PIKEVILLE, Ky. – The Pikeville Babe Ruth Softball League have set dates and location for its upcoming spring training. The league announced this week that training will take place each evening at 6:30 p.m. and lasting until 8:30 p.m. at Raleigh Wright Field at Bob Amos Park. Organizers posted the information at its Facebook page, where those interested can find out more, adding its excitement for the things to going again. “We try to invest in our girls as much as we can with this league. We do these days of practice before our evaluations, so that all girls have […]

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. – The Pikeville High School Junior Varsity boys basketball team was crowned 15th Region champs this past weekend in thrilling fashion, defeating the Pike County Central Hawks 42-41. On the way to the crown, the Blackcats took down the Betsy Layne Bobcats and Phelps Hornets junior varsity squads. The Blackcats were coached by Jordan Perry, Ethan Rowe, and Lukas Manns.

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LORADO, W.Va. — More than 500 coal miners in Logan County will lose their jobs in April, following an announcement by Greenbrier Minerals. In a WARN notice filed with the state Friday, Greenbrier says it is idling seven Logan County mines due to “current adverse market conditions.” Those mines include: The company said it is also planning layoffs at its Rich Creek/Lyburn Administrative Office. The layoffs are expected to take effect April 14, or within 14 days thereafter. Approximately 530 jobs will be affected. All of the layoffs are expected to be permanent.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky swimming and diving program will travel to Knoxville, Tenn for the 2025 Southeastern Conference Championship, which is held at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center from Feb. 16-21. Last season, the Wildcat men finished ninth and the women, eleventh. Levi Sandidge took home silver as a junior in the 1650 freestyle, while a handful of other Wildcats cracked the top five, ten, and A finals.  Sandidge looks to lead the men’s team with his SEC Championship experience, having won every medal in the 1650 freestyle race. Sandidge now ranks No. 2 in the SEC in […]

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — University of Kentucky researchers have been awarded a five-year grant, projected to total $7.2 million, from the National Institutes of Health to test overdose prevention strategies for women transitioning from jail back into rural Kentucky communities. The new project is supported by the NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse as part of its Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network, a nationwide program that tests strategies to expand effective treatment, recovery and related services for individuals involved in the criminal legal system.  Women involved in the criminal legal system face elevated overdose risk during the vulnerable period of community […]

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