Pikeville College News

Dr. Don rocked the radio waves in Pike County for more than two decades. slideshow PIKEVILLE, Ky, - One of the most distinctive voices in broadcasting in the Big Sandy area was silenced Sunday.

Since its inception, the Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine has been a dependable source of well-trained primary care physicians, most of whom remain in the region to launch practices in small towns where there is a woeful shortage of physicians.

BRUCE SCHREINER Kentucky's 2 largest universities expand smoking, tobacco bans to create healthier campuses LEXINGTON, Ky.

This bridge on US 119 spanning Scott Fork has been named for former Pike County Board of Education Superintendent James Dotson.

Lagging undergraduate enrollment and a huge stock market-driven hit to the school's endowment have taken a toll on Pikeville College's finances, requiring cost-cutting and a layoff last fall.

Some of the region's educational leaders took a trip underground, and back in time today.

Dr. Burns Brady, a board certified addictionologist, told those attending Thursday's Prescription Medication Diversion and Abuse Summit that he fully supports offering drug addicts charged with crimes treatment instead of punishment, even though the failure rate for drug treatment programs is high.

Pikeville College President Paul E. Patton announced plans to build a Clinical Skills Training and Evaluation Center, a two-phase multi-million dollar project that will improve educational opportunities for the undergraduate program and the School of Osteopathic Medicine .

Students at a Kentucky university have started their own team of trained emergency medical technicians to provide medical care at campus events, joining about 300 similar programs around the country.

Officials at Pikeville College are starting a fund-raising drive to raise nearly $5 million for their Osteopathic School of Medicine.

A state ethics panel cleared former Gov. Paul Patton