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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,...
Father and son die in house fire
FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (WYMT) - A father and his son died Sunday morning after their house burned. The fire occurred in Fleming-Neon along Henry Hutton Drive Sunday morning. Letcher County Coroner, Perry Fowler said the father was 77 and the son was 32 years old. No names have been released yet...
15th Region baseball & softball brackets are set
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - 15th Region officials gathered at Archer Park in Prestonsburg on Thursday, May 23 to draw the bracket seeding for the upcoming tournament. The pairings for the 15th region baseball & softball tournament are listed below. BASEBALL. Quarterfinals (May 27)Semifinals (May 28)Championship (May 30 at 6:00 p.m.)
Letcher Co. city goes wet
FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (WYMT) - People in Fleming-Neon will soon be living in a wet city, with a majority of voters supporting the sale of alcohol in city limits. The item was on the ballot during Tuesday’s primary election, with 80% of voters saying “yes”, while 20% opposed the item.
Name released in deadly crash
PERRY CO., Ky. (WYMT) - (Update - 7:58 p.m.): Officials with the Perry County Sheriff’s Office have confirmed the identity of one of the victims involved in a crash on Highway 15. Janet Lee Skiles, 59, of Hindman, died as a result of the crash. The man that was...
McDowell Wellness Center offering swim lessons
McDowell Wellness Center is offering group swim lessons. The lessons will begin on Monday, June 3 and conclude on Thursday, June 13. Lessons will be Monday through Thursday and participants can choose to attend a 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., or 6 p.m. class. Each lesson is 45 minutes and participants must be 4 […] The post McDowell Wellness Center offering swim lessons appeared first on The Advocate-Messenger.
Gov. Youngkin lauds new initiative as a collaborative approach to solving Southwest Virginia’s problems
Accelerate Southwest Virginia is designed to speed up efforts to solve some of the region's most pressing problems, from infrastructure to housing. The post Gov. Youngkin lauds new initiative as a collaborative approach to solving Southwest Virginia’s problems appeared first on Cardinal News.
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