PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, KY —Big Blue Nation’s first look at the 2026 Kentucky Football Team and new head coach Will Stein will be at the Spring Game, presented by Kentucky Farm Bureau, on Saturday, April 18 inside Kroger Field. Kickoff is at 11 a.m. ET. Seating and Admission General admission tickets are free, but fans must still claim a ticket due to limited capacity.   Walkup tickets can be claimed at the Ticket Office windows between gates 9-10.  Due to construction on the north side of the stadium, the capacity will be decreased for the Spring Game. Tickets might not be available […]

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SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — Things went from bad to worse for woman who rear-ended a motorcycle in Salyersville, when police discovered the car she had been driving had been reported stolen. Salyersville Police were called to West Maple Street just before 10 p.m. Monday, where they found a 2019 Toyota Camry on top of a motorcycle. The operator of the motorcycle was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries. Police then ran the car’s license plate and learned it had been reported stolen in Covington. They were able to get in touch with the registered owner of the vehicle, who […]

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man was arrested after his wife said he assaulted her with his fists and a remote control. The case began just before 3 a.m. Tuesday, when a Prestonsburg Police officer spotted a car with a broken windshield and one working headline circling the Court Street and North Lake Drive area several times. He stopped the car on Arnold Avenue, in front of the library. The woman driving the car got out and said she was looking for her husband, Ruben Dario Garcia, 26, of Prestonsburg, who she accused of assaulting her earlier. The officer […]

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PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A former Johnson County teacher has pleaded guilty to a charge of trying to solicit a minor. Kevin B. Conley, of East Point, a former social studies, geography and radio broadcast journalism teacher at Johnson Central High School, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of using an electronic device to procure a minor for sex. He pleaded guilty on the day he was scheduled to go on trial. Conley will be facing 1-to-5 years in prison when he is sentenced July 24.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, of Virginia’s Ninth Congressional District, announced a $779,421 investment for Virginia students through the Secure Rural Schools program. The announcement follows the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to provide $248 million to U.S. communities through the program. The funds are meant to supplement payments in lieu of taxes. Here’s a breakdown of some of the funding where the funds will go locally: “It is not right for rural communities to miss out on property tax revenue from public lands that could be used for local schools and roads,” Griffith said in a statement released […]

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