Early settlers from Virginia founded Lexington near what is now McConnell Springs in 1775
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An 8-year-old girl in California died after being struck by illegal fireworks during a Fourth of July display.
Amazon Prime members are getting a new fuel discount in time for the Fourth of July.
SALYERSVILLE — The Magoffin County High School cheerleading program will hold its annual golf scramble at Paintsville Golf Course on Friday, July 10. Registration for the MCHS Cheerleaders Golf Scramble will start at 8 a.m. on the morning of the event. The scramble will begin at 9 a.m. Teams participating in the scramble will be [...]
Authorities say a group of teens is facing charges in connection with vandalizing a produce stand.
Dr. Chapman from Living Well Aesthetics talks about facial balancing.
SALYERSVILLE — The KHSAA Dead Period will end at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, July 9. Prior to the start of the KHSAA Dead Period in late-June, numerous Magoffin County student-athletes remained active. Annually, student-athletes are sidelined June 25-July 9 via the KHSAA Dead Period. The Dead Period was adopted 20-plus years ago by member schools [...]
Meteorologist John Gross is tracking the latest forecast.
SALYERSVILLE — The 7th Annual Magoffin County Youth Baseball/Softball Cornhole Tournament is set to be held at the Salyersville City Park on Friday, July 3. The cornhole tournament will start at 7 p.m. The entry fee for the cornhole tournament is $30 per team. Registration for the cornhole tournament will start at 6:30 p.m. The [...]
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SALYERSVILLE — The Holiness House of Prayer Independence Day Car Show is set to be held at the Salyersville City Park on Saturday, July 4. The car show will feature various classes. Registration for the car show will begin at 10 a.m. Awards for the car show are scheduled to be handed out at 2 [...]
JACKSON — Registration is underway for the Jackson Parks & Recreation Fast Pitch Softball League. The Jackson Parks & Recreation Fast Pitch Softball League will be comprised of middle school and high school divisions. The season for the Jackson Parks & Recreation Fast Pitch Softball League will open on Monday, July 13. Teams in the [...]
A tractor-trailer carrying live crabs caught fire on an interstate in Tennessee Wednesday morning, closing an off-ramp.
JCPenney is helping customers stretch their budgets with a one-day Fuel Up and Save event that turns a gas station receipt into real savings.
The massive heat wave expected in the nation’s capital won’t deter President Donald Trump from giving a lengthy speech on the Fourth of July.
Kentucky’s utility regulator has launched an investigation into concerns it has about "troubling" managerial and planning practices at investor-owned electric utility Kentucky Power. The Kentucky Public Service Commission wrote in a Thursday morning order that it was opening an investigation into the Eastern Kentucky utility following years of concerns the regulator and the Kentucky attorney [...]
A Kentucky man wanted on charges of rape, sodomy and sexual abuse of a child under 12 years old has been arrested following a multi-agency operation in Georgetown.
The Kentucky Democrat who is hoping to succeed Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says that Kentuckians “deserve a clear and honest answer about their senator’s condition.”
At least 25 Kentuckians were killed by an intimate partner in 2025.
Today, the Republican Party can no longer call itself the "Party of Lincoln." Abraham Lincoln paid the ultimate price for freeing the slaves. To some extent slavery may have ended, [...]
My uncle Cas Newton Day remained a kid at heart to his last days. I loved him for it, and I think (and hope) a little of it rubbed off [...]
After the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Andy Beshear should have appointment power over the State Fair Board, the board removed the leader of the organization that oversees the fair.
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise A traffic stop on Jones Street in Harlan led to an arrest by the Kentucky State Police. Starr Halcomb, 48, of Harlan, was pulled over [...]
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - A 23-year-old McKee man died Thursday morning after his reportedly motorcycle crossed the center line and collided head-on with a passenger car on Industrial Boulevard in Laurel County. The Laurel County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Joshua Burkhart. The crash occurred at around 7:30 a.m. on Industrial Boulevard, located off West...
By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise The following people have been taken into custody at the Harlan County Detention Center (Note: some inmates have recently been released: Cari Saylor, 29, of [...]
The men didn't have enough room where they were living, so they decided to move and build themselves a place. None of them suspected they were about to witness the [...]
KSP says they responded to the scene of single-vehicle crash on U.S. 23 in the Pikeville community of Pike County on Wednesday.
FRANKFORT - The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEA) is launching the 2026 Promote Your School Scholarship Contest, open to rising juniors at Kentucky public and private high schools. Essay [...]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has announced that investigations by his office, along with state and federal partners, uncovered $10.8 million in health care fraud and [...]
Hot and Humid Weather Stays Locked In We're starting off another day on a warm and muggy note across central and eastern Kentucky, and the hot weather isn't going anywhere through the holiday weekend. Temperatures have already climbed into the mid to upper 80s this morning and will continue warming into the low to mid 90s by this afternoon. Combined...
While Republicans have been gaining more members through Kentucky voter registration in the last few years, Democrats still hold the registration edge in some Kentucky counties.
SEVENTY SIX, Ky. – If the increasing turmoil in Washington makes you worry about our country’s future as we prepare to mark the 250th anniversary of its independence, come with me to Seventy Six. The derivation of this place’s name has been lost to history, but it seems safe to conclude that it was inspired [...]
