PIKEVILLE, Ky. –  The University of Pikeville has announced measures to meet student needs this fall including an eight-week block schedule and textbooks at no cost for undergraduate students. According to a release from The University of Pikeville, this implementation of an eight-week block schedule…

Photo Courtesy: AP News FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear presented plans Wednesday for phased reopenings of businesses, factories and churches next month as Kentucky reboots much of an economy shut down by the coronavirus. Reopenings will start May 11 with a broad resumption of manufacturing…

Drive-through COVID-19 testing in Hazard has netted nine positive cases so far. According to the Kentucky River District Health Department, all nine of the positive cases were tested at the drive-through testing event at Primary Care Center of Eastern Kentucky. The patients include: • A 76-year-old…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says his coronavirus reopening plan is based on two things: science and math. But for a second consecutive day Tuesday, the Republican governor didn’t show his work on the reason behind loosening testing benchmarks as the state barrels toward…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Applications are now available for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, Kentucky officials said. The federal grant program provides seed money to the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, which then awards funding to state and local law enforcement to aid…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A teen charged in the 2018 Kentucky school shooting that killed two students has pleaded guilty to murder. Gabriel Ross Parker was 15 when he fired a handgun into a crowd of students before classes started at Marshall County High School on Jan. 23, 2018. Parker was arrested…

A Pike County couple was charged over the weekend with allegedly dealing heroin. According to court documents, Joshua Marian, 33, and Charity Workman, 28, both of Ky. 292 at Aflex, were arrested Saturday evening along U.S. 119. Kentucky State Police had received an anonymous tip about possible heroin…

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The Pike County Health Department announced Tuesday that three new cases of novel coronavirus COVID-19 have been confirmed in Pike County. Among those new cases is a food service worker employed at Bank 253 Restaurant and Nightlife in downtown Pikeville. Pike County Health Department…

A large number of local entities are coming together to provide free curbside meals to children and students. According to the Pike County Schools website, the Pike County Food Service Program in conjunction with the Pike County Board of Education, School Administrators, School Staff, Department of…

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday he is open to the idea of opening businesses in southwest Virginia before the rest of the state as he weighs when coronavirus restrictions can be lifted. Northam said at a press conference that the situation in the border city of Bristol…