Inspirational Quotes Baptist Health in Richmond has launched a new initiative to inspire the community.It started about a year ago when Greg Gerard became President of Baptist Health Richmond. He is a self-professed quote guy and started sending out motivational quotes to staff on Mondays to offer a little extra inspiration.”It’s just trying to…
Missing Juveniles Found Safe Crews found two missing juveniles in Elliott County Tuesday.Paintsville/Johnson County Emergency Management said crews were in Chandlersville looking for a 17-year-old boy and three-year-old girl.They said the 17-year-old boy has special needs. The children are first cousins.The pair were last seen on a yellow ATV near the Lawrence County line.Three…
Paintsville Car Thieves Several cars have been broken into in Paintsville.Police say most have been on 4th and 5th Street, but it is not contained to just that area.”We’ve had several. We’ve actually had some that’s not in that area that had the same MO on other streets also,” said Paintsville Police Department Captain…
Blackjewel Bankruptcy As many as 200 Harlan County coal miners and another 1,500 in Kentucky and other mines in the U.S. are out thousands of dollars in pay after their employer abruptly went bankrupt.Blackjewel LLC, the sixth-largest coal producer in the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, with the Associated Press…
Disney Toy Recall Disney has announced a recall on approximately 80,000 Forky plush toys.The 11 inch plush toy, which is based on the Forky character in Toy Story 4, has eyes that can detach and poses a choking hazard to young children.The Forky toy was sold at Disney Stores nationwide, Disney theme parks, Shop…
McConnell’s Challenger Is Criticized Kentucky’s U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell’s campaign is wasting no time hitting back at Democratic candidate Amy McGrath. Within an hour of McGrath announcing her plans to run for the Democratic primary for McConnell’s seat, the campaign launched the website WrongPathMcGrath.com“Amy McGrath lost her only race in a Democratic wave election…
Newsboys Will Make A Kentucky Appearance Newsboys will be making a stop at Appalachian Wireless Arena during their Greatness Of Our God Tour.The band will be in Pikeville on October 20.The tour features Ryan Stevenson, Adam Agee with a special appearance by Kevin Max.Tickets will be available on July 12.To buy tickets you can…
Inmates On The Loose Four inmates escaped from the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Hazard around 6 p.m. Monday.Police captured one of the men at Walmart.The Hazard Police Department and Kentucky State Police are still looking for the three men: Kennith Spurlock, James Reed and Steven Smith.If you have any information on where these…
Kentuckians Advised to Prepare for Earthquakes Emergency leaders say that videos of the violent shaking caused by earthquakes hitting California are reminders that they can happen suddenly, so you should be prepared. Lexington Emergency Management Director John Bobel says if you think earthquakes can’t happen in Kentucky, think again.The strong earthquakes in California have…
Helping Blackjewel Employees Governor Matt Bevin announced Monday that the Labor Cabinet will open an investigation into Blackjewel LLC.The cabinet received multiple reports of unpaid wages for coal miners in Eastern Kentucky. Blackjewel reportedly issued paychecks to employees that bounced last week after the company declared bankruptcy.“The Labor Cabinet takes this issue very seriously,…