Bluehole, KY

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Harlan County native Jordan Smith won the third place position on the NBC television show American Song Contest finale on Monday. Smith won season nine of the reality television show “The Voice” a few years ago. Smith has been performing his original song “Sparrow” on American Song Contest,...

Kentucky is synonymous with the name wildcat. In fact, many wild cats are in abundance and indigenous to Kentucky. The University of Kentucky adopted the name "Wildcats" in 1909, after a 6-2 football victory over Illinois, according to the University of Kentucky. At the beginning of U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), the Battle of Camp Wildcat occurred near London, Ky., in 1861.

The daughter of a Kentucky woman who died of a heart attack has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a Kentucky cop and several other public officials ignored her mother’s medical needs.

A Madison County man was arrested on Monday morning following a foot chase with Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputies. 35-year-old Jeffrey Wayne Farmer, of Berea, was pulled over around 10 miles north of London, near KY-909 at around 2:00 AM. He is said to have been in possession of suspected meth and heroin.

PINEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - The Pineville Police Department is working to build a healthy relationship with students throughout the community. ”The kids are our main goal, I mean we love the kids, we do anything we can do to help them,” Brandon Hollingsworth, Chief Deputy at Pineville Police Department said.

(The Center Square) – As expected, Kentucky’s Republican incumbents in the U.S. House and Senate easily fended off their primary opponents in Tuesday’s primary election. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul received more than 315,000 votes, with 91.5 percent of the precincts reporting Tuesday night. He won more than 86% of the vote, and none of his five challengers topped 4%.

MANCHESTER, Ky. (KT) - Tucked into the community of Manchester in Clay County is Cross Mountain Fellowship, a Kentucky Baptist Convention assisted church plant led by Pastor John “Boo” Smith. Boo, as he is affectionately called, formerly pastored Gray Fork Baptist Church in Manchester. While he was pastoring,...

After falling to Wayne County in the district championship, the Russell County Middle School Lady Laker soccer team got its revenge by defeating Wayne County 2-0 for the conference championship last night in London. The Lady Lakers celebrated with a parade after arriving back into town. The RCMS Lady Lakers...

After nearly two years of being shut down by the pandemic, Frontier Nursing University’s (FNU) new Versailles, Ky. campus welcomed its first students last fall. Other than Commencement, which is the signature event every year, the resumption of student activities on campus was the highlight of 2021. Fittingly, the return to campus is featured prominently in the 2021 President’s Annual Report, which once again reviews the past year at Frontier through the lens of the 2021 strategic plan objectives. The efforts to achieve those strategic objectives resulted in many successes and lessons learned for the members of the Frontier community.

Kayden Smith’s RBI single in the first inning was enough as Field edged Lakeview, 1-0.

At the heart of Frontier Nursing University is a talented and diverse community of students, alumni, faculty, staff, couriers and preceptors. Spotlight blogs feature members of our FNU community who are focused on the mission of educating nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners to deliver quality healthcare to underserved and rural populations.

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - A man from Madison County was arrested Monday morning after leading Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies on a foot chase. According to Laurel County Deputies, 35-year-old Jeffrey Wayne Farmer of Berea was stopped just off of Interstate 75 near KY-909 10 miles north of London around 2:00 a.m. Monday morning. He was in possession of suspected meth and heroin.

Kentucky State Police Officials in Harlan received a 911 call concerning a three-vehicle collision on US-25-E, in the Bimble Community of Knox county. The crash is said to have happened close to 12:00 AM on Sunday. Troopers found that 23-year-old Fredrick Cody Carnes, of Pineville, was operating a 2001 green...

Kentucky State Police report troopers responded to a 911 call of a car crash involving three cars on US 25-E in the Bimble community Sunday. Troopers arrived to find one person dead as KSP reconstructionists began an investigation. Investigators say apparently 23-year-old Fredrick Cody Carnes of Pineville was driving a pickup and ended up traveling north in the south bound lanes. A head on collision happened with a car driven by a 16-year-old from Girdler. Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene by the Knox County Coroner. Troopers say a passenger in the car, a 17-year-old girl, was flown out to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. The status of her injuries was unknown at last report. Troopers also discovered that a third car, driven by 41-year-old Steven Cox, was also traveling south and was struck by the other car, trying to avoid the crash. Cox did not receive any injuries from the crash. The crash remains under investigation by detective Jake Middleton. KSP does not suspect drugs or alcohol to be involved at this time.

Laurel County Sheriff John Root reports Deputies Justin Taylor and Landry Collett with the department’s Drug Interdiction Unit arrested a man for possession of meth and heroin. During an investigation off I-75 and KY 909 north of London deputies found 35-year-old Jeffrey Wayne Farmer of Berea in possession of suspected methamphetamine and suspected heroin. During the investigation Farmer took off running and following a short foot chase was taken into custody. Farmer was charged with public intoxication – controlled substances, fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest and possession. He was lodged in the Laurel County Correctional Center.

Last year, Livingston Central needed 10 innings to beat Crittenden County and advance to the district championship game. On Monday, they only needed half that as they rolled Trigg County 10-0 to get a return match with the Lady Rockets, who ousted top-seed Lyon County 20-2 in the other semifinal.