Weekly Arrests: 7/1/26

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

Accountability and transparency

Body of Marly Kinney identified

New museum exhibit to open week of July 4

Local News

Crime

Weekly Arrests: 7/1/26

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

Judicial watchdog is wary of Beshear’s involvement in Kentucky Court of Appeals election

Accountability and transparency

Olive Hill discusses taxes and vendor fees

Body of Marly Kinney identified

Features

Agriculture

Extension Notes: Most Kentucky Snakes are Harmless. Knowing the difference matters.

Few animals in Kentucky are more misunderstood than snakes. They turn up in gardens, woodpiles, barns, creeks, ponds and backyards. They startle people. They move...
Community

Community Notes

Last week we ran an editorial about the situation that Mayor Troy Combs is in with the former Officer Michael Bell controversy. I knew...

Ask Daryl – Your Professional Organizer: Juggling your time

Joyful Noise: My soul securing anchor!

New museum exhibit to open week of July 4

OPINION

Editorial

Kentucky’s most vulnerable need more support, not less care

By Doug Hoyt Kentucky Lantern In 1947, Wendell and Edith Foster were determined to support their daughter, Louise, and seven other children in Owensboro, all of...
Editorial

Kentucky crime report shows homicide decreases, more animal cruelty

By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern There were more than 300 hate crimes in Kentucky in 2025, and most of them happened at home or on roadways.  That’s...
Column

Then again, shouldn’t total openness be expected of our elected leaders?

A few weeks ago, I wrote in this space that those five county judge-executives should have been more transparent in their negotiation but, regardless,...

Lifestyle

Faith

Joyful Noise: My soul securing anchor!

By Pastor Naomi Mitchell For Carter County Times The phrase "forever settled in Heaven" is found in Psalm 119:89 in the Bible, which states, "Forever, O...

Joyful Noise: Emergency numbers

Joyful Noise: Stop asking these questions!

“On With The Show!” returns to Olive Hill Center for Arts & Heritage

Joyful Noise: What do you think about Jesus?

SPORTS

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...

Martin to the Mountains

Football
By Brayleigh Boggs Carter County Times Wyatt Martin’s path to becoming one of the most decorated specialists in West Carter football history started in his front...

Raiders fall short

Basketball
(Photo by Brayleigh Boggs, Carter County Times) By Brayleigh Boggs Carter County Times It was a back-and-forth battle between East Carter and Morgan County for a spot...

Cougars come out on top

Basketball
By Brayleigh Boggs Carter County Times The East Carter Lady Raiders and the Morgan County Lady Cougars faced off in a highly anticipated rematch of the...

RECORDS

Classifieds

OBITUARY

Crime

Weekly Arrests: 7/1/26

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the Carter County Detention Center over the past week. This list includes local arrests only. It does not include federal inmates...