The University of Kentucky Athletics Department announced the launch of BLUEprint, a private front-office database. A program designed to leverage data and analytics to inform roster decisions across the university's revenue-sharing sports programs.
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A South Carolina woman is facing charges after a teen girl drowned in a hotel pool.
Kentucky guard Kam Williams will be returning to the Wildcats next season
Delta Air Lines is raising its checked bag fees on certain flights starting this week.
Kimberly Keagy has a look at some of the top stories for Tuesday, April 7.
Where did it all go wrong? I'm a peace maker by heart but I have learned and continue learning that a peace maker doesn't necessarily always keep their mouth shut. [...]
Officers say Donovan Gwinn, 20, was last seen at 5 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Epsy Lane in Flatwoods.
UPDATE: April 7 at 12 p.m. A Fayette County grand jury indicted Lexington couple, 32-year-old Kayla Smith and 31-year-old Brian Smith, on six counts of first-degree criminal abuse after investigators said they locked children in a dog cage and burned them with cigarettes. According to the initial complaints filed in Fayette County District Court, siblings told their foster parents they...
There comes a point in every grown person's life when they realize that not every thought deserves a response. Not every situation deserves your wisdom, and not every comment deserves [...]
The Clark County School District is considering closing a historic elementary school.
Subscriptions can quietly drain your budget, and many people are ready to cut them loose. Consumer Investigator Rachel DePompa shares how to find the ones you forgot about and stop paying for what you do not use.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Kentucky basketball players continued to flood the transfer portal when it opened Tuesday. Denzel Aberdeen entered the transfer portal, announcing on social media: "First and Foremost I would like to thank God for allowing me to play the game I love. Without him nothing is possible. Being a part of Kentucky Men's Basketball...
A federal appeals court sided with a pair of Lexington distillery owners after a Louisville distillery accused them of false advertising.
Steven Vipperman of Belfry High School is the 2026 Section 2 recipient of the National High School Spirit of Sport Award by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Vipperman, a football player at Belfry High School, survived a major car accident last May. The award was created to recognize individuals who exemplify the ideals of the spirit of sport that represent the core
A Houston woman is accused of trafficking nearly half a million dollars’ worth of drugs.
An 18-year-old woman was killed Saturday night when she fell out of a moving vehicle on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma.
Troopers responded to a disturbance on Patterson Drive around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Troopers with the Electronic Crime Branch took 36-year-old Megan A. Combs into custody Monday afternoon around 1:30 p.m.
When I wrote my memoir in 2018, I titled the book 'Finding Joy: My Life as an Adoptee'. Within the context, I explained the premise that, as an adoptee, I [...]
SHELBIANA, Ky. -- A Pike County man is facing a felony assault charge for allegedly shooting his neighbor. Police were called to Pikeville Medical Center after a man showed up in the emergency with a gunshot wound in his left foot near the ankle. The victim told police that he was cutting grass on his property at Shelbiana, when 83-year-old Franklin Kendrick came out of his home and began arguing
HAZARD, Ky. -- A Perry County woman has been arrested on child porn charges, following an investigation by the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch. Megan Combs, 36, of Hazard, is charged with four counts possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor younger than 12. The charge is a felony, punishable by 1-to-5 years in prison. KSP says it began investigating Combs after
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. -- Officials with the State Medical Examiner's Office have confirmed that a leg bone found Monday night at Dewey Lake is not human in origin, the Floyd County Coroner's Office said on Tuesday. The discovery resulted in a social media uproar, after a transcript of a 911 call reporting a "human leg with shoe" had been found at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park was shared. Coroner Greg
ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- Morehead Rowan County E9-1-1 is launching a new "Adopt a Dispatcher" program to recognize the crucial work of emergency dispatchers. The program gives the community a chance to learn who is on the line and show appreciation for the first line of communication during an emergency. Community members can participate by...
CORBIN, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- UPDATE: Monday, April 6 at 10:30 p.m. One person is dead following a Monday afternoon collision involving multiple vehicles in Whitley County, Kentucky State Police reports. Officers with the agency responded to a section of the Cumberland Falls Highway near Ward Cemetery Road just after 3 p.m. for reports of a...
With two of the 13th Region’s best pitchers in the circle, the odds seemed likely there wouldn’t be many hits Monday in Manchester. The Harlan County Lady Bears and pitcher [...]
After multiple attempts to serve the indictment warrant, Clark said Slusher tried to flee to a small town in Ohio.
FRANKFORT — The chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party is calling for an investigation into the financial dealings between a political nonprofit called Kentucky Strong Inc. and its president state Sen. Julie Raque Adams. Democratic Party chair Colmon Elridge called on the state attorney general and the Legislative Ethics Commission to launch investigations in response [...]
Danville - Ephraim McDowell Health is sponsoring a free health screening at Green River Pentecostal Church in Hustonville on Saturday, April 25. The screenings will be offered from 9 a.m. [...]
It will be remembered as a high-stakes, daring plan, next to impossible to accomplish--the rescue of the injured airman who ejected from an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over mountainous [...]
PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- A hearing in the Amber Spradlin murder case that had been set for last Friday was abruptly canceled that morning. Now, we know why the hearing was canceled and when it will take place instead. In an order filed in the case on Monday, Special Judge Eddy Coleman said he was forced to cancel the hearing after being injured in a fall. He added that injury will require surgery, which
The Kentucky Supreme Court is ordering lawmakers to drop impeachment proceedings against a circuit judge in Lexington. In a 5-1 opinion issued Monday afternoon, the state’s high court said that the legislature’s impeachment of Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Goodman “encroaches upon the inherent powers of the Judicial Branch” and violates the separation of powers among [...]
