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Corbin softball wins third straight 50th District Title
LONDON, Ky. (WYMT) - The Lady Redhounds beat the Lady Cardinals 6-3 Thursday night. The game was back and forth, with South Laurel striking first in the bottom of the second inning. Corbin scored two runs in the top of the fourth to give them their first lead, 3-2. The...
Commodores suffer season-ending loss to Eagles
HYDEN — Perry Central suffered a season-ending loss as Leslie County won 4-2 in the semifinals of the 54th District Baseball Tournament on Monday, May 20. The loss eliminated Perry Central from the 54th District Baseball Tournament. Perry Central exited the 2024 high school baseball season 20-13. The Commodores...
2.7-magnitude earthquake occurs in Leslie County, KY
LESLIE COUNTY, Ky. (WJHL) – An earthquake was detected in Eastern Kentucky early Wednesday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred about 11 miles to the southeast of Hyden in Leslie County. The USGS places the time of the earthquake around 5:47 a.m. The 2.7-magnitude earthquake had a depth of […]
One dead after single-vehicle crash
CORBIN, Ky. (WYMT) - One person is dead as a result of a single-vehicle crash. The Corbin Police Department responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle on Barton Mill Road at 7 p.m. A 70-year-old man died after sustaining life-threatening injuries. The name of the man has not yet...
Hazard wins fifth straight 54th District Baseball Championship
PIPPA PASSES, Ky. (WYMT) - Hazard and Leslie County’s 54th District baseball title game was postponed Wednesday night due to lightning. The two finished the game Thursday afternoon at Alice Lloyd College. Despite a two-out, seventh inning rally from Leslie County, Hazard hung on to win, 7-6. On Wednesday,...
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