Reported meth arrest at Waco Elementary
Today, Saturday January 22, Madison County Sheriffs Deputy Bear and Deputy Kermeen were dispatched to to Waco Elementary School; regarding a suspicious male and a female who were parked near the back of the school. Deputies report the two occupants and identified as Ernest and Elizabeth Isaacs. It was discovered Elizabeth Isaacs had an outstanding warrant for her arrest out of […]
Inside EKU Sports: Season 3 Episode 12
Basketball and computers? It’s an interesting mix on this week’s Inside EKU Sports. Nick Mayo will take fans through the men’s basketball team’s epic 23-point comeback at High Point, including his game-winner at the buzzer. Paige Murphy tells us about transitioning from a softball All-American to a member of the women’s basketball team. Also, learn […]
Deck the Mall is this weekend at The Richmond Mall!
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St. Paul AME Church Back To School Event
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A.W. Hamilton EKU Basketball Camp Information
WBONTV Sports Director, Michael Watkins went out and ask EKU Mens Basketball Head Coach A.W. Hamilton about his basketball camp this year.
UK baseball ends era with its last regular-season series at ‘The Cliff’
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — An era will come to an end this weekend for the Kentucky baseball team. The Wildcats will bid farewell to Cliff Hagan Stadium when the Wildcats play host to Mississippi State for a three-game series, starting Friday. The series concludes Sunday. Several memorable performances have occurred […]
Snell, UK offense ‘destroy’ defense in second scrimmage of spring
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today Benny Snell didn’t mince words when he described Kentucky’s defense following the team’s second scrimmage of spring workouts Friday. “They did horrible,” Snell said. “We destroyed them. I hope they never play like that again because we scored almost every drive… We drove down on them. The other backs did […]
NCAA: Calipari enjoying the journey with maturing Wildcats
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today BOISE, Idaho (KT) — John Calipari is not one to make comparisons, but his current Kentucky squad is steadily becoming one of his favorite teams. Never mind the Wildcats endured a rare four-game slide in February that likely cost the Wildcats the regular-season title in the Southeastern Conference. Kentucky rebounded […]
NCAA: Calipari wants Cats to stay in the moment and not look ahead
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today ______________________________ BOISE (KT) — Kentucky has been perfect in the postseason, but it doesn’t matter if you ask John Calipari. “There’s no one that has a record now and you just go play each game,” Calipari said. “You don’t look out ahead because it really doesn’t matter. You know you […]
Committee considers several factors when crafting NCAA bracket
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today — ST. LOUIS (KT) — The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee is hunkered down and set to begin the selection process for the Big Dance. Going into the Southeastern Conference Tournament, 12 teams, including Ohio Valley Conference Tournament winner Murray State, have secured automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament, which begins […]
Calipari: Cats will have to ‘fight like heck’ to win SEC Tournament
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — The Southeastern Conference race came down to Auburn and Tennessee and John Calipari expects those two teams to be among the favorites when the league tournament begins Wednesday in Saint Louis. The Kentucky coach has the Volunteers and the Tigers tabbed as the favorites, although he […]
Cats get help, earn double-bye and No. 4 seed in SEC Tournament
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today Kentucky can breathe a sigh of relief going into the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Although the Wildcats suffered an 80-67 setback at Florida in the regular-season finale in Gainesville Saturday, Kentucky still received a No. 4 seed and a double-bye for next week’s league tournament following Missouri’s 77-67 victory over Arkansas […]
Eagles Run Into Motivated Scott County Team In Opening Round
Donald Foster WBONTV.com Wallingford Broadcasting _______________ Madison Southern (12-20) played arguably the best team in the state of Kentucky and one of the top teams in the nation in Scott County (32-1). Scott County entered the game with only one loss but many were not picking them to win the region, instead all the chatter […]
Colonel Baseball Wins Home Opener
Donald Foster WBONTV.com Wallingford Broadcasting _____ Colonel Baseball wins home opener _____ EKU baseball opened their home season on a wet and chilly afternoon but a good crowd filed into Earle Combs Stadium where the Colonels open their second season of play in. Colonels were 16-11 at home last season. This season the Colonels are […]
Wildcats hit their stride late, roll past Ole Miss in home finale
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — Kentucky stayed alive in its quest for a double-bye in next week’s Southeastern Conference Tournament. Although a struggle early, the Wildcats (21-9, 10-7) defeated Ole Miss 96-78 Wednesday night and remained in contention for one of the top four seeds in the league tournament next week […]
Calipari doesn’t want Wildcats to revert, overlook Ole Miss
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — John Calipari doesn’t want his team to get too overconfident going into his team’s home finale against Ole Miss Wednesday night. “(Ole Miss) is good enough to beat us,” Calipari said. “They beat Missouri at Missouri. They had Tennessee – they lost by eight – and […]
Knox blocks out noise, helps Cats avenge earlier loss to Missouri
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — Kevin Knox tuned out the noise and just played basketball. One day after the Kentucky freshman forward and former Wildcat players Bam Adebayo and Nerlens Noel were linked to report that specified they received impermissible payments, violating NCAA rules, Knox scored 21 points to lead Kentucky […]
Wildcats shift focus to Missouri amid ongoing federal investigation
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — John Calipari isn’t sure whether Friday’s report linking current and former Kentucky players to an FBI probe into college players receiving impermissible payments will affect his team against Missouri Saturday. “I don’t know,” Calipari said Friday prior to the team’s afternoon practice session. “I haven’t met […]
Win a relief for Cats, but surging Arkansas another challenge
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — What a difference a win made for Kentucky. “The whole mood changed the day after the win (over Alabama),” Kentucky forward Wenyen Gabriel said. “It felt like we haven’t gotten a win in forever. Now it’s time to put a winning streak together.” The Wildcats’ 81-71 […]
Vanderbilt gives UK spark as Cats beat Alabama to end losing skid
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky (KT) — Avery Johnson didn’t leave Jarred Vanderbilt’s name off the scouting report. The Alabama coach made sure the Crimson Tide knew all about Kentucky’s freshman forward and his capabilities. “We had a couple of stars by his name,” Johnson said. “I know everybody talks about Kevin Knox […]
Calipari confident Cats will see a breakthrough amid four-game slide
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — Mired in a four-game losing streak, John Calipari hasn’t given up on the season. Neither have his players. “Let’s use this as fuel (and) have it make us stronger,” Calipari said Friday. “Talk about coming together. You’re not going to be able to bust through by […]