LOUISA, Ky. -- A Lawrence County woman has been arrested after police say she rented a truck and refused to take it back. Ironton, Ohio, Police Department contacted Louisa Police on Friday about the theft. They said they had received a report from U-Haul that Amber Lynn Mitchell, 39, of Louisa, had rented a truck from the company on March 21 and had not returned it. When the company contacted Mitc
by ASHLEY CRAIGNavy Office of Community Outreach MILLINGTON, Tenn. – U.S. Navy sailors from across the fleet are headed to Kentucky for Lexington Navy Week, April 7 to 12, to volunteer in the community and discuss why the Navy matters to the Bluegrass State. While many of the sailors are from all over the country, this Navy Week will carry special meaning for visiting sailors from the area, includ
RICHMOND, Ky. (KT) - Kentucky State Police (KSP) at the Richmond Post are conducting a death investigation, following the discovery of human remains in a rural part of Madison County, [...]
FRANKFORT - Secretary of State Michael Adams has announced that leading up to the May 19 primary election 9,839 new voters were added to the rolls, the biggest surge since [...]
BANNER, Ky. -- A Floyd County man is facing a felony assault charge, after his mother reported that he beat her. Sheriff's deputies and state troopers responded after 911 received an open-line call just after 2 a.m. Sunday, during which dispatchers could hear a man screaming that he was going to kill his mother and then himself. A state trooper and EMTs found the victim, who was described as havin
A Latino civil rights group plans to appeal a recent federal court ruling that barred Kentucky from granting in-state tuition rates to people without permanent legal status. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) sought to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration last year challenging a state policy. Last week, [...]
FRANKFORT — Since January 2023 an obscure political organization named Kentucky Strong Inc. has paid its executive director — state Sen. Julie Raque Adams — $80,500. In fact, 12 payments to Adams totaling $80,500 were the only expenses reported by Kentucky Strong in the three-year period ending January 2026. Over roughly the same period Kentucky [...]
Since it’s Easter weekend, I really tried hard to be nice and not let the evils of politics infiltrate my mind. But something came up, and I just can’t seem to get the voices out of my head. Not that the current administration makes it easy.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." — 1 Peter 1:3
Indulge me, please. There's a rocket headed for the moon, and I've got some thoughts.
April is designated nationally as Child Abuse Awareness Month. For the past decade, a Pikeville restaurant has held a special kickoff event for the awareness month.
A former Pike County teacher and coach has been arrested on charges that he, while in a position of authority, used electronic devices with the intention of procuring or promoting the use of a minor for sexual activity.
Vocational school students in Letcher County are working at more than 10 agencies and businesses across the county, and 95 percent of them are expected to graduate “post-secondary ready,” Area Technology Center Principal Casey Breeding said. Addressing the Letcher County Board of Education at its regular monthly meeting, Breeding said the state set a goal of 75 percent of students [...] The post V
A long-delayed project to replace hundreds of sewage grinder pumps in Fleming-Neon will be rebid after officials determined unnecessary federal requirements were included in the original bid documents. The project involves replacing more than 350 grinder pumps damaged in the July 2022 flood. The pumps are used to move sewage from homes and businesses into the city’s sewer system, particularly [...
A Jenkins man accused of having his girlfriend smuggle contraband to a now-former jail guard has been indicted again — this time for allegedly threatening the girlfriend over a monitored jail telephone line. Gavin Polly, 27, of 7759 Hwy. 119 N, Jenkins, is charged with two counts of intimidating a participant in the legal process, third-degree terroristic threatening, and second-degree [...] The p
When Jake Feldhaus of Madison Central was named Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball, it came as no surprise to his father, Deron Feldhaus, a former University of Kentucky player. “I was pretty confident. I studied the other players,” said Deron Feldhaus, who was one of “The Unforgettables” under Rick Pitino at UK. “(Madison Central coach) Allen (Feldhaus) does a great job of [...] The post How Jake Feldhaus
I’ve heard all kinds of sayings about fishing — the best times to go, moon phases, weather, water levels and just about everything else. Some of those sayings seem to hold true, while others are just old advice that’s been passed around for years. But one saying I’ve always believed is this: when the dogwood trees bloom, it’s time to [...] The post Spring crappie run comes with need to let some gr
Struttin’ Time readers, I often get asked a question: “Steve, what do you do when you’re not hunting or fishing?” I usually just pass over that question. But after this weekend, I’ve decided to tell all of you exactly what I do. Listen closely — I spend my extra time with friends, just like you. I’m going to use this [...] The post What keeps me busy when I’m not on a hunting trip first appeared o
Pictured above are some of the 30 people turned out for the No Kings III protest in Whitesburg on Saturday. The event drew an estimated 8 million people in towns and cities across the country. The protest is intended to voice displeasure with President Donald Trump and the billionaire class. According to estimates, at least 8 million attended one of [...] The post 30 people turn out for ‘No Kings’
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath said rising costs for health care, energy and everyday goods are the top concerns she is hearing from voters across Eastern Kentucky. During a campaign stop in Whitesburg last week, McGrath said affordability — particularly insurance premiums — is driving frustration among residents. “I’m hearing the same thing everywhere — prices,” she said. “How [...]
Three different federal judges have ordered four more immigrants picked up in January’s ICE raids released on constitutional grounds The post More ICE detainees ordered released by West Virginia judges: ‘A threat to anyone’s constitutional rights is a threat to us all’ appeared first on 100 Days in Appalachia .