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By the Bell County Historical Society
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Wreck leads to arrest of two for guns, drugs
An early morning wreck landed two men in jail for both drugs and weapons.
KSP honors silent heroes behind the headsets
Telecommunicators at Kentucky State Police Post 10 in Harlan will be recognized along with more than 200,000 of ...
Tourism to move forward on grant application for canal
At Tuesday Middlesboro City Council meeting, Bell County Tourism Director Jon Grace gave an update on upcoming events ...
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LMU students present research at conference
Students at LMU College of Veterinary Medicine presented their research project during a conference at Auburn University. Clayton Deible, class of 2022, and Amy Daly, ...
by Staff Reports.
Opinion
Volunteer Recognition
Four or five weeks ago, I was writing a column about volunteers in our midst and how important it is to give back to the ...
by Staff Reports.
Sports
Bell County, Knox Central combine for state record
Two days after suffering a 12-run loss to Middlesboro at home, the Lady Cats took out the Knox Central Lady Panthers at home on Thursday, ...
by John Dunn.
Opinion
Legislature should be lauded for rejecting bad betting bill
By Michael Johnson
by Staff Reports.
News
Entries sought for Bell County Homemakers Quilt Show
Bell County Homemakers will sponsor a Quilt Show during the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival, to be held in the basement of the Old Bell County ...
by Staff Reports.
News
SKCTC to host East Kentucky Leadership Conference
Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College will host the 32nd annual East Kentucky Leadership Conference April 25-26 in Benham and Cumberland. This year’s theme is ...
by Staff Reports.
News
Community Calendar
The Middlesboro Daily News will publish local events in the community calendar free of charge as space allows. We do not accept submissions called in ...
by Beth Key.
News
News Around the State
Kentucky disaster declaration covers dozens of counties
by Staff Reports.
Sports
Sowders, King, Woody named to All-Academic team
Aubrey Sowders, Lakyn King and Baylee Woody have been named to the 13th Region Academic All-Region team. Woody was also named to the 13th All-Region ...
by John Dunn.
Opinion
No thinking required: Just follow party line
Life has become so much simpler in 2019, at least it has for me. All it required was just a little time on social media.
by Staff Reports.
Sports
Middlesboro downs Harlan 17-2 in three innings
One day after defeating Harlan on the road, the Yellow Jackets downed the Green Dragons at home on Thursday night, 17-2, in three innings.
by John Dunn.
Sports
LMU, Anderson softball split to sit tied for second in SAC standings
HARROGATE, Tenn. — The Lincoln Memorial University softball team ripped off a six-run fifth inning in the first game to steal away the lead from ...
by Staff Reports.
Sports
Lady Jackets take down Lady Cats 12-0.
Two days after dropping their second consecutive game, the Lady Jackets found their way back into the win column on Tuesday afternoon defeating Bell County ...
by John Dunn.
Sports
Cincinnati stays in its backyard for next coach
CINCINNATI (AP) — John Brannen played pick-up games at Cincinnati’s on-campus arena when he was growing up and vividly recalls watching Kenyon Martin dunk over ...
by Staff Reports.
News
News Around the State
DeVos brings more money after shooting in Kentucky school
by Staff Reports.
Opinion
Governor vetoes critical pension agreement for regional universities, health departments and other ‘quasi’ agencies
By Adam Bowling
by Staff Reports.
Sports
Bears ‘win one for Ben’ at Bell
LOG MOUNTAIN — John Lewis took a page out of the Roger Morris book of baseball on Thursday as the Harlan County Black Bears played ...
by Staff Reports.
Sports
Bears ‘win one for Ben’ at Bell
LOG MOUNTAIN — John Lewis took a page out of the Roger Morris book of baseball on Thursday as the Harlan County Black Bears played ...
by Staff Reports.
News
Bell County JROTC exceeds standards in unit evaluation
The Air Force JROTC instructor and cadets of Bell County High School in Pineville earned an overall unit assessment score of “Exceeds Standards, ”the highest ...
by Staff Reports.
News
GEARING UP to involve parents
Lone Jack Family Resource Youth Service Center hosted a parent meeting introducing the new GEAR-UP staff and program to the parents attending the meeting. Kim ...
by Staff Reports.
Sports
Yellow Jackets sink the Pirates in Washburn
After defeating Harlan County in two games in a row, the Middlesboro Yellow Jackets extended their winning streak to three on Monday when they traveled ...
by John Dunn.
News
News Around the State
Ky. gets grant to help clean up petroleum contamination
by Staff Reports.
News
‘Reach Them to Teach Them’ event for area teachers is Thursday
The first annual Reach Them to Teach Them for Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee educators will be hosted by LMU on April 18 at the Duke ...