KCW makes a title-bout splash at the Nest in Virgie Saturday night.

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ASHLAND, Ky. — A Louisville man is expected to plead guilty to a reduced charge stemming from his arrest in Magoffin County on drug charges. Robert Earl Pilgrim, 36, was pulled over in Magoffin County in August of 2023 and found in possession of a large amount of meth. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2024 on a charge of possession of more than 500 grams of meth with the intent to distribute. Under a signed plea agreement filed in his case, Pilgrim and prosecutors have agreed that he will plead guilty to a lesser charge of […]

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PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, Ky. – Clara Strack has been chosen to the Wooden Award Late Midseason Top 20 Watch List, which is given to the most outstanding college basketball player in the nation at the end of the season, it was announced by the organization Tuesday. The junior center has hauled in a host of awards this season, including Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Top 10 Midseason Watch List, Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List, two-time USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Week (Nov. 25, Feb. 3), SEC Player of the Week (Nov. 25), […]

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers hosted the Big Sandy Chapter MathCounts Competition on Feb. 7, at the Big Sandy Community and Technical College campus in Prestonsburg. The top two teams and the top three individuals not on a winning team will advance to the Kentucky State MathCounts Competition, to be held at the University of Kentucky next month. Members of the first-place team from Pikeville Junior High were Hannah Chen, Jackie Khater, Alston Lin and Zandyr Ratliff, coached by Candace Fleming. Members of the second-place team from Johnson County Middle School were Julianna Cochran, Zoe Johnson, […]

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WHITESBURG, Ky. — A former Letcher County sheriff charged with murder is asking a judge to rule out the death penalty before his case goes to trial. Attorneys for former Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines filed a motion Monday requesting a hearing to determine whether Stines has a serious intellectual disability or serious mental illness, as defined by Kentucky law. If the court makes that finding, state law would prohibit prosecutors from seeking the death penalty. Stines is charged with murder for the Sept. 19, 2024, shooting death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers. The motion asks […]

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