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Quilt Winner - Pineville Opportunity Store Contest
he winner of the Pineville Opportunity Store Quilt Contest is Tina Miracle.   She received a $50 and a $25 gift card to the Pineville Opporunity Store.     Thanks to Pamela Renee …
Once Upon A Saturday Kicks Off At The Pineville - Bell County Public Library
We want to thank everyone who came out for our Once Upon a Saturday kickoff!   We had the best time with each and every one of you all and thank you for reading with us today. We loved …
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The Fourmile Mine Disaster , Part 2

Disaster struck the Kentucky Straight Creek Mining Company at Fourmile, KY, on the day after Christmas in 1945.  Some nearby residents felt a vibration and thought right away that something …

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Winning Ugly Never Looked So Beautiful

Photo Credit Elliott Hess/UK Athletics
(NORMAN, Okla.) — “Statistics are for losers,” Kentucky head football coach Will Stein said after his team stunk it up for much of the game against Oklahoma on Saturday. Too many punts. Not …

Where's the Beautiful, Mark?

Florida vs Kentucky on 3/7/2026 - Dr. Michael Huang, Kentucky Sports Radio/On3
(LEXINGTON, Ky.) — Something was missing from Mark Pope's appearance at SEC Basketball Media Day. I couldn't quite put my finger on it at first. The smile seemed a little less expansive. The …

Will Stein and the Perils of a Swollen Head

LSU vs Kentucky football game October 10, 2026
(LEXINGTON, Ky.) — Somebody needs to check Will Stein's hat size. I'm serious. Kentucky's young football coach is 5–1, has beaten two top-10 teams, and just knocked off LSU 35–34 in …
Obituaries
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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Mention data centers and you're likely concerned about increasing electric bills, water consumption, noise, and whether these facilities truly benefit the communities where they're built. Those …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Self-Employed and Can’t Get a Mortgage? The Loan Type May Be the Problem
Many self-employed borrowers who are told they do not qualify for a mortgage are not actually unqualified. They are applying through a loan type that measures income in a way that works against them. …
Massachusetts Appraisal Rules Change in November. Buyers Who Wait to Prepare Will Lose Deals.
Most Massachusetts homebuyers will not think about new appraisal rules until those rules delay their closing. By then, according to Colleen Barry of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, the …
A Seller’s Strongest Negotiating Position in Fairfield County, CT Starts Before the First Showing
The Fairfield County, Connecticut housing market heading into fall 2026 doesn’t fit neatly into a single headline. Some homes are drawing multiple offers above asking. Others, in the same county …
Mortgage-Dependent Buyers Are Being Squeezed Out of the Florida Keys
There is a growing divide in the Florida Keys housing market, and it runs along a single fault line: whether a buyer needs a mortgage. Cash buyers – many of them retirees and business owners from …
Columbus, Ohio Has 2.23 Million Residents and Barely 6,000 Homes for Sale
A metropolitan area of 2.23 million people should have a deeper housing market than what Columbus, Ohio is showing right now. According to Central Ohio MLS data cited by Barbara Gale of the Gale …