In her old house — built more than 100 years ago by a coal company — Lois Thompson says she couldn’t afford to run the heat ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - Letcher Countians voted by majority to allow alcohol sales throughout the county. Alcohol sales were already allowed in the cities of Whitesburg, Jenkins and Fleming-Neon. Now ...

Less than a month since a Kentucky sheriff was arrested at the scene of a district judge's fatal shooting, the murder case against Shawn "Mickey" Stines is now in the hands of a grand jury for a ...

This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19 Kentucky Court of Justice/AP ...

Not even in the furthest recesses of my brain did I even possibly think that any of this would be occurring in the future, ...

When Tony Brown stepped down as pastor of First Baptist Church in Whitesburg last year, he knew his days of preaching were ...

Rogers, who has long pushed for construction of a new prison in Eastern Kentucky, said he was ... roughly 10 miles to the west of Whitesburg. Rogers said design work and property acquisitions ...

Women in Christian Leadership: Karen Smith, Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer. Karen was saved at age 7 at Whitesburg Baptist Church, and married Harold Smith at age 16. They were married 45 ...

An Oct. 31 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) describes a supposed incident at a Kentucky voting location. “Voting machines in Kentucky are literally changing the vote from Donald ...

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WHITESBURG In her old house — built more than 100 years ago by a coal company — Lois Thompson says she couldn’t afford to run ...