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2026 Best of Madison County (Video)

Thanks to photographer Kelly McKinney for coverage of the event, and Claudia Nolan for her help in the production of this video.
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Senate President Robert Stivers and Heidi Heitkamp

EASTERN KENTUCKY IS SHOWING THE COUNTRY WHAT  RURAL RENEWAL ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE

For years, too much of the national conversation about rural America has focused on what has been lost. Factories closed. Coal jobs disappeared. Young people moved away. As two leaders from …
A playground at the new Knox County Sports Park.

Knox, Bell counties awarded funding for recycled tire playground projects

Knox and Bell counties will receive a combined $155,362 in state funding for playground projects that will use recycled waste tires to create safer public recreation spaces. Gov. Andy Beshear …
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Big problem, but a simple fix

Your right to know what your public officials are saying and doing was recently gutted by the Kentucky supreme court.   Overturning a lower court decision, in a 4 to 2 ruling on …

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Senate President Robert Stivers (R)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 25, 2026) — Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, filed Senate Joint Resolution 116 directing Kentucky’s public teaching universities to develop a comprehensive, …
MOREHEAD — In a warehouse in Rowan County sits an experiment that Tom Manning-Beavin and his nonprofit have been brainstorming for years — a wooden rectangular frame he calls one of their “boxes.”  When the Frontier Housing CEO explains the concept, he hearkens back to when he played with Lego bricks growing up. Just like […]
In a matter of a few days, nearly $1,000 has been donated to the Shelby County Public Library to replace 16 LGBTQ+ books a local church had recommended to check out and never return. “The response to the missing books has been overwhelming and mostly positive for the library,” said Pamela W. Federspiel, the library’s […]
Obituaries
Deborah "Debbie" Ann Earle
Karen Miracle Torez
Karen Miracle Torez, age 73, of Middlesboro, KY, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 1st, 2026, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY. She was born in Harlan, KY, on …
David Elige Tongue Hensley
David Elige “Tongue” Hensley, of East Jellico, passed away peacefully at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in London at the age of 68.   He was born on April 30, 1958, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son …
Donald Mills
Donald Mills, 83 of Arjay, passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2026, at home.   He was born in Blanche on September 18, 1942, a son of the late Taylor and Creasie Bailey Mills.   Donald …
Barbara Jean Stewart
Barbara Jean Stewart, 87, of Knoxville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 3, 2026, in Corryton surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in Harlan County on March 20, 1939, to Edith …

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Decisions, Decisions

(LEXINGTON, Ky.) — I had a really good question for Mark Pope at Kentucky Basketball Media Day on Monday. At least I thought it was good. You’ll have to take my word for it because I never …

Pressure, Served Blue

(LEXINGTON, Ky.) — Sometimes you can want something so badly that wanting it becomes part of the problem. Kentucky volleyball got a firsthand lesson in that Sunday afternoon. More than …

Eye of the Storm

(LEXINGTON, KY.) – “I called it,” said NO ONE. At least no one I know. Not after the second half against Alabama last week, when Kentucky’s promising start to the Will Stein era …

Will Stein Is Not Holding Anything Back

(LEXINGTON, Ky.) — Will Stein apparently isn't much for holding things back. Not plays. Not personnel. Not opinions. And, judging by the final few minutes of his postgame press …

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Nolan Group Media Offers Career Opportunities Across the Region For many hardworking individuals across southeastern and south-central Kentucky, long hours, unpredictable schedules, and weekend …
g up to prepare for a new life in the new year. Spring makes me appreciate the delicate things of life. Today I want to share with you a recipe that embodies the airiness of the season we are in. …
There’s nothing like barreling down the lake in the spring or summer at 5:00 in the morning. The cool mist will wake up anyone. But it’s not really the air that is alarming, it’s the …

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