PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 3 Kentucky Volleyball team used seven aces to blow past UCLA on Wednesday night in the Allstate Big Ten/SEC Challenge inside Historic Memorial Coliseum as UK swept UCLA 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-23).  Kentucky placed three into double figures in scoring as Morgan Gaerte led all players with 16 kills on 33 swings to hit .364 and that was accompanied by 15 kills from Brooklyn DeLeye in 32 swings and 10 terminations from Asia Thigpen on the left side. Kentucky as a team hit .346 for the match, outhitting the Bruins by […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky court system says some appellate court data may have been accessed during a cybersecurity incident involving a third-party case management system. The Administrative Office of the Courts says West Publishing Corporation, doing business as Thomson Reuters Court Management Solutions, notified the state of the breach Wednesday. The company says an unauthorized third party accessed and obtained court data stored in its C-Track system, which is used by the Kentucky Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. The AOC says some Kentucky appellate court information was among the data accessed. However, Kentucky’s trial court e-filing system is […]

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LONDON, Ky. — A Perry County man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Franklin Delano Campbell, 67, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Chad Meredith to 236 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute powder cocaine and crack cocaine. According to federal prosecutors, Campbell obtained between a half-kilogram and one kilogram of powder cocaine at a time from an out-of-state supplier between January 2022 and November 2025. Investigators say Campbell converted much of the cocaine into crack and sold it to drug traffickers and […]

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by RODERICK [email protected] CLINTWOOD, Va. — The Dickenson County Department of Economic Development and Tourism is turning to local residents to help preserve the region’s history, one story at a time. Officials will record oral histories and personal memories from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, on Chase Street in Clintwood during the annual Pioneer Days celebration. The department is seeking stories about the people, places, businesses and traditions that have shaped the county over generations. Dana Cronkhite, the county’s director of economic development and tourism, said the project aims to capture everyday history before it fades. “We know […]

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by RODERICK [email protected] CLINTWOOD, Va. — Local residents and stakeholders recently gathered for a morning-long simulation designed to tackle the complex choices surrounding modern energy development in rural communities. The exercise was led by Janelle Knox-Hayes, a professor of economic geography and planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Participants were divided into small groups to chart the energy future of Volt Valley, Pennsylvania — a fictional community designed to mirror the economic, environmental and geographic conditions of Dickenson County. Acting in assigned roles as either energy developers or community members, participants debated project placement, job quality and longevity, impacts on […]

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