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Libby Edwardson of the Middlesboro/Bell County Public Library poses inside the new bookmobile, which travels to schools and nursing homes in the area. Not your typical Librarian: Libby Edwardson
Any librarian will tell you that the archetypical bookworm spending days shushing rowdy kids and evenings alone with her favorite literary characters isn’t exactly an accurate model of a modern li...
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Lee Co. native Cynthia Dinah Fannon Kinser (pictured) was elected chief justice on Tuesday by members of the Virginia Supreme Court. Kinser is the court’s first female chief justice. Lee County native becomes Virginia's first female chief justice
RICHMOND , Va. — Members of the Virginia Supreme Court have elected the court’s first female chief justice, according to a recent press release. The Virginia Supreme Court announced on Tuesday it...
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Labor Day Celebration planned for Harrogate City Park
HARROGATE , Tenn. — The annual City of Harrogate Labor Day Celebration is scheduled for Monday, September 6. The event will kickoff at 3 p.m. and will end with a Pyro Shows of Lafollette firework...
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A great crowd showed up at Harrogate City Park to support the cause of Relay for Life. Claiborne County’s Relay for Life raises over $100,000
HARROGATE , Tenn. — Cancer never sleeps, and neither did the members of Claiborne County Relay for Life, during their night-long event last Friday. As of Monday, $135,000 had been raised by the C...
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Group offers pension help for Kentuckians
People across the state and nation are struggling to stay afloat, and retirees are no exception. An estimated 9.7 percent of Americans over the age of 65 are living below the poverty line, includi...
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Road improvements coming to Bell County
FRANKFORT – State Rep. Rick Nelson announced that his request for center line rumble strips for qualifying parts of U.S. 119 have been approved in a letting of August 27. “We asked the Departmen...
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14 arrests in M’boro drug bust
by Lorie Settles/Staff Writer
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MIDDLESBORO — Middlesboro Police began the week serving warrants in connection with a several month-long drug trafficking investigation. Detective Joe Holder led the investigation that resulted in...
Forge Ridge Principal finalist for Tenn. Principal of the Year
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HARROGATE, Tenn. — Marty Cosby, principal of Forge Ridge School in Harrogate, Tenn., has been selected as a finalist for Tennessee Principal of the Year by the Tennessee Department of Education. ...
Bell County Fair well underway
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On Thursday, families and friends flocked to the Bell County Fair and enjoyed all that it had to offer – including a session of bumper cars (pictured above). Today is the last day of the 2010 Bell ...
New display unveiled at Bell County Museum
by Lorie Settles/Staff Writer
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MIDDLESBORO — The Bell County Historical Society Museum received a new addition to their collection of local antiquities and historic artifacts this week. Randy Ball, son of the late Councilman Ra...
Study: East Kentuckians Unhealthy
by Lorie Settles/Staff Writer
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Bell County—Recent health statistics show that Kentuckians on the east side of the state are less healthy than others in the state. According to information provided by the Foundation for a Health...
Drug round-up nets 13 arrests
by Lorie Settles/Staff Writer
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BELL COUNTY — Some Bell County residents awoke to an unhappy surprise Thursday morning, when the knock on their front door turned out to be an officer with an arrest warrant. Officers of the Bell ...
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