Benham NewsLocal news for Benham, KY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Harlan selected as a 'Preserve America Community'- November 30, 2007 "These two grants will help in such a major way." Once referred to as "Bloody Harlan," the small town nestled inside the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky has not only overcome that label but has also become a beautiful historic and scenic community that has ... via Harlan Daily Enterprisehttp://www.topix.net/city/benham-ky/2007/11/harlan-selected-as-a-preserve-america-communit... Not just revisiting the past, friends are back in Lynch- November 21, 2007 "The children had a certain time to play ball, but when the men got out of the mines, it was their turn to play ball. We played with white kids, but we went to one school and they went to another." Marie Antoinette Turner Rawlins and Linuell Thineas Brown were remembering Thanksgivings past in the Lynch coal camp where they spent their childhoods. via The Courier-Journalhttp://www.topix.net/city/benham-ky/2007/11/not-just-revisiting-the-past-friends-are-back-... County to seek coal severance funds for water- November 18, 2007 "The group felt that we couldn't do this at this time because there were too many water needs" Getting water to the residents of Harlan County is the magistrates' top priority, County Judge-Executive Joe Grieshop said in an interview Thursday following a fiscal court meeting. via Harlan Daily Enterprisehttp://www.topix.net/city/benham-ky/2007/11/county-to-seek-coal-severance-funds-for-water?... Man sentenced to 7 years for drug trafficking charges- November 5, 2007 Ralph Word was sentenced to seven years in prison on drug charges during Harlan Circuit Court proceedings Thursday. via Harlan Daily Enterprisehttp://www.topix.net/city/benham-ky/2007/11/man-sentenced-to-7-years-for-drug-trafficking-... |