Middlesboro News

11/18/2025

A man arrested in Harlan County in August of this year is back in custody after being indicted by a Bell County grand jury. According to a release from the Bell County Sheriff’s Department, the investigation that led to the charges against 44-year-old Christopher Shipman of Cumberland, Kentucky, w...

11/18/2025

Bell County senior Cooper Brock will be continuing his baseball career at King University in Bristol, Tennessee. “Playing baseball in college has been my dream since I was a little kid. I’ve been playing baseball since I was young and it just means the world to me to be blessed and have this opp...

11/18/2025

A local woman was arrested on multiple drug trafficking charges after the Middlesboro Police Department executed a search warrant at her home on 10th Street on Wednesday. According to a release from the MPD, nearly 1,000 prescription pills and a substantial amount of cash was seized during the searc...

11/17/2025

From eight wins in 2021, followed by nine in 2022, then 11, then 18 and finally a 20-13 campaign in 2025, the Harlan Lady Dragons’ results grew as did their maturity and experience. Harlan posted its best record since winning back-to-back regional titles in 2016 and 2017 and captured its first 52n...

11/17/2025

Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital will host a book signing event on Nov. 20 for longtime Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College professor and seven-time author Jamie Vaught’s new book on UK basketball. The Harlan ARH event, located at 81 Ball Park Rd (near the Harlan campus of South...

11/17/2025

11/15/2025

Parents want to feed their children the very best, and for those who rely on formula for their infants, the number of choices on store shelves can be overwhelming. But no matter the brand, protein source or nutritional content, parents and caregivers need to be mindful of alerts and recalls related....

11/13/2025

At a meeting of the Kentucky State Elks Association held earlier this year in Ashland, Middlesboro Elks Lodge #119 made a $2,000 donation to the Association’s “Kids with Cancer” fund from which families of pediatric cancer patients can receive monetary assistance for lodging, gas, food, medica...

11/13/2025

FRANKFORT, Ky., Nov. 13, 2025 – The rollout of the eSearch Warrant program that lets police request and judges authorize or deny search warrants was completed at the end of October and is now live in all 120 counties. The project is a collaboration between the Administrative Office of the Courts a...

11/13/2025

Marines of Appalachia celebrated the 250th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps Monday night with a dinner and get together at Pine Mountain State Resort Park’s Ray Harm Room. Organized by local Marine veteran Dan Spurlock, the group of Marines meets up at least once every year. In spite of some snow...

11/13/2025

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) voted to end the longest federal government shutdown on record by supporting the Continuing Appropriations Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act of 2026. The bill extends government...

11/12/2025

As fall settles across the Bluegrass, a familiar rhythm begins at the Kentucky Exposition Center with the start of the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE). Showcasing a record-breaking number of entries, the internationally attended event runs through November 20. With 1,800 mo...