Last Wednesday night in 57th District, it was The Battle of Paintsville Part One as the Paintsville Tigers played host to their crosstown rival the Johnson Central Golden Eagles. The Golden Eagles soared to a 17-6 victory over their rivals. In the top of the first inning, Johnson Central literally...

A Lawrence County man arrested in December on drug trafficking offenses after an injury crash has been indicted by a Johnson County grand jury. Thomas Slone, 28, of Cains Creek Branch, Blaine, saw two of his trafficking charges for marijuana and psilocybin trafficking reach a class C felony level due to firearm enhancements.

The annual Lyndel Potter Memorial Tournament was played this weekend with eight teams participating. Johnson Central won the tournament with a perfect 5-0 record. The Lady Golden Eagles knocked off Morgan County Elizabethton 7-1 Friday night. Raelyn Adkins picked up the win on the mound. She finished the game three for three at the plate with a triple and three RBIs. Randi Delong added a double in the win.

This past Monday featured Part 2 of the Battle of Paintsville and it was an outstanding game. Fierce rivals duked it out again as the Paintsville Tigers made the short trip across town to take on the Johnson Central Golden Eagles at Johnson Central High School. A game which saw Johnson Central prevail again and take all the bragging rights for the year, but the Paintsville Tigers made them earn it; the Golden Eagles came away with a 6-4 win and swept the season series 2-0.

During its regular meeting on April 22, the Johnson County Schools Board of Education heard a brief update from School Facilities Coordinator Tim Adams, who said bidding for the building of the new Johnson Central High School could begin in June. Adams said that progress was coming along at a...

On Saturday, April 20, more than 150 athletes gathered at Johnson Central High School to take part in an area meet and a day “just for them,” according to Johnson County Special Olympics Coordinator Brenda Dyer. Events included developmental levels in several sports aimed at making play accessible...

In an effort to better capture and celebrate the wealth of knowledge and expertise of teachers across the state, 2024 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Kevin Dailey set out to interview and observe educators from every corner of Kentucky, according to a statement from Dailey. The process was simple, Dailey...

PRESTONSBURG — A Johnson County man was in Floyd County Circuit Court April 23 for a bond reduction hearing in a vehicular homicide case. Floyd Circuit Court Judge Johnny Ray Harris said a judgment on bond would be made later this week after he took the testimony in court into consideration.

Chrysta Ghent, director of the East Kentucky Science Center and Varia Planetarium at Big Sandy Community and Technical College, and Rachelle Burchett, chief workforce and marketing officer at BSCTC, recently took part in the third Rotary Empowering Girls of Appalachia Symposium. The event, held on April 11 at the Appalachian...

In the semifinal round of the 15th Region All “A” Classic at Betsy Layne High School the Paintsville Lady Tigers fell to the Belfry Lady Pirates 10-0. Things Couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start for Paintsville. The Lady Tigers couldn’t get the bats going in the top half of the first inning then in the bottom of the first, a walk and a single by Belfry led to the Lady Pirates taking a 3-0 lead after a three run home run by Molly Fahm.

A Harrodsburg man was sentenced to serve more than 15 years in prison recently for armed methamphetamine trafficking in Johnson County. According to a statement from the office of U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky Carlton S. Shier IV, on April 8, U.S. District Judge Robert Wier sentenced Aristotle White, 51, to serve 181 months in prison.

In a game that was supposed to be played twice last week, but got rained out, the third time was the charm finally. The Paintsville Tigers and the Martin County Cardinals duked it out in a wild and close game that needed extra innings to decide it. In their third attempt to play the game, the Tigers defeated the Cardinals 5-4 in nine innings Monday evening at Betsy Layne High School in the semifinal round of the 15th Region All “A” Classic.

As part of its ongoing effort to reduce littering and beautify Johnson County, the Johnson County Fiscal Court again announced the County-Wide Cleanup event from the end of April through June 1. The event will be in cooperation with Apple Valley Sanitation, who have agreed to be open on select...

University of Pikeville baseball won their final AAC home series of the season with a 5-4 victory over Truett McConnell Sunday afternoon. TMU drew first blood in game three with a two-out single to left, but their lead was short-lived. Cam Revolt got the Bears offense rolling in the bottom of the first with a one-out triple, his fifth three-bagger of the season. Noah Helton walked one batter later, then Revolt tapped the dish after a sacrifice fly by Austin Gurney. With two outs, Tyler Maynard singled to left and Helton scored all the way from first after an errant throw to the plate. After one inning, UPike led 2-1.

Gov. Andy Beshear held a ceremonial bill signing of Senate Bill 280, legislation sponsored by Sen. Phillip Wheeler, R-Pikeville, on April 12. The Kentucky Medicaid Assistance Program, according to a statement, will be "revolutionary for Kentucky residents' access to quality care and will bolster Kentucky's rural hospitals by directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Service to develop a new Medicaid directed payment program for Kentucky that aims to improve access and quality in underserved and rural areas."

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The Paintsville City Council approved a set of ordinances during a special called meeting on Monday, April 8 to make long-standing discounts for city employees and officials at city-owned recreational facilities a legal part of the compensation for those individuals. During the meeting, the second reading of the ordinances was...

The Paintsville school board opted during a special meeting April 15 to award the highest bid for a project to replace the gym floor at Paintsville High School. The board accepted a $205,245 bid from Cincinnati Flooring to replace the PHS gym floor even though another company, BSN Sports, submitted a lower bid of $135,758.31 for the project.

A Paintsville couple were charged with child endangerment on April 5 after Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of a child outside in 30-degree Fahrenheit temperatures, according to court documents. The citation said JCSO Deputy Zach Stapleton responded to a call on Mill Branch Road that a...