As baseball and softball seasons wrap up across the region, a pair of East Ridge standouts are finishing the year among Kentucky’s statistical leaders. On the softball field, junior Savannah Baldridge ranked 24th in the state in strikeouts with 190 on the season. Baldridge pitched in 18 games in the circle for the Lady Warriors and finished the year with a 3.42 ERA. The Lady Warriors closed the softball season with a 7-14 record, falling to Shelby Valley 4-3 in the opening round of the 59th District Tournament. On the baseball diamond, junior Cole Ratliff turned in one of the […]

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LOUISA, Ky. — A Lawrence County man has been indicted on an arson charge, after allegedly setting fire to two trailers on his niece’s property. Lonnie Lee Parker, 71, of Louisa, is now charged with second-degree arson and first-degree criminal mischief. The incident happened back in March, when Blaine Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fires on Finch Lane. Witnesses had given deputies a description of a vehicle seen at the property around the time the fires broke out. The deputies later found Parker with the truck and asked him what he had been doing earlier in the day. Parker […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County woman was arrested Sunday, after police say she cut her boyfriend during an argument about a song. The boyfriend called Kentucky State Police around 3 a.m. Sunday, saying his girlfriend had cut him with a knife. He left the home afterwards and police found him walking along Hurricane Road, with blood covering his arm. The man showed police a cut on the knuckle of his index finger, where he said Heavan Renee Hall, 23, of Pikeville, cut him. The man said he was telling her about a song that was special to him, but […]

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