Diabetes Screening In Hazard Workers involved with the University of Kentucky’s “Faith Moves Mountains” program set up a free health screening at Bowman Memorial United Methodist Church on Sunday.UK shares its newly launched Appalachians in Control (AIC) Diabetes Research Project with those looking to improve diabetes outcomes. Faith Moves Mountains partners with organizations interested…
Helping A Nearby Family After A Fire Mountain Empire Community College is raising money to help an instructor that lost her home in a fire on Saturday. The school is raising money for Brandi Martinez. She and her child have been displaced following a fire in Big Stone Gap. Big Stone Gap and Appalachia…
Gov. Bevin Chooses New Lt. Governor for 2019 Ballot Gov. Matt Bevin has filed for re-election but this time with a different running mate. Bevin filed paperwork to run for governor this year with Republican state Sen. Ralph Alvarado. Alvarado replaces Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton, who was elected with Bevin in 2015. A spokesman…
Five Indicted in Laurel County Marijuana-Running Operation Five Laurel County men have now been indicted in what police are calling a drug-running scheme. According to officials, the men would get marijuana from southern Indiana, then sell it in and around Laurel County. On Friday, Keegan Smith, Raymond Smith, Harley Smith, Jessie Baker, and Chad…
New Community Pool Coming to Pikeville This Summer A new pool is headed to Pikeville after the city commission and YMCA Board of Directors reached an agreement this week to return a community swimming pool to the The indoor pool will be at the Y with money granted through the city. That pool will…
Whooping Cough Diagnosis in Eastern KY The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department has confirmed a case of pertussis, or whooping cough, at Henry Clay High School.This is the second Lexington case, and the first one was reported out of Tates Creek High School.Students at the school with chronic illnesses or weakened immune systems are recommended…
Flu Hits Fayette County Schools Fayette County Public Schools will be closed Friday, Jan. 25 due to illness.FCPS Spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall says student attendance was less than 90 percent at 19 of the district’s schools on Thursday, including four of six high schools. Absences were higher than average at all but three schools districtwide,…
UK Coach Pays It Forward UK Coach John Calipari’s foundation has given a quarter of a million dollars to help federal workers on furlough during the partial government shutdown.The coach tweeted today that the foundation has now helped five hundred families.Calipari says he’s willing to help more if the shutdown continues, and only asks…
Robber From KY Snagged In Colorado The FBI says an eastern Kentucky man suspected of being a serial bank robber nicknamed “The Traveling Bandit” has been arrested in Colorado.FBI officials in Kentucky say 49-year-old Jason Lee Robinson of Pikeville was arrested Thursday on federal bank robbery charges stemming from a Florida heist in December.The…
Former Miss America Running For KY Secretary Of State A former Miss America will enter the race for Kentucky Secretary of State. Heather French Henry filed financial paperwork to begin raising money for a statewide campaign.The democrat previously served as Commissioner of Veterans Affairs under former governor Steve Beshear.Jason Griffith of Whitesburg and Geoff…