By Zach Akers – Sports Writer The NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series took a trip out west to the Nevada desert and Las Vegas Motor Speedway. We saw two great races this weekend, with Denny Hamlin bringing home a Cup Series win and Aric Almirola taking the Xfinity win. We’ll start things off with the Xfinity Series, where part-time driver and former Cup Series driver Aric Almirola took his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Toyota to victory lane. Almirola, who is not playoff-eligible, made a late-race pass on Connor Zilisch. The race left playoff driver Jesse Love in a heated […]

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On Saturday night, the three-eighths-mile clay oval saw some great action and a picture-perfect night for racing under the lights in Johnson County. We’ll start things off in the Super Late Model class, where we saw Kevin Wagner, who made the trip down U.S. 23 from Wheelersburg, Ohio, take his No. 33 machine to victory lane in the $2,000-to-win feature. A big-time race went down in the Crate Late Model class as we saw A.J. Hicks take his No. 64 to a Heat 2 win before going on to win the feature. In this division, we see a name that […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Floyd County man has reached a plea deal in his federal drug and gun case. If accepted, it would see him sentenced to at least 15 years in prison. Justin K. Bryant, 35, of Martin, is currently charged with possession meth and fentanyl with the intent to distribute, possession of meth with the intent to distribute, using a gun in the drug trafficking crime, and felon in possession of a firearm. On Friday, his attorney filed a motion for rearraignment, which would see him plead guilty to one count of possession with intent and using a […]

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