Prestonsburg’s John Rosenberg to receive ABA Medal

Posted by Ralph Davis on February 23, 2026, 3:51 pm in Breaking News, Local News

CHICAGO — The American Bar Association has announced that longtime Eastern Kentucky legal advocate John M. Rosenberg will receive the 2026 ABA Medal, the organization’s highest honor for exceptionally distinguished service to American law.

Rosenberg is the executive director emeritus of Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, also known as AppalReD Legal Aid, where he spent decades working to expand access to legal services for low-income residents across the region.

ABA President Michelle A. Behnke cited Rosenberg’s lifelong commitment to fairness and justice, from his work in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice to founding legal aid services in Eastern Kentucky.

Rosenberg, who survived Nazi persecution as a child before immigrating to the United States, will accept the award at the ABA’s annual meeting in Chicago in August.

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It’s Cookie Season!

Posted by Robin Tillman on February 23, 2026, 3:48 pm in Features, Local News, Belfry, Food City, Girl Scouts, Kentucky, Pike County, Pikeville, Sale, Williamson

Belfry Girl Scout troop talks about what they’re offering this year and where you can get them.

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