- Talk Of The Nation's Tribute To Lives Lost In 2008
December 31, 2008 Talk of the Nation reached out to friends and colleagues at NPR to ask them to remind us of some of the remarkable people who passed away in 2008.
- Voices from home
One woman calls in every year to talk about her son. He died in 2001 -- in prison.
- Work On Mountain Horse Trail Raises Concerns
An environmental group is calling for a federal investigation to determine whether endangered species were harmed in the construction of an eastern Kentucky horse trail that was a focal point of the state's ...
- Call-In Show Allows Families To Communicate With Loved Ones In Prison
A radio call-in show heard across the country allowed family and friends to communicate with loved ones behind bars often many hours away.
- 'Momma' mia
What'd we learn last night while watching 'Momma's Boy,' NBC's new 'Bachelor-esque' show? If you're over 20 and your mother does your daily banking and your bedding, buys your undies and kisses your photo ...
- Whitesburg man dies after crash
A Whitesburg man died after a crash on Highway 7 North in the Colson community of Letcher County Friday night.
- Counterfeit Money Surfaces in Letcher County
There are more than 50 reports of counterfeit money in Letcher County and officials say the rush of the holidays makes the funny money hard to detect.
- Remembering Mountain Eagle Editor Tom Gish
For all the talk of the demise or irrelevancy of ink on paper, those of us who gathered last month in eastern Kentucky for the funeral of Mountain Eagle publisher and editor Tom Gish left with an even deeper ...
- SKCTC honors midterm graduates with ceremony
More than 160 students of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College were awarded degrees and diplomas last night at the second annual SKCTC Commencement and Awarding of Credentials.
- Stabbing Sends Three People To The Hospital
An eastern Kentucky stabbing sends three people to the hospital. Police say it started with a fight between two brothers and now one of them is behind bars.
- Police Arrest Men Allegedly Selling Drugs From A Produce Stand
Two Letcher County men are arrested on drug related charges. Letcher County Sheriff Danny Webb says 66-year old George Thomas was arrested at his produce stand in Whitesburg.
- CU 2008-2009 Presidential Ambassadors announced
CU 2008-2009 Presidential Ambassadors announced By Linda Waggener CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY -- President Michael V. Carter has announced the names of Campbellsville University's 2008-2009 Presidential Ambassadors.
- Travellers Are Heading Out
Triple A is predicting a six year low when it comes to thanksgiving travel, but drivers we talked to say they are already running into traffic.
- He Spoke for the Mountains
It's easy to spot lazy, inaccurate performances in the national media. A fairly significant part of what takes place here is spotlighting those times when some millionaire talking head uses the airwaves of the ...
- Remembering Tom Gish, A Voice Of Appalachia
Tom Gish, the legendary publisher of The Mountain Eagle, is shown in this 1968 photo.
- Kentucky Publisher Gish Praised At Funeral
WHITESBURG, Ky. Award-winning eastern Kentucky publisher Tom Gish was remembered at his funeral Monday as a crusading journalist whose work improved his community.
- Remembering A Crusading Ky. Newspaperman
Tom Gish, the legendary publisher of the Mountain Eagle, talks on the phone in this 1968 photo.
- Community journlism hero dies
As noted on the COMJIG blog , one of the heroes of community journalism is dead.
- Tom Gish, crusading E. Ky. newspaper publisher, dies
Crusading Eastern Kentucky newspaper publisher Tom Gish died today at the age of 82.
