PRESS RELEASE: MARSHALL ATHLETICS NEW ORLEANS – Marshall Track & Field had nine athletes named to Sun Belt All-Conference teams on Tuesday, its most as a program since joining the league.   As champion in Long Jump, Lara Check earns SBC First Team All-Conference for the second time in 2026. The senior is now a three-time All-Conference member after garnering Third Team accolades in outdoor season last spring. Check is in position to qualify for the NCAA East First Rounds next week in Kentucky.  The Herd earned four additional Second Team All-Conference marks from there, including by way of Gabriel Urraca’s silver […]

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ASHLAND, Ky. — A Magoffin County man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison, after he was found with multiple firearms, despite a previous felony conviction. Andrew Gustaf Nielsen, 44, of Salyersville, pleaded guilty Feb. 9 to a federal charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Nielsen was arrested last May, after the Magoffin County Sheriff’s Office raided his home and found him in possession of six firearms, despite his previous felony conviction in Idaho for possession and distribution of marijuana and LSD, aggravated assault and a parole violation. He came under investigation after […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman says his office is continuing efforts to ensure the state’s elections remain free, fair and secure. Speaking Tuesday from the Attorney General’s Election Integrity Command Center in Frankfort, Coleman said voters should report suspected election law violations through the state’s Election Fraud Hotline or online reporting system. As of noon on Election Day, the hotline had received 54 complaints involving possible election law violations from 27 Kentucky counties. Since the beginning of the year, the office says it has received 350 complaints from 87 counties statewide. The hotline is staffed live from […]

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