Mountain Parkway Construction Construction on a segment of the Mountain Parkway in Magoffin County could cause some traffic trouble Thursday morning.Construction crews will set beams this week on two bridges. The bridges will be over Johnson Creek at mile point 65.7 that will eventually carry a new four-lane alignment of the Parkway, and they…
Baptist Health Vaccine Baptist Health encourages people with weakened immune systems to get a third shot 28 days after their second dose, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many with compromised immune systems likely had a lessened response or no response at all to the vaccines due to their underlying…
University Of Pikeville Recognition Some encouraging education news! The University of Pikeville gained recognition from a national council on its teacher preparation.The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) published data that showed the school’s excellence in first-time pass rates.UPIKE’s average first-time pass rate on the Praxis II Elementary Education test (56%) was ten percent…
Goforth Resigns Kentucky state representative Robert Goforth has resigned. In his resignation letter, Goforth explained “family and personal circumstances that demand my full attention and focus” in his resignation letter.He was facing domestic violence charges stemming from an incident involving his wife back in April 2020. According to police reports, his wife said Goforth…
Pikeville Man Arrested 41-year old John Caines of Pikeville was arrested on Tuesday following a 90-minute rescue operation involving multiple local law enforcement agencies when he was found acting erratically.“It was a joint effort,” said Pikeville PD Public Information Officer Tony Conn. “Between Pikeville Police Department, Pikeville Fire and EMS, our rope team, our…
God’s Food Pantry A band of local partners are coming together for what they call a community initiative.“We’re trying to bring food back into the pantries for the holiday season and get them restocked,” Kentucky Power External Affairs Manager Bob Shurtleff said. “And we know they’ve been hit very, very hard through the pandemic…
Deceptive Loan Practices College students in Kentucky have hope for protection against deceptive loan practices by lenders.Kentucky State Representative Patti Minter has announced she is filing a bill currently titled B.R. 96, which would take on predatory lending, according to a news release.She says with this bill, student borrowers can know that their state…
Gigantic Gourd Eastern Kentucky is on the map again for it’s gigantic gourd debuting at the Kentucky State Fair.Charlie Brown might even be impressed might say “good grief” if he saw the 1,663-pound gargantuan gourd raised by Floyd County farmer Dwight Slone.Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles shared the news on his Twitter. …
Gun Laws Saying it would take away control from Congress,Attorney General Daniel Cameron is now part of a 20-state coalition of attorneys against the Biden administration’s proposed gun laws, according to a news release.The coalition is opposing what they say is an unlawful attempt to regulate guns proposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
College Of Optometry The University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Optometry (KYCO), which began a grant program last year, was recognized by the American Optometric Association (AOA), according to a news release.The program’s success has lead the AOA to adopt its system all across the nation.Apparently, the KYCO has paid for 43 optometry students to…