Weekly Arrests: 9/16/26

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the Carter County Detention Center over the past week. This list includes local arrests only. It...

Arrest made in Stallard disappearance

Weekly Arrests: 9/9/26

Bringing recovery to the community

Local News

Local News

Grace Irene “Penny” McQueen Newland

Grace Irene “Penny” McQueen Newland, age 45, of Grayson, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. Penny...

Faire fight

Barkers Construction Receives 2026 Small Business Philanthropy Award

Arrest made in Stallard disappearance

Doris Jean Hoskins McCormick Patrick

Features

Faith

Joyful Noise: Keep trusting

By Pastor Naomi MitchellFor Carter County Times Keep trusting, even when you don’t understand. Keep trusting, even when things don’t make sense. Keep trusting, even...
Community

Strength for Life: Suicide prevention

By Tracy Deborde, ACSM-CPT September is National Suicide Prevention Month — a time to talk openly about mental health, look out for one another, and...

Ask Daryl – Your Professional Organizer: Be kind

Extension Notes: Fall is a Good Time to Add Fruit to the Landscape

Healthy Hoopla Returns to Camp Landing Saturday, Oct. 10

OPINION

Column

In reality, isn’t the promised ‘Trump Dividend’ an election day bribe?

No. 47 surely is closer to a panic attack about the midterm elections than we realized because he offered last week to reward American...
Column

The check’s in the mail.

You are not going to get five grand. We need to be real about that. Trump needs Republicans to hold the Senate and the...
Column

A burr in your blanket

Every August, a man in the small Scottish town of South Queensferry gets covered head to toe in burrs. Yes, burrs, those prickly little...

Lifestyle

Art & Entertainment

Bringing Mothman to the masses

It’s been 60 years since the first sightings of a strange, winged cryptid shook Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and nearly 25 years since Richard...

Joyful Noise: Keep trusting

Joyful Noise: Thoughts and the mind

Artists, celebrities, and vendors, oh my!

Joyful Noise: Hold on! God is with you!

SPORTS

East Carter Claims Mike Flannery Bowl Championship

Football
The East Carter team took home the 6th grade Mike Flannery Bowl championship last month with a 30-6 win over Greenup County. (Submitted photo)

West wins Mike Flannery Bowl

Football

West Carter fourth and fifth grade football won the Sixth Annual Mike Flannery Bowl this past weekend. The fourth and fifth grade boys defeated East Carter on Saturday, with a score of 16-0, before clinching the bowl win on Sunday with a 30-6 victory over Greenup. (Submitted photo)

Strength for Life: Time for training

Sports
By Tracy Deborde, ACSM-CPT Carter County Times July is considered the off-season for many youth sports, and while that can feel like downtime, it’s actually one...

Special Olympics Area 3&9 Track and Field Meet Returns to Paintsville Saturday

Sports
Paintsville, Ky. – The Special Olympics Kentucky Area 3&9 Track and Field Meet returned to Johnson Central High School in Paintsville on Saturday, April...

East Carter falls to Ashland Blazer in regional matchup

Basketball
By Brayleigh Boggs Carter County Times Ashland Blazer’s relentless rebounding and physical defense proved too much for the East Carter Lady Raiders Monday night, as the...

RECORDS

Classifieds

OBITUARY

Mary Lewis Johnson Blevins

Barbara Delaney Wells

David Crisp

Wanda Louise Stevens Smith

Obituaries

Mary Lewis Johnson Blevins

Mary Lewis Johnson Blevins, age 83, of Grayson, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2026, at Carter Nursing and Rehabilitation in Grayson, Kentucky, surrounded by her loving family. She was...