It’s Monday so that means it’s time to give you the Belfry Breakdown, brought to you by Thornhill Automotive. Belfry High School will host the Mountain Schoolboy Classic this week, and Mountain Top Sports has you covered with live-stream coverage throughout the entire tournament. Belfry tips off tonight against East Ridge at 8 p.m., and you can watch it live on the Mountain Top TV app or the Mountain Top Sports Facebook page. In other basketball news, the Pirates improved to 5–2 last week with an impressive 84–46 win over Buckhorn. Mountain Top Sports would also like to congratulate Marley […]

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Pikeville Community Kitchen hosts their annual ‘First Responder Christmas Give Away.’

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PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS The Kentucky Volleyball team announced the signing of outside hitter Morgan Gaerte on Wednesday afternoon, who joins the Wildcats with two years of eligibility remaining on her clock. Gaerte comes to Lexington after spending the first two years of her career at Notre Dame, where she was named First Team All-ACC after the 2025 season and honorable mention on the American Volleyball Coaches’ Association All-America list for this year, as well. She was a team captain for Notre Dame and a member of the AVCA Midwest Region’s first team.  This season, she started all 28 matches […]

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FOREST HILLS, Ky. — A Pike County man spent his holiday in jail, after an arrest Tuesday for drug trafficking. Just before midnight Tuesday, a state trooper spotted a pickup driving along Forest Hills Road with a tail light out and a poorly-secured ATV in the back, so he pulled it over. The vehicle pulled over in front of a house the officer knew to be used for drug sales. When talking to the driver, Austin Cecil, of Sidney, 25, he noticed digital scales on the dashboard and a piece of aluminum foil with a burn mark between the seat […]

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In Kentucky, nearly 1-in-5 youths from ages 6-to-17 are obese, according to new county-level data on measures of child well-being in the Commonwealth. The increase mirrors a nationwide trend. There has been a more than 270 percent increase in the number of obese children compared to the 1970s. Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates, said while more kids are hungry today, more kids are also obese, adding the solutions are not quick hits. “It involves more access, more affordability when it comes to nutritious and fresh foods, especially for vulnerable families,” Brooks outlined. “It’s recalibrating after the hiccup with SNAP.” […]

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