National Spelling Bee starts with computer test
Posted: 11:19 AM 13-year old Emily Keaton is the only Kentucky student taking part in the National Spelling Bee.
Posted: 11:19 AM 13-year old Emily Keaton is the only Kentucky student taking part in the National Spelling Bee.
Posted: 6:17 PM Officials in Pikeville met today to discuss the plans for a new Jenny Wiley Theatre.
Updated: 12:05 AM County officials partnered with East Kentucky Broadcasting to create the "Drive Down" program to raise awareness against unsafe driving.
Posted: 5:12 PM Campaigns and elections.com recently released this years top 30 rising stars and included in that list was 25 year old Whitney Hurt.
Updated: 6:59 PM She has been the cornerstone of WYMT's Mountain Family for more than two decades, but come June 1st, WYMT's General Manager Ernestine Cornett will retire.
Posted: 4:03 PM PIKEVILLE – Two traffickers of prescription pain pills and their Florida supplier have been arrested on federal drug charges following an undercover investigation by Operation UNITE and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Updated: 11:23 PM The Pike County School Board has voted to approve plans for a new Millard School.
Updated: 6:20 PM Officials say new retail stores are coming to Pikeville bringing several hundred jobs to the area.
Updated: 7:15 PM An occupational tax that was proposed in Pike County is now off the table.
Posted: 5:35 PM Kentucky State Police say a man and woman robbed an eastern Kentucky bank at gunpoint Monday afternoon.
Updated: 6:20 PM US Bank in Virgie was robbed at gunpoint Monday afternoon.
Updated: 5:20 PM A new police chief has been hired in Elkhorn City.
Updated: 3:29 PM Prestonsburg, KY (May 14, 2012) Nursing students from the Big Sandy Community and Technical College chapter of the Kentucky Association of Nursing Students surprised Pikeville Medical Center with a donation to their pediatric unit on Friday, May 4th.
Posted: 5:10 PM ELKHORN CITY, Ky. (AP) - An eastern Kentucky fire department is forming a dive team in the wake of three people drowning in 2011 in the Russell Fork River.
Posted: 5:12 PM A new Jenny Wiley Theatre will soon be under construction in Pikeville.
Posted: 9:13 PM Police are investigating a burglary at Elliott Contracting in the Green Meadows community.
Posted: 9:11 PM A search warrant leads to the arrest of an eastern Kentucky man on child pornography charges.
Posted: 5:13 PM The University of Pikeville is in talks with several eastern Kentucky counties about using coal severance money to fund a new scholarship program.
Updated: 9:06 PM Pike County Schools could be facing a huge budget shortfall for the upcoming school year.
Posted: 2:29 PM PIKE COUNTY – May 8, 2012 – Road work on US 460 in Pike County from Powell’s Creek to Mouthcard brings with it lane closures, long delays, and a reduced speed work zone at Pond Creek of Draffin. Similar work on KY 194 west of Kimper Elementary will necessitate one-lane traffic f or a few days there as well, according to Sara George, spokeswoman for Highway District 12 of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
Posted: 4:28 PM A Kentucky school system could be facing a major deficit.
Posted: 6:32 AM Police say James Adams of Milton lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a heavy piece of equipment that was being towed
Posted: 6:14 AM The Appalachian News Express reports district budget committee members approved a budget last week to pass along to the Pike County board for consideration.
Posted: 5:43 PM Four-year-old Aubree Fuller was diagnosed with a brain tumor with she was just four years old. Now her community is trying to help.
