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Lady Cards off to hot start for summer ball
INEZ – Coach Robin Newsome believes in the power of summer basketball. She took her team to Raceland last week and has a slew of games coming up in June. The Lady Cards Varsity went 2-1 at the two-day round-robin camp. The ladies took down Greenup and Ironton. The...
Gauze becomes first soccer player from Martin County to play semi-pro
CHATTANOOGA — Former Martin County soccer star Kaitlyn Gauze has made history. The feisty footballer became the first women’s soccer player from Inez to play semi-professionally. Gauze took her talents to Chattanooga, Tennessee, last month after the head coach contacted her within a few hours of her sending...
Pikeville Police Department investigates car break-in
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - On Friday, May 31 Pikeville police were notified of a car break-in on Second Street. The victim reported that numerous items were stolen from the vehicle. Officials with the Pikeville police department said they were in the beginning stages of the investigation. When asked what people...
Multiple arrests made in theft investigation
MINGO, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Multiple arrests have been made following an investigation into a theft that occurred in May. According to the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, on Tuesday, May 14, the RCSO responded to the area of Mingo, for a report of a breaking entering that was not in progress. The investigation into the incident […]
Cardinals make elite 8 at WKU camp
INEZ — The Martin County high school boys basketball squad went 6-2 to reach the Elite 8 at Western Kentucky University last week. The Hilltoppers camp featured premiere teams from Kentucky and Indiana and proves that the upcoming season will be one to look forward to. Martin County finished...
Lawrence County captures 15th Region title
PRESTONSBURG — Lawrence County outlasted Belfry 13-10 in the 15th Region Softball Tournament title game at StoneCrest on Thursday, May 30. After registering the win, Lawrence County advanced to the KHSAA Softball State Tournament. Lawrence County claimed its third 15th Region softball title. Brooklyn Ellis pitched four and two-innings...
Bluegrass Care Navigators hosts Pikeville Radio Day
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - Bluegrass Care Navigators hosted its annual Pikeville Radio Day Tuesday, raising money and increasing awareness about its programs. The event, which partnered with Q95 FM (WQHY) in Prestonsburg, shared stories of hospice patients, outreach programs, and more. “We are raising awareness for patients and their families...
Double-duty: Clear Fork’s two-way standout repeats as MOAC baseball Player of Year
BELLVILLE — Luke Schlosser hit it out of the park again. Clear Fork’s senior slugger and left-handed ace, Schlosser was selected the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. He is the first two-time winner of the award since Ontario’s Avery Fisher doubled...
Man assaults medical employees, strips naked, and urinates on floor
LOGAN COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A West Virginia man is facing charges after he assaulted multiple medical staff, spit on them, kicked them, stripped naked, and urinated on the floor. On the evening of June 10, 2024, at approximately 7 pm, Deputy R. Allen from the Logan County Sheriff’s Department promptly responded to a call […]
Logan County man accused of assaulting brother and officers, nearly causing crash
LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A Logan County man is accused of assaulting his brother and officers during an incident and nearly causing a crash while in a police cruiser, court records said. Ernest James Vance, 48, of Mount Gay, W.Va., is charged with five counts of battery on...
Ohio woman arrested outside federal prison in Kentucky after being found passed out in car
DEBORD, Ky. — An Ohio woman was detained outside the U.S. Penitentiary Big Sandy in Debord after she was found unconscious in her car, authorities said. Officials at the Kentucky State Police Post 9 Pikeville responded to a call at 3:12 p.m. June 1 concerning Cherron Aryel Caldwell, 36, of Dayton, Ohio.
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