Dance Etc. Mini Large Elite team took first place in Lyrical and second place in Jazz at the at the Stage 8 Nationals in Orlando, Florida. The team also brought home two prestigious specialty awards: ...

Ramey Wireman age 87 of Whitley Road, Salyersville, Kentucky passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at his home. He was born ...

Magoffin County native Presley Smith has been named to the All-FCSAA Division I First Team. Smith is a sophomore catcher for the Indian River State College softball team. Photo || Indian River State ...

MAGOFFIN COUNTY – It was a busy few days for local fire departments, responding to multiple fires within three days. On Monday, May 5, Morgan County dispatch requested mutual aid from Magoffin County ...

Erma Wireman Lovely age 90 from Salyersville, Kentucky passed Monday, May 05, 2025 at the St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born October 19, 1934 in Magoffin County, Kentucky to the ...

Isaac Howard connected for one of Magoffin County’s two hits during a game at Pikeville on Monday, May 5. Howard is pictured during an at-bat in a home game versus 57th District rival Paintsville on ...

Thomas F. Howard age 76 of Salyersville, Kentucky passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. He was born July 03, 1948 in Ross County, Ohio to the Gaines ...

LETCHER COUNTY – Last month, a former Magoffin County teacher pleaded guilty to third-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, taking a plea deal for probation. According to court records released ...

Salyersville Independent’s longest currently-running community writer passed away this week. Erma Lovely, who passed away on Monday, May 5 at the age of 90, has been providing recipes and local ...

James Wilbur “Bubo” Carty, age 79, a resident of Old Bend Branch in Salyersville, Kentucky; passed away Sunday, May 4, 2025 at the Greg and Noreen Wells Hospice Care Center in Hazard, Kentucky. James ...

SALYERSVILLE — The Herald Whitaker Middle School football team will hold a parent meeting at the Magoffin County High School Weightroom at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14. Updated physicals can be turned ...