PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Volleyball team was slotted in the No. 3 position for the 2026 season, the American Volleyball Coaches’ Association announced Monday in the initial release of the rankings for the coaches’ poll.  Kentucky received four first-place votes, the second most behind Nebraska, who was voted on as preseason No. 1. Texas, who finished second in the overall voting, had one first-place vote.  The Wildcats are scheduled to play teams ranked 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 19 and 21 this season, including No. 4 Pittsburgh and No. 6 Wisconsin […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Texas man has been arrested for assault, after allegedly hitting his wife over the head with a beer bottle. Police were called to Pikeville Commons after Pikeville Fire and EMS discovered an unconscious woman lying in the rear parking lot of the apartment complex. The woman was described as having a large knot and several cuts on her head. The first responders said Anthony Wayne Cooper, 45, of League, Texas, told them he had hit his wife over the head with a beer bottle and he needed help because he didn’t know where the nearest hospital […]

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Huntington, W.Va., man has been sentenced to five years in prison, after he admitted transporting fentanyl to Pike County to deliver to a buyer.  Donte Hendricks, 30, pleaded guilty to possession of more than 40 grams of fentanyl with the intent to distribute.  The case arose out of a traffic stop last year. Pikeville Police had received a tip that Hendricks would be bringing a large amount of fentanyl to the area. The tip included a description of the man and his car, so police were able to locate him and pull him over on Ratliff’s Creek […]

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