On Friday June 19, health officials announced 6 new positive COVID-19 cases within 24 hours in Pike County, Kentucky. According to the Pike County Health Department, of the 6 announced, one case is linked to the Phelps Public Library and the another case is linked to the Lighthouse Apostolic Church…
Read MoreOn June 18, health officials have confirmed a new positive case of COVID-19 in Floyd County, Kentucky.
Read MorePikeville Medical Center is encouraging parents and caregivers to go ahead and schedule their kids for immunizations and physicals to prepare for the upcoming school year. Aaronda Wells, a Pediatrician at Pikeville Medical Center says that even through this COVID-19 pandemic, there are many other diseases…
Read MoreHealth officials announced Thursday afternoon the first COVID-19 related death in Perry County, Kentucky. The Kentucky River District Health Department said in a statement that the patient passed away from complications linked to the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The statement continues to say the patient…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A drive-by photo shoot to document the pandemic started early Thursday morning in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. The Mountain Arts Center alongside Prestonsburg Tourism invited Documentary Portrait photographer Malcolm J. Wilson to set up outside the MAC to capture free drive-by portraits…
Read MoreThe investigation into a shooting at Betsy Layne last weekend is ongoing, and two people have been arrested.
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Quaker Oats is retiring the 131-year-old Aunt Jemima brand, saying the company recognizes the character’s origins are “based on a racial stereotype.” Just hours later, the owner of the Uncle Ben’s brand of rice says the brand will “evolve” in response to concerns about…
Read MoreOfficials are awaiting a result for a COVID-19 test out of the Letcher County Jail.
Read MoreHUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Christopher D. Walker, a biomedical research doctoral student at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, received a graduate research fellowship grant from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium. The $24,000 NASA grant will fund Walker’s research…
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