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WTVQ ABC 3625m ago

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — Children may be enjoying their summer break, but education experts warn that time away from the classroom can lead to what's known as the "summer slide" — when students lose some of the academic progress they made during the school year. Save the Children is encouraging families to make learning part of their...

WTVQ ABC 361h ago

BRODHEAD, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — Brodhead Fire Department large animal rescue technicians responded to two separate emergencies Thursday, beginning with a horse trapped in a trailer on Interstate 75 and ending with a working structure fire in extreme heat. The department reported that at around 5:30 p.m., Brodhead firefighters were called to assist Mt. Vernon Fire Department on I-75 after...

WTVQ ABC 361h ago

RUSSELL COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — Russell County Search & Rescue located two stranded boaters and their dog on the Cumberland River around one mile downstream from Wolf Creek Dam late Thursday night. The team was called out around 10:30 p.m. to assist Kentucky Fish & Wildlife after the two individuals reported running out of fuel on the...

WTVQ ABC 361h ago

Dangerous Heat Continues Across the Bluegrass It's another hot and muggy day across central Kentucky, and the summer heat is showing no signs of letting up just yet. Temperatures have already climbed into the mid to upper 80s this morning and will continue rising into the low to mid 90s this afternoon. Combined with high humidity, it will feel much...

Harlan Enterprise15h ago

By Paul Lunsford Harlan Enterprise CIVIL LAWSUITS LVNV Funding, LLC., vs. Katelyn Pace — contract dispute. Citibank, N.A., vs. Katherine L. Helton — credit card debt collection. Cavalry SPV I, [...]

Salyersville Independent20h ago

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 [...]

Salyersville Independent20h ago

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 [...]

Salyersville Independent20h ago

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 [...]

Salyersville Independent20h ago

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 [...]

Salyersville Independent21h ago

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 [...]

Kentucky Lantern21h ago

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 [...]

Harlan Enterprise23h ago

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, [...]

Harlan EnterpriseJul 2

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 [...]

Harlan EnterpriseJul 2

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 [...]

Harlan EnterpriseJul 2

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 [...]

Kentucky LanternJul 2

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 [...]

Appalachian News-ExpressJul 1

Officers from the Pikeville Police Department arrested a South Carolina man on June 30 on a litany of charges after he allegedly gave them false identification information and afterwards fled on foot, court records said.

Mountain EagleJul 1

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

Mountain EagleJul 1

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

Mountain EagleJul 1

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

Mountain EagleJul 1

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

Mountain EagleJul 1

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

Mountain EagleJul 1

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 .

Salyersville IndependentJun 29

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 [...]

Salyersville IndependentJun 29

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 IndependentJun 29

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 [..

100 Days in AppalachiaJun 15

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 .