Thanks to a .419 hitting efficiency as a team and 11 kills from junior middle blocker Lizzie Carr, the Kentucky Volleyball team swept Cal Poly 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-7) on Thursday afternoon inside Historic Memorial Coliseum to advance into Saturday’s Lexington Regional Final in Lexington. Kentucky will now play Creighton on Saturday in the 2025 Lexington Regional Final for a spot in the Final Four. The match time has been conformed for 5 p.m. ET. The match will be televised by ESPN2. Tickets can be purchased at UKathletics.com/tickets. Creighton beat second-seeded Arizona State 3-1 on Thursday in the opening match […]

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The man accused of killing Amber Spradlin could soon be getting out of jail. On Friday, Special Judge Eddy Coleman agreed to a second bond reduction which his attorney has indicated in previous filings his client could meet. McKinney is accused of stabbing Spradlin to death at his father’s home on June 18, 2023. He had been held on a $5 million bond since his arrest in July 2024, but Judge Coleman agreed to lower his bond Dec. 1. The new terms would have required him to post $2 million in property and $400,000 in cash. However, […]

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Two defendants in case tied to the murder of Amber Spradlin have lost their bids to get out of home incarceration. Michael McKinney, 57, and Josh Mullins, 25, are each charged with eight counts of evidence tampering for allegedly trying to cover up the June 18, 2023, murder of Spradlin, whose body was found in McKinney’s home. McKinney’s son, M.K. McKinney, 25, is charged with her murder, as well as evidence tampering. Michael McKinney and Mullins have been out of jail since shortly after their arrests in July of 2024, but have remained under home incarceration with […]

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WHITESBURG, Ky. — A hearing has been scheduled in the case of former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines. Stines is charged with murder for shooting Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins multiple times in his chambers on Sept. 19, 2024. The entire incident was captured on security cameras. On Thursday, Special Judge Christopher Cohron scheduled a hearing in Letcher Circuit Court for 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 18. The hearing is intended to get an update on where the case stands from the prosecution and defense attorneys, as well as to hear all pending motions. The only motions that are currently […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. – For the 17th consecutive year, Community Trust Bank Inc. has earned the “Gold Lender Award” from the United States Small Business Administration as Kentucky’s top volume SBA 7(a) Community Bank lender in federal fiscal year 2024–25. SBA approved 60 guaranteed 7(a) loans for Community Trust Bank customers in Kentucky totaling $12,596,200, in the fiscal year. CTBI was also one of the top lenders in West Virginia in 2024-25, with nine loans totaling $2,231,000. In total, SBA authorized 74 guaranteed 7(a) loans providing access to $18,029,200 for Community Trust Bank customers in four states (Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, […]

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