By John Henson, Managing Editor | March 31, 2025
By John Henson, Managing Editor | March 28, 2025
By John Henson, Managing Editor | March 27, 2025

After back-to-back 13th Region titles in 2022 and 2023, the North Laurel Jaguars will be in position to repeat that feat next winter after a somewhat surprising run to this year’s...


After four seasons away from football, Eddie Creech is glad to be back. Creech was named the new middle school football coach (grades 6-8) for Harlan County on Monday, replacing his former quarterback, Jacob Branson, who stepped...

Harlan senior Darius Akal made if official on Monday as he signed to continue his football and academic career at Eastern Kentucky University. Akal, who was second on the team in tackles last year from his cornerback position...



After letting a win get away when visiting Lee, Va., scored five runs in the final inning to win 6-2, Harlan County bounced back in the nightcap Friday for a 5-3 victory to break...

Harlan added three more home runs to its team total and ran its record to 6-1 with a 12-1 win Monday at Elliott County. Senior third baseman Ella Lisenbee drove in six runs on...
June 29, 2023
Dick Parsons, a standout athlete at Harlan High School in the 1950s who went on to play two sports at the University of Kentucky, has been honored as a member of the University...
Former Evarts standout brings Johnson Central team to HCHS
June 21, 2023
Ellis blessed all those he was around in years as broadcaster, coach
December 30, 2022
Hall photo added to memorabilia section at HCHS
August 2, 2021
By John Henson, Managing Editor
May 3, 2023
It’s been almost 40 years since I first met Bob Howard on the road that circles Catrons Valley, just across the railroad tracks from his house. Fittingly enough, Bob was...
From New England to Harlan County, Nash enjoying smooth transition at Clover Fork Clinic
January 24, 2021
Celebrating a golden anniversary in Clover Fork
December 7, 2020
Memories of 1990 run to state semifinals still sweet for former Wildcats
November 26, 2020

James A. Cawood and Black Mountain (4th/5th) grade took to the pitch to start play for the night. Black Mountain was short players but managed...

Evarts faced off against James A. Cawood in elementary soccer to begin our Saturday. The game was all decided in the first half, with JACES outscoring Evarts 3-0. To start...




After letting a win get away when visiting Lee, Va., scored five runs in the final inning to win 6-2, Harlan County bounced back in the nightcap Friday for a 5-3 victory to break a four-game losing streak...


LEXINGTON (KT) — The first look was impressive although it was just an exhibition game. Kentucky coach Mark Pope made his unofficial debut...

The first weekend of the 2025 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament is officially in the books, and the two teams in my bracket that I...

In the six, or so, months that have elapsed since John Henson welcomed me onto his team as a contributing sports writer for the Harlan Enterprise,...

The Harlan County tennis team picked up where they left off a year ago, opening the season with a pair of victories — over Williamsburg...
