Pikeville, Kentucky

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• Man shot in chest crashes at Shelby Gap
  

  Daily News Staff Report PIKEVILLE, Ky., - Kentucky State Police Post 9 is investigating an incident in which a man shot in the chest collided with a vehicle at Shelby Gap.

• Pikeville couple assaulted in home
  

  Kentucky State Police are asking for the public's assistance in the search for two white males accused of armed robbery.

• Kentucky State Police Investigating Overnight Robbery
  

  No arrests have been made. Story by Latasha Hughes Email Other Stories by Latasha Hughes PIKEVILLE, KY -- Kentucky State Police are investigating after a couple was assaulted and robbed in Pikeville early ...

• Clean coal, dirty press
  

  The coal industry cannot be liking the kind of coverage they're getting on, e.g., ABC .

• US 60 crash is fatal
  

  A 20-year-old Owingsville man died Sunday when the 2000 Mustang he was driving was hit head-on by a pickup that allegedly crossed over the centerline at 2805 U.S. 60 west.

• Pedestrian killed trying to cross U.S. 119 at Belfry
  

  A pedestrian attempting to cross the highway at Belfry, Ky. was struck and killed Saturday night.

• 1 killed, 2 injured in head-on crash
  

  Kentucky State Police are investigating a head-on collision early Sunday in Rowan County that killed one man and injured two others.

• Car Hits and Kills Man, Then Leaves
  

  Kentucky State Police in Pikeville are looking for the person who hit a man walking along the side of the road, then took off.

• Chamber Of Commerce Officials Urge Shoppers To Spend Money Here At Home
  

  Time is winding down for Christmas shopping and some chamber of commerce officials in the Big Sandy region are urging last minute shoppers to spend their money here at home with locally owned businesses.

• Shemelya retires from KSP
  

  After 30 years on the job with Kentucky State Police Lt. Ed Shemelya is retiring.

• MWP partcipants attend national writing meeting
  

  Nine teacher-leaders from the Morehead Writing Project were among those attending the 2008 National Writing Project Annual Meeting in San Antonio.

• Search For Man Who Allegedly Robbed A Store Is Underway
  

  Police are looking for a man who robbed a Pike County store. Police say a white man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans held up Judy's Variety and Tanning Store in Regina Tuesday afternoon.

• Ooh That Smell: New Year's Eve Lynyrd Skynyrd Show Canceled
  

  Legendary roughneck-rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd were supposed to play a New Year's Eve show here at the Sommet with Trace Adkins.

• Correction: Photo identification; crash victim's name
  

  An Around Kentucky item on Page D3 Thursday gave the wrong name and age of a boy who died Tuesday in a multiple-vehicle wreck on U.S. 23 at Green Meadows in Pikeville.

• Trace Adkins Reschedules Tour Dates, but New Year's Eve Show Canceled
  

  Trace Adkins has rescheduled six tour dates he had to cancel earlier this year after being sidelined by an intestinal flu, but the nation's economic crisis has caused a concert promoter to cancel the singer's ...

• Three Dead In Eastern Ky. Crash
  

  Three people are dead following a three-vehicle crash on an eastern Kentucky road.

• Three dead in Pikeville wreck
  

  Three people are dead after a multiple-vehicle collision in Pike County. The wreck occurred about 10 p.m. on U.S. 23 at Green Meadows in Pikeville, according to Pikcville Police.

• Santa train delivers precious cargo to needy children
  

  After rumbling out of Shelby Yard at dawn, the train whistled through the Kentucky countryside to Marrowbone and on to Splashdam, rolled over Copper Creek trestle and through Sandy Ridge tunnel and alongside ...

• Pikeville College names new president
  

  Special to the Daily News PIKEVILLE, Ky. - The Board of Trustees at Pikeville College announced the selection of Michael M. Looney, Ph.D., as the institution's 17th president.

City Description

Pikeville is a city in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 6,295 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pike County. Pike County has a population of approximately 70,000. Pike County was the childhood home of country music stars Patty Loveless and Dwight Yoakum, and is the home of former Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton. Professional golfers Woody Blackburn and Robert Damron, both of whom have won on the PGA Tour, were born in Pikeville. Mark Reynolds (baseball), pro baseball player with the Arizona Diamondbacks, is also a Pikeville native. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,295 people, 2,705 households, and 1,563 families residing in the city. The population density was 408.0 people per square mile (157.5/km²). There were 2,981 housing units at an average density of 193.2/sq mi (74.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.58% White, 2.64% African American, 0.17% Native American, 1.25% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races, and 1.05% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.40% of the population. There were 2,705 households out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were

City Contained By:

• Pike County
• Kentucky

City Contains:

• Pikeville College
• Eastern Kentucky Expo Center

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 39.8858168992 km squared

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