he has dubbed The Coal Jobs Protection Act. He said the proposal is a response to some 4,000 jobs that have been...
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Carwardine to deliver commencement address
Special to the Daily News HARROGATE, Tenn. — Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) will welcome Corpus Christi College Oxford President Richard Carwardine to make the commencement address on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Tex Turner Arena. The British scholar is the author of Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power. During the ceremony, LMU will confer approximately 445 total degrees including 163 associates, 178 bachelor’s, 102 master’s and two doctora...
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Emmett’s Floor Covering
Reina P. Cunningham Staff Writer Emmett’s Floor Covering has been chosen as this week’s Surviving the Hard Times series in recognition of four decades of service to Middlesboro and the surrounding area. Junior and Vicki Emmett decided that after 14 years of experience it was time to open their own flooring business. In 1986, the couple purchased Johnny Baker’s Floor Covering, beginning their family business. The Emmetts purchased ...
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Ray of Hope fighting child abuse
Shane Pippin Staff Writer The executive director of Ray of Hope told a group of community and business leaders recently that child abuse can be found anywhere — including Bell County. Ray of Hope is a children’s advocacy center based out of Pineville since July, 2011. Speaking to the group during a luncheon in Middlesboro, Gina Johnson stressed, “Children cannot protect themselves. They must depend on adults around them to keep them s...
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Man charged with Murder in Lee County, Va.
Staff Report A man has been charged with murder in Lee County, Va. Brandon Bledsoe faces a charge of first-degree murder. On Thursday, the Lee County 911 dispatch was notified by Lee Regional Medical Center staff that a female suffering severe stab wounds had been brought to the emergency room by a private vehicle. Wilma Stapleton, 45, of Pennington Gap, Va., died of her injuries, police said. While at the emergency room, officers w...
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Leadership conference concludes
Lt. Governor Jerry Abramson served as the keynote speaker at the East Kentucky Leadership Conference dinner held at the Middlesboro Civic Center on Thursday. Porter G. Peeples Sr. was the keynote speaker at the conference lunch on Friday. Peeples is the Kentucky Community and Technical College Board chairman and serves as president/CEO of the Lexington Urban League. Photos by Ray Welch|Daily News Southeast Kentucky Community and Technic...
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Grand jury indicts 4 on meth charges
Anthony Cloud Staff Writer Four individuals arrested by the Middlesboro Police Department during the raid of a meth lab operation in January were indicted by the Bell County Grand Jury. They are Nakisha Warf, Harold K. Price, Ronnie Glen Turner and Charles Wayne Shelby. Warf, 27, of Middlesboro, was indicted on the charge of first-degree possession of a controlled substance and manufacturing methamphetamine. Price, 44, of Middlesbor...
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Two charged with steel beam theft
Anthony Cloud Two men have been arrested by the Kentucky State Police for theft. Eugene Greene Jr., 27, of Hulen, and Gary D. Hoskins, 32, of Hulen, were arrested and charged with theft by unlawful taking. The two were arrested by KSP Trooper Donald Perry. According to the criminal complaint, the two men stole a Steel I-Beam belonging to David Mills. The beam was valued at $1,500. Both men were released from the Bell County Detention ...
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Ready! for Kindergarten prepares for second session
The second session for Ready! for Kindergarten is Monday at Pineville Elementary School at 6 p.m. for first time parents and 6:30 p.m. for returning parents. Sessions and materials are provided at no cost to Bell County residents. ‘52 Weeks of Giving’ provides day care for parents who need it. Ready! prepares children for newly evolved kindergarten standards that require students to come into the school year with the ability to count an...
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Rowland found not guilty
Marisa Anders After around three hours of deliberation, the jury found David Wayne Rowland not guilty Thursday. Rowland was indicted in December 2011 by a grand jury on a charge of reckless homicide in the death of Devin Smith. Smith, 15, was hunting with his grandfather on Nov. 26, 2011, when he was shot around 5 p.m. His grandfather, Leonard Duffield, also of Tazewell, Tenn., was near his grandson at the time of the shooting, accordin...
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PLTW featured at leadership conference
Anthony Cloud Staff Writer The East Kentucky Leadership Conference began its morning sessions at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKCTC) on Thursday, featuring the Young Leaders of Tomorrow program which focuses around Project Lead the Way (PLTW) in some area schools. SKCTC Professor Gary Steenbergen was the session’s moderator. “I believe our ultimate goal is to have a four-year civil engineering degree,” said Stee...
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MyOwn Apps offers new opportunity for Daily News advertisers, customers
The Middlesboro Daily News is opening new doors to its advertisers, current customers and a whole world of new ones, all with the stroke of a fingertip. And it is being done through MyOwn Apps, a new high-tech advertising venue that offers advertisers a way to reach on-the-go consumers looking for information fast and in the palm of their hand. “It’s an affordable avenue that advertisers can utilize to get their word out,” said Middlesbor...
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‘Team’ brings leadership conference to M’boro
Anthony Cloud Staff Writer “There is no ‘I’ in team,” says Carolyn Sundy, vice president of Diversity/Inclusion and Special Programs for Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College. “I have to give the team credit,” said Sundy during remarks Thursday at the East Kentucky Leadership Conference. Held on the Middlesboro campus of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKCTC), the conference featured several sessions o...
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Tourism projects under way in county
Anthony Cloud Staff Writer Bell County Adventure Tourism Director and Bell County Tourism board member Jon Grace gave an update on happenings in the adventure tourism department. He said they are about to complete a Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant for Pine Mountain State Park and Resort. The first half of the grant was accomplished last year when 13 miles of trails were hand cleared. Now, the park will be receiving new trail s...
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Choir back in MHS, MMS
Anthony Cloud Staff Writer Middlesboro High School and middle school will continue to have choir, according to Middlesboro Superintendent Rita Cook. The decision came after the special called meeting on Monday. Cook said the same person will be teaching choir at both schools. She also said there will be a half-time person teaching art and band. According to Cook, there is a strong possibility there will be changes or cuts in the perso...
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