PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, Ky. – Tyler Bell was named First Team Preseason All-Southeastern Conference and Ben Cleaver voted a member of the Second Team by the league coaches, it was announced Thursday.   Kentucky was picked to finish 11th out of the conference’s 16 teams. Bell, in 2025, etched his name all over UK’s freshman records list and has got stronger as the season has progressed. He reached base safely in 54 of 56 career games (he started every game but one last season, which he missed with an injury), including each of the first 27. He had 17 […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. – The University of Pikeville has appointed Gregory Green as interim dean of the Coleman College of Business. Green has served UPike as an associate professor of economics, bringing a strong background in academic instruction, economic analysis and student-centered learning. In his new role, he will provide leadership and strategic direction for CCOB while supporting faculty, staff and students and advancing the college’s academic mission. “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Greg Green as Interim Dean of the Coleman College of Business,” UPike President Burton J. Webb said. “Dr. Green has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Unemployment rates fell in every Kentucky county in December, according to figures released Thursday by the state Education and Labor Cabinet. Locally, jobless rates fell drastically to levels more in line with the state rate. Pike County, which was the only county in our region to see November rates rise year over year, had the steepest drop in its jobless rate, plummeting from 7.2 percent to 4.6 percent. Most other counties in our region saw their rates fall by about a point or more. The lone exception was Magoffin County, which only dropped 0.2 percent. Magoffin also […]

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ASHLAND, Ky. — A Wolfe County man accused in federal court of a conspiracy to distribute meth in three Eastern Kentucky counties, is ready to plead guilty. Clyde Rudolph Endicott, 55, of Hazel Green, is charged with conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of meth, four counts of distributing meth, possession with the intent to distribute, and felon in possession of a firearm. He had been indicted on several of the charges back in July, accusing him of distributing meth in Wolfe, Breathitt and Magoffin counties. But when officers went to arrest him, they found more than 8 lbs. […]

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PRESS RELEASE: MARSHALL ATHLETICS HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall Baseball was picked fourth in the 2026 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches Poll on Wednesday, as announced by the league office. “We are excited about the upcoming season. To be honest, pre-season polls don’t mean a lot. If you remember we were picked 12th last year and finished fourth. What I do believe it is saying is that other people are noticing the energy and growth of Marshall Baseball like all of us are feeling in Herd Nation. We are working hard, look forward to completing and building on this momentum,” Herd Baseball Head Coach Greg […]

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