Pikeville News

A Floyd County jury found Tracy Dean Yates, 48, of Little Mud, guilty of manslaughter and other charges stemming from a 2002 hit-and-run car accident.

Pikeville Kentucky 6th-grader Emily Keaton has generated lots of buzz after making it to the semifinals in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Her scores combined with results from a written test were not enough to make the cut of 50 semifinalists.

Standing before the Class of 2012, a choir of beautiful voices delivered a heartwarming performance of the alma mater, "The Orange and Black," in a ceremony honoring the academic achievements of 163 students in the College of Arts and Sciences, the first to graduate under the University of Pikeville name.

University of Pikeville President Paul Patton watched as House Speaker Greg Stumbo, left, spoke at the Capitol on Feb.

Deep in the woods outside of Bucharest, Romania, the sun sets early over bare trees.

While covering Kentucky's primary for a northern Kentucky media outlet Tuesday night, I was given the assignment of covering the victory party for "Uncommitted." Uncommitted had just won 42 percent of the Democratic presidential primary vote in Kentucky, winning more than half the Commonwealth's 120 counties.

Talks are ongoing with two regional airlines to provide daily service in and out of Pikeville-Pike County Regional Airport and flights could start in 2013, the Pikeville city manager and an aviation consultant said.

The University of Pikeville Board of Trustees has named James L. Hurley president-elect of the institution, effective July 1, 2013.

On Thursday May 17, 2012 KSP Detective Kevin Newsome executed arrest warrants on 20 year old Toni Bishop and 25 year old Jessie J. Keathley both of Harold, Ky.

The University of Pikeville Board of Trustees has named James L. Hurley president-elect of the institution, effective July 1, 2013.

On Friday, May 18, 2012, at approximately 10:00 a.m., the Kentucky State Police Post 2 Madisonville held a ceremony at the cemetery at Salem Missionary Baptist Church to honor troopers who have killed in the line of duty.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear was at the East Kentucky Exposition Center on Monday, June 20, to announce three major road projects.

On Thursday May 17, 2012 KSP Detective Kevin Newsome executed arrest warrants on 20 year old Toni Bishop and 25 year old Jessie J. Keathley both of Harold, Ky.

The Pike County Fiscal Court has agreed to become a leading entity in a program to help students from coal producing counties complete their educations.

Shanda Caldwell has signed a scholarship agreement to play volleyball at the University of Pikeville.

Police are still searching for a man and woman who allegedly robbed a bank in the Virgie community of Pike County.

On Tuesday May 15, 2012 Post 9 Pikeville received a call of a two vehicle accident on Ky 114 in the Prestonsburg community of Floyd County.

On Monday May 14, 2012 at 12:34 p.m. Post 9 Pikeville received a call from U.S. Bank on Ky 610 at Virgie stating that the bank had been robbed.

An eastern Kentucky fire department is forming a dive team in the wake of three people drowning in 2011 in the Russell Fork River.