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill this week that, if made law, would increase black lung disability payments for coal miners and their families and tie the stipends to inflation rates moving forward. Despite the outsized impact black lung has had on miners in West Virginia, neither of the state’s U.S. [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. (KT) - The first week of July is bringing a heat wave that has air conditioning units humming and fans turning as electric utility customers in Kentucky try [...]
Edelen framed the project as an opportunity for coal communities to benefit from the transition to renewable energy.
The city of Hazard is preparing for a full weekend of Fourth of July events in Perry County, with officials also urging residents to take precautions as high temperatures are expected during the outdoor festivities.
Officials are warning residents to take precautions as dangerous heat and humidity continue across Kentucky through at least Friday. The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Warning for the entire state through 8 p.m. EDT Friday, prompting local governments to open cooling centers. In Letcher County, the recreation center in Whitesburg has been opened as a cooling station. [...] The
Neon Fire and Rescue will station an ambulance at the Letcher Volunteer Fire Department beginning this week in an effort to improve emergency response times in the lower end of Letcher County. Letcher County Judge/Executive Terry Adams announced the plan during a special meeting of the Letcher Fiscal Court on Monday. Adams said Neon Fire Chief Carter Bevins has agreed [...] The post Neon Fire & Re
Hello, everyone. I hope you’ve all had a good week. The heat and humidity have returned, along with some much-needed rain. It looks like we’re in for a hot Independence Day weekend. Please be careful if you’re celebrating with fireworks. The rain arrived during our Gibson Family Reunion. Fortunately, we stayed dry inside, except for a couple of the younger [...] The post Family reunions fill busy
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College (SKCTC), in partnership with Partners for Rural Impact (PRI), has launched the Promise Scholars Program, a summer bridge initiative designed to help recent graduates of Letcher County Central High School successfully transition to college. The Promise Scholars Program provides students with an opportunity to begin building the academic, personal, an
Letcher County will use the last of the Covid-19 relief money it received to repair outdoor playgrounds and assist fire departments with insurance. The Letcher Fiscal Court voted this week to replace four sets of playground equipment that is damaged, outdated, or was removed because it was defective. Any money remaining will be given to fire departments in the county [...] The post Leftover funds
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have horrible neck, shoulder, back and hip pain, which are all from different traumas. I’ve been seeing a pain doctor for the past 14 years. I started out by taking 5 mg of Vicodin and 4 mg of trazodone. Over the years, my prescriptions have been raised to 7.5 mg of oxycodone four times a day [...] The post Her pain meds quit working first appeared on The Mountain Eagle .
Meade-McKenzie served as CEO of Kentucky River Community Care for 12 years.
Kayla Spradlin, a Johnson County native and now Magoffin resident, recently published her debut novel, “Whispers in Hollow Creek,” available now. The book, filled with mystery and a hint of paranormal suspense, is the first installment of the Hollow Creek Trilogy, penned under Spradlin’s pseudonym, Juliet Thorne. “After many long nights spent writing, revising, and [...]
FLOYD COUNTY – A Salyersville man died after an early morning single-vehicle crash on KY 114 near the Floyd/Magoffin county line Saturday. On June 20, at approximately 5:30 a.m., Kentucky State Police Post 9 was contacted by Prestonsburg Dispatch to a single-vehicle wreck on KY 114 near State Road Fork, just past the Magoffin/Floyd county [...]
SALYERSVILLE – A Magoffin County grand jury released the following indictments, filed on June 18: Darin N. Gullett, 50, of Howard Branch, Salyersville, is charged with third-degree assault of a police officer (Class D felony); third-degree terroristic threatening (Class A misdemeanor); fourth-degree assault, no visible injury (Class A misdemeanor); and menacing (Class B misdemeanor). According [..
The Valley Elementary School recently released its fourth nine-week honor roll. The students receiving recognition are as follows:
Pikeville High School is planning a musical performance this fall in honor of the Alumni Auditorium’s 30th anniversary with a production of “Little Shop of Horrors.”
The Pike County Fiscal Court met on June 24 for a brief special meeting, during which members adopted the proposed 2026-2027 budget and addressed routine agenda items.
A non-profit vocational training school located in Salyersville is now seeking applications for its upcoming program.
Three people were arrested on methamphetamine trafficking charges during the course of a drug investigation by the Pikeville Police Department, according to court documents.
The sightings are normal behavior for this time of year, according to John Hast, bear program coordinator for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife.
Throughout the Ohio River island’s history, flora and fauna have reacted and adjusted to human development like oil and gas wells. As humans abandoned the infrastructure, they've reclaimed their space. The post Muskingum: The End of an Island Refuge's Fossil Fuel Legacy appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .
“Music kind of creates a community, and it’s an exalted position to be up on a stage and to be part of the thing that brings people together,” O’Brien said. The post Grammy Award-Winning Musician Tim O'Brien and the Next Generation of Appalachian Bluegrass appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .
Many credit Addiction Recovery Care with playing a key role in their sobriety. But most also said they felt betrayed by the organization. The post They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud. appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .