Several residents impacted by the flood were eligible to have their property purchased.

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CHICAGO — The American Bar Association has announced that longtime Eastern Kentucky legal advocate John M. Rosenberg will receive the 2026 ABA Medal, the organization’s highest honor for exceptionally distinguished service to American law. Rosenberg is the executive director emeritus of Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, also known as AppalReD Legal Aid, where he spent decades working to expand access to legal services for low-income residents across the region. ABA President Michelle A. Behnke cited Rosenberg’s lifelong commitment to fairness and justice, from his work in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice to founding legal aid […]

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Belfry Girl Scout troop talks about what they’re offering this year and where you can get them.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — As expected, a Louisville man has pleaded guilty to an amended drug charge, after police found with a large amount of meth during a traffic stop in Magoffin County. Robert Earl Pilgrim, 36, was arrested in August of 2023 and indicted by a federal grand jury in 2024 on a charge of possession of more than 500 grams of meth with the intent to distribute. Under a signed plea agreement filed in his case, Last week, he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of possession of more than 50 grams of meth with the intent to distribute. […]

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WAYLAND, Ky. – The Mountain Sports Hall of Fame shared today some memories about former Fleming-Neon, Hazard, and UK Final Four MVP Johnny Cox. Cox started his basketball career at Fleming Neon High School before transferring his sophomore year to Hazard where he earned All-State accolades. But Cox wasn’t finished, by far. As is the dream of so many high school basketball players in Eastern Kentucky, Cox went on to play at the University of Kentucky, and not only play, but help win one of many UK’s national titles. And the honors still didn’t stop with this, as Cox was […]

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