Bell County News

Members of Bell County's 109 Board are making preparations for a recycling center to open in Middlesboro.

Several street portions are now officially closed and ready for public auction. Tuesday night, the Middlesboro City Council approved the closure of portions of 14th Street, Ashbury Avenue, and a 20 foot alley with only opposition from Council Member Doug Hughes.

PINEVILLE a ' A Judicial Nominating Commission has been filled by Governor Steve Beshear to appoint a replacement to retiring Bell County Circuit Court Judge James Bowlinga TMs unexpired term.

Employment took a turn for the worse across the state in May, according to estimates by the Kentucky Department of Workforce and Training.

Storms leave area residents cleaning up debris - Tuesday's storms left many Middlesboro residents cleaning up their property on Wednesday.

By Stephen Woodward / Middlesboro Daily News ARJAY - A local elected official's limousine was found in possession of an alleged Bell County drug dealer yesterday during a drug raid by the Bell County Sheriff's Department.

Several women of Bell County will be honored tomorrow at an event held every year in the Middlesboro Mall.

A Kentucky Court of Appeals judge says he is the owner of a limousine parked at an alleged drug dealer's southeastern Kentucky home.

Several alleged drug dealers in Bell County woke up to their worst nightmare Thursday morning: a drug round-up. The Bell County Sheriff's Department swept the Arjay and Straight Creek communities to serve their 22 warrants.

A top elected official's limousine was found in possession of an alleged Bell County drug dealer today during a drug raid by the Bell County Sheriff's Department.

Heavy winds ripped across eastern Kentucky Tuesday evening, knocking trees to the ground and leaving a big mess behind.

Three Bell County entrepreneurs are bringing new hope to a piece of land that was formerly considered useless, and in turn, bring many jobs to the community.

A woman died in a crash on U.S. 119 in Bell County Tuesday afternoon. Martha Whitehead, 48, of Pineville was driving north in a Pontiac Grand Am about 1:10 p.m. when her car crossed a double yellow line and collided head-on with a Dodge Ram pickup truck, state police said.

A fatal accident on Highway 119 this afternoon backed up traffic for nearly two hours.

Bell County's Relay For Life saw a huge turnout Friday night at Bell County High School and raised thousands for cancer research.

One teacher in Bell County plans to change the way her students learn next year, thanks to a recent technology grant.

JOHN MIDDLETON/Harlan Daily Enterprise Harlan County Sheriff's Office Chaplains Corps member Chris Hickey used a recently donated forklift to move supplies at the organization's storage warehouse.

PINEVILLE a ' Sixty-year-old Opal Taylora TMs case of receiving stolen property, under $300, was continued during an arraignment held in Bell District Court on Tuesday morning.

The Bell County Historical Society recently hosted a field trip from Ellen Myers Elementary School in Harrogate.

About 25 people are out of work at an eastern Kentucky hospital. ARH officials says they were forced to make cutbacks at their Middlesboro Hospital because fewer people are coming through their doors.