Pikeville, Ky: The University of Pikeville has announced that graduation exercises will be held on Saturday, May 19th. The medical school commencement begins at 9:30 that morning at the East Kentucky Expo Center. The commencement for the College of Arts and Sciences, the Coleman College of Business,…
Read MorePike County, Ky: The UNITE Pike Coalition hosted it’s monthly meeting, Wednesday, at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Pikeville. Wednesday’s speaker was Mike Townsend who serves as the Recovery Kentucky Administrator with the Kentucky Housing Corporation. Townsend has been with…
Read MorePikeville, Ky: The city of Pikeville and UMG are reminding residents on the south side of the city of a planned water service interruption tonight. UMG Project Manager Donnie Slone said work will be done to relocate a 12 inch main line. Water service will be interrupted from 9 o’clock tonight…
Read MorePikeville, Ky: An attorney for a Prestonsburg real estate developer who pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud says his client should not spend any time behind bars, because he was victimized by an unscrupulous bank employee. Attorney Ned Pillersdorf filed a sentencing…
Read More[su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/PamvkvUbvlE” height=”340″] SOUTH WILLIAMSON, Ky. — Typically, when you hear the word “hero” you picture someone flying around in a cape. Today, a hero was recognized but she was wearing an apron. Food City in South Williamson…
Read MoreAbsentee voting is now open across Kentucky for the upcoming primary May 22. Those in need of absentee ballots can now request them in all of Kentucky’s 120 counties. In some counties, however, absentee voting has been underway for more than a month. Pike County Deputy Clerk Debbie Hopkins says Clerk…
Read MoreFrom the Whitesburg Police Department: The Whitesburg Police Department will be conducting traffic safety checkpoints periodically throughout the month of May. These checkpoints will be conducted in an effort to enforce the traffic and regulatory laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Traffic safety…
Read MoreThe Floyd County Board of Education named its next superintendent on Tuesday. By a 4-1 vote, the board approved the hiring of Danny Adkins as its new superintendent. Adkins currently serves as the personnel director for the Pike County School District. Beginning July 1st, he will take the reins of…
Read MoreTrailing in the polls with less than a week to go before West Virginia’s primary, former Massey Energy CEO and Republican Senate candidate Don Blankenship has gone on the attack in his latest campaign ad. But he does not attack any of his opponents in the race, or even anyone in his own state.…
Read MoreFrankfort, Ky: Kentucky’s Attorney General says more than 1.3 million Kentuckians were impacted by a privacy breach at Facebook. Andy Beshear said he sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking how many Kentucky residents had their personal information shared with a third party without…
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