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Donating Diabetic Supplies State Representative Bill Wesley visited Primary Care Centers of Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday to discuss House Bill 95, and donate diabetic supplies. “I’m just wanting to sponsor somehow and reach out and just make myself known to these people that there’s people out here the care especially at the House of…
More Pikeville Funny Money More funny money’s been found in Pikeville.According to Pikeville Police Public Information Officer Tony Conn, on May 3, a citizen located the money and brought it into the police station.“A citizen located several counterfeit bills in the Cut-Through on U.S. 23 between exits 23 and 24,” Conn said. “Det. Bruce…
Road Construction Drivers traveling through KY-476 near Dwarf and the Knott County line will need to find another way to their destination.The road is planned to be closed for drivers today near milepost 7.3.Workers will be replacing a drainage pipe around 8 a.m. and are planned to be completed sometime in the afternoon.No signs…
Horizon Health In Whitley County Whole person centered care is the aim of Horizon Health in Whitley Counthy becasue experts says as the opioid epidemic continues, more people are dying and several recovery site staff members say that the COVID-19 pandemic is only increasing those overdose death numbers.“The challenge that we’ve had especially over…
KY Gas Prices Could Surge The cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline is not directly impacting Kentucky, but experts say that could change if the problem is not fixed soon to the tune of up t 12 cents per gallon in gas.On Friday, all Colonial Pipeline operations were shut down in response to a ransomware attack.The…
Graduates Will Have Choices In an unrelated story according to recent employment data this year’s graduating class of college seniors is poised for better prospects than were the 2020 graduates, who had the misfortune to graduate in the depths of the disastrous coronavirus recession.Though the competition will be stiff – this year’s graduates will…
Job Search Requirement Added To UI According to officials in the Governor’s office there’s a new change to receive Unemployment Benefits: work search requirements for people on unemployment insurance started back on Sunday.Anyone on UI will be required to search for work as they did before the pandemic. And report at least one job…
KY Sales Tax Revenue Kentucky collected record amounts of sales tax revenues in April, reflecting growing consumer spending in another sign of economic recovery from the coronavirus, Gov. Andy Beshear said.Sales tax receipts from last month reached $486.5 million, not only the state’s best-ever total for an April but an all-time monthly high, the…
Hershey Recall The Hershey Company recalled 1,700 bottles of Hershey’s Chocolate Shell Topping due to an undeclared allergen.The shell topping is made with almonds. According to the Food and Drug Administration, almonds are not declared as an ingredient on the recalled products.The products were shipped nationwide between April 15 and May 3, 2021 and…
KSP Car Show Kentucky State Police, Post 9, Pikeville will be hosting an outdoor car show May 15 with the proceeds to benefit KSP Shop with a Trooper event.According to Trooper Michael Coleman, Post 9 public information officer, this will be the post’s first car show.“To my knowledge, this is the first car show…