Q & A with Sr. Mary Going, fighting for disability pay for former coal miners
Mount Tabor Benedictine Sr. Mary Going works on a case at the Appalachian Research & Defense Fund of Kentucky in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, where she is an attorney. (GSR photo / Dan Stockman) Q & A with Sr. Mary Going, fighting for disab...
Event aims to help folks in need of benefits and support services
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT)-- For months, former clients of Eric C. Conn have fought to keep their disability benefits. Hundreds have lost their cases and now attorneys say many are suffering. On Monday, AppalReD and the Big Sandy Area Commun...
Informational Event About Benefits and Support Services for Families in Need
In light of the difficult economic situation in our area, the number of families who are living on the edge is continuing to increase. We want to be certain that these families are aware of the governmental and non-profit agencies that are there to p...
Attorney Kathryn Burke - Celebrity of the Week
Mountain Santa helps bring joy in Appalachia
Check out this video on The Courier-Journal: http://cjky.it/2heHx2o
Tangled in fraud probe, 100s face loss of disability checks
By BY CLAIRE GALOFARO - Associated Press MINNIE, Ky. (AP) — Donna Dye saw the coal truck come barreling over the horizon and her head started spinning with that familiar, desperate urge to end it all. She thought of the disconnect notices, ...
AppalReD hosts divorce workshop
By Andrea Saddler - asaddler@civitasmedia.com PRESTONSBURG – In the United States, there is one divorce approximately every 36 seconds. That’s nearly 2,400 divorces per day, 16,800 divorces each week and 876,000 divorces a year. Many individuals w...
AppalReD Hosts Notre Dame Law Students
Notre Dame Law Students are using their Fall Break to assist AppalReD with research and a pro se Divorce Clinic (do-it-yourself Divorce Clinic to assist low-income people secure an uncontested divorce without using a lawyer) which will be held on hel...
Prestonsburg man wins prestigious award
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - John Rosenberg has many awards hanging on his walls, and two weeks ago he received another one. Rosenberg, who lives in Prestonsburg, was honored at the Fourth Annual Muhammad Ali awards. He received the Kentucky Hu...
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