Head Coach Denise Campbell cites a game plan executed to perfection for the win. PIKEVILLE, Ky. – The Pikeville Lady Panthers are gearing up now to head to Rupp after taking down Johnson Central to clinch the 15th Region Championship at the Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville Saturday in a close on 59-52. It may have been little surprise that candidate for Kentucky Miss Basketball Kylie Alvin delivered a game-high 33 points to put the Lady Panthers on the road to Rupp. Pikeville dropped two games to Johnson Central earlier in the season, but once they were up 19-11 in […]

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Ethan Lance tells us what it’s like to hear the last buzzer of his high school basketball career.

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It’s not always easy keeping things under control while referring big local tournaments. Garrett Smith tells more about that.

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is heading to the state Court of Appeals in an effort to keep more than 240 convicted felons behind bars. At issue is a portion of the Safer Kentucky Act, passed by the General Assembly in 2024 that was struck down by a Franklin Circuit judge last month. The measure broadened the offenses that would classify someone as a violent offender. That matters because under Kentucky law, violent offenders must serve at least 85 percent of their sentences, whereas other offenders are eligible for parole after serving 20 percent of their sentences. […]

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