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Paintsville 11, Martin County 1 (Six innings)
Last Tuesday in 57th District baseball action in Paintsville, the Tigers rolled to an 11-1 win in six innings over Martin County. After exploding for five runs in the first and third innings allowed the Tigers to build a commanding 10-0 lead after three innings of play. The Tigers scored...
Paintsville Utilities votes to recommend guaranteed energy savings contract to city council
The Paintsville Utilities Commission on May 6 discussed a previously-proposed contract that would see big improvements made to the aging water system in Johnson County and ultimately voting to recommend a contract with a third party to the Paintsville City Council. The contract with Integrity Water and Energy would be...
Big Sandy Senior Games open 37th year
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - More than 100 senior citizens signed up to bowl at Bowl Rite Lanes in Prestonsburg for the 37th annual Big Sandy Senior games. Senior citizen centers from Martin, Magoffin, Johnson, Floyd and Pike Counties bowled against each other in one of the many actives hosted by the Big Sandy Area Development District.
Tomahawk man arrested in Johnson County with methamphetamine
PAINTSVILLE — Police arrested a man from Tomahawk on a felony drug charge, alleging he possessed methamphetamine. Fred Thomas Daniels, 31, was taken into custody at 7:21 p.m. Saturday on Old U.S. 23 in Paintsville by Trooper Trevor Spurlock of the Kentucky State Police Post 9. Daniels faces charges...
Prestonsburg blows past Powell County on senior night
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - Prestonsburg baseball beat Powell County 11-1 Friday night. The Blackcats got up in a hurry, scoring five runs in the second inning. Powell County answered with a run of their own in the top of the third. The Blackcats kept the offense going with a run...
Johnson Central 12, Paintsville 0 (Five innings)
Last Tuesday in 57th District softball action, the Johnson Central Lady Eagles beat their crosstown rival the Paintsville Lady Tigers for the second day in a row, this time, 12-0 in five innings. Johnson Central scored 12 runs on seven hits without committing any errors. Paintsville had zero runs on...
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