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Apple Blossom Festival blooms hope in Elkhorn City
ELKHORN CITY, Ky. (WYMT) - The Apple Blossom Festival kicked off Friday, bringing a town favorite to Elkhorn City. Organizers and volunteers worked to fill the streets and boost community morale, hoping to reignite the fire that was once alive in the annual event. “Having the festival back in town...
KSP Trooper Island looking for campers
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - With Trooper Island welcoming its first week of campers later this month, posts around the state are still looking for applicants to spend a week at Kentucky State Police’s summer camp. The camp is a free, weeklong venture that brings students and troopers together to...
Seventh Annual Grey Matters run sees near-record numbers
WHITESBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - WYMT’s Chief Forecaster, Brandon Robinson, spread awareness and money for brain cancer research in an annual 5K/10K race. The seventh annual Grey Matters run brought support from nearly 200 people to the streets of Whitesburg to promote brain cancer and tumor awareness. “My favorite thing...
Podcast: NASCAR set to begin March Madness-style tournament in 2025
Rod Mullins joins the show to break down the bracket madness, and discuss Brad Keselowski’s win in Darlington on Sunday. Rod Mullins covers NASCAR for AFP, and co-hosts the mid-week “Street Knowledge” focusing on NASCAR with AFP editor Chris Graham. A graduate of UVA-Wise, Rod began his career in journalism as a reporter for The Cumberland Times, later became the program director/news director/on-air morning show host for WNVA in Norton, Va., and in the early 1990s served as the sports information director at UVA-Wise and was the radio “Voice of the Highland Cavaliers” for football and basketball for seven seasons. In 1995, Rod transitioned to public education, where he has worked as a high school English, literature, and creative writing teacher and now serves as a school program coordinator in addition to serving as a mentor for the robotics team.
Paintsville falls to Belfry on Senior Night, 1-0
This past Wednesday, 15th Region baseball foes Paintsville and Belfry duked it out in a low scoring pitching duel that saw the Pirates walk away with a 1-0 win over the Tigers at Charlie Adkins Field in Paintsville on Senior Night. Before the game, Paintsville honored the only senior on...
Baseball Game Preview: Magoffin County Hits the Road
The Magoffin County Hornets will head out on the road to take on the Betsy Layne Bobcats at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games. Magoffin County is headed into the matchup fresh...
Baseball Game Preview: Pike County Central Plays at Home
Pike County Central is 9-1 against East Ridge since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Pike County Central Hawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the East Ridge Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Pike County Central's hitters might...
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