Updated: 11:09 PM In less than one week the Letcher Central Marching Band will be performing in the Inaugural Parade in Washington D.C. The band held a benefit Tuesday at the high school to hopefully bring in the rest of the funds needed to pay for the trip.

Updated: 6:07 PM Officials in Whitesburg are celebrating as another new business opens on Main Street. The city has been taking steps to revitalize its downtown area and encourage growth.

Posted: 5:07 PM The Letcher Central Band and Junior ROTC are still hard at work trying to raise money for the Presidential Inauguration Parade that will take place in less than 10 days.

Posted: 8:02 AM The Center for Rural Development is now accepting applications from rising high school juniors in Letcher County for the 2013 summer sessions of the Rogers Scholars youth leadership program.

Posted: 4:18 PM The Mountain Eagle reports on Sunday, Ken Trent Jr. was allegedly speeding along U.S. 119 in Mayking when police tried to stop him.

Posted: 9:40 PM They have been working to raise money for the presidential inauguration parade in Washington DC later this month since they were invited in late December.

Updated: 5:00 PM Officials with EQT Corporation are awarding a $50,000 grant to the University of Kentucky College of Education to help propel new innovations in eastern Kentucky education.

Posted: 5:14 PM An eastern Kentucky jailer says an inmate charged with murder planned to use a hypodermic needle and sharpened pencil as weapons in a plot to escape from jail.

Updated: 7:32 PM The Letcher County Central Band and Junior ROTC will be headed to Washington D.C. in a few weeks for the 57th Presidential Inauguration Parade.

Posted: 4:31 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Federal mining regulators issued 285 citations during November impact inspections.

Updated: 6:17 PM Friends say there is a hole in the community from the loss of an entire family.

Updated: 8:43 PM The wreck that killed five people in Knox County Christmas Eve continues to send shock waves across the region. Mourners in Letcher County gathered Wednesday to remember Gary Caldwell, who was killed in that accident.

Posted: 4:43 PM A Kentucky newspaper has begun a yearlong series on the effects of a landmark book that put the spotlight on Appalachian poverty.

Updated: 11:36 PM Christmas came early for many families in Letcher County Sunday. In a building packed with donations, people from throughout Eastern Kentucky came to take their pick from “Marlow's Christmas for the needy.”

Updated: 6:03 PM A Letcher County man is behind bars for allegedly assaulting a police officer.

Updated: 9:39 AM James Maggard and Stephanie Fleming have been charged in the murder of Drad Fleming of Letcher County, and Monday, Maggard told side of the story.

Updated: 2:52 AM An eastern Kentucky prosecutor says he expects multiple arrests during an investigation into nude photos of minor girls being passed around on cellular phones.

Updated: 10:55 PM Police call it an example of the dangers of "sexting," a teenager is now facing child porn charges after texting photos of an underage girl.

Posted: 6:42 PM A man charged with murder in Letcher County now faces a new charge.

Updated: 10:38 AM The scholarship is awarded to students who are customers or whose parent or guardian is a customer of Appalachian Wireless.

Posted: 4:46 PM They are often seen as the guys who take down criminals, but today they were trying make a difference in some young lives in Letcher County.

Posted: 2:19 PM The Board of Trustees for the Appalachian Regional Healthcare system announced the forthcoming retirement of ARH President and Chief Executive Officer Jerry W. Haynes, and named Haynes’ successor.

Posted: 6:29 PM A Letcher County mother and her three children are behind bars tonight accused of abusing a family member.

Updated: 6:18 PM Those centers are now nominated to compete for best in the state.

Updated: 6:41 PM ROXANA, Ky. (WYMT) - Police found several items there that were reported stolen and arrested two people in Letcher County.