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Search warrant leads to the recovery of stolen goods from a recent string of vehicle break-ins in Blaine. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s office executed a search warrant at a residence in Blaine after obtaining information on the whereabouts of stolen goods linked to two break-ins from June of this year.

One of the calls we frequently get here at the newspaper are related to archival copies of the previous papers to serve the communities we cover. While many of the bound volumes of the Grayson Journal, the Sandy Valley Enquirer, The Olive Hill Times, and other predecessor newspapers were salvaged and donated to the Highlands Museum in Ashland when CNHI closed the Journal-Times office in early 2020, a lot of those older volumes are simply lost to history.

The federal agency now has disaster recovery centers in Breathitt, Letcher, Perry, Knott and Clay counties.

Morehead State University Faculty and staff gathered Wednesday morning to celebrate the fall semester and 100 years as a public institution. While some students have begun moving onto campus this week, the official start day for classes is set for Monday. President Dr. Jay Morgan spoke at the morning convocation....

-- Morehead State’s men’s basketball team will face some unique challenges, but also opportunities for success, during the non-conference portion of the 2022-23 scheduled, released this week. Seven home games out of the 13 opponents highlight the ledger, along with road trips to three power five foes -...

Johnson Central’s Brayden Staniford scored a pair of goals and added an assist as the Eagles went on the road and beat Greenup County, 4-1, in the season opener on Tuesday night. Sawyer Crum and Shawn Arms added one goal each. Goalkeeper Tate Cox had eight saves and assisted...

When Katie Turner and her husband closed on their first home on July 22, it felt like a miracle. Six days later, before they could even move in, that miracle was under several feet of flood water. The couple had saved and saved to afford their first home, and the...

When education students from Kentucky’s Morehead State University entered a virtual classroom with guest lecturer Chea Parton to discuss rural literature, many felt ashamed of the rural communities where they grew up—and where many of them would return to teach after graduation.  By the end of Parton’s guest lecture, some of those opinions had started […]

The Olive Hill Police Department reports that a man was flown to a nearby Hospital for treatment Sunday morning after being stabbed multiple times. Police say the call came in just before 6:15 AM Sunday morning on Penson Street. Investigators say the original call came in as a report of a prowler in the area. The victim was last listed to be in critical condition with life-threatening injuries. The suspect was identified as Jared Binion, who was taken into custody. Olive Hill Police say he was also injured during the incident and taken to an area Hospital for treatment. The Olive Hill Police Dept. said Binion does have a criminal history. He’s currently lodged at the Carter Co Detention Center.

When Katie Turner and her husband closed on their first home on July 22, it felt like a miracle. Six days later, before they could even move in, that miracle was under several feet of flood water. The couple had saved and saved to afford their first home, and the...

MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State's men's basketball team will face some unique challenges, but also opportunities for success, during the non-conference portion of the 2022-23 scheduled, released this week. Seven home games out of the 13 opponents highlight the ledger, along with road trips to three power five foes -...

MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Morehead State Rifle and Men's Track and Field programs have been honored as winners of the 2021-22 Ohio Valley Conference Team Academic Awards. For rifle, it's the sixth consecutive season winning this distinguished honor, and the longest of any athletic program in the conference, while men's track and field has now claimed four straight. Rifle has also now won eight overall accolades since the awards convened in 2004-05. Men's track and field now has seven team academic awards.

HAZARD, Ky. (KT) – Two people are still reported missing due to the historic flooding that struck parts of eastern Kentucky late last month, according to Kentucky State Police, and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says a number of roads throughout the flood area remain closed. The missing persons are...

Jennifer Garner paused work on a movie over the weekend to help the rural eastern Kentucky communities devastated by recent flash floods. The actress, who is a trustee with a charity organization called Save the Children, joined Today correspondent Cynthia McFadden for a tour of an elementary school in Perry County that was declared a "total loss."

OLIVE HILL, KY (WOWK) – A man has been taken to the hospital with severe injuries after an alleged early morning fight this weekend in Olive Hill, Kentucky. According to Olive Hill Police Department Chief Bruce Palmer, officers responded to a call early Sunday morning regarding a fight that began downtown. Palmers says both parties […]

Morehead State student-athletes garnered 22 Ohio Valley Conference Academic Medals of Honor for the 2021-22 school year. Of the awards, three earned medals in multiple sports (track and field/cross country and indoor and beach volleyball). OVC Medals of Honor are bestowed upon student-athletes at each institution who earn the highest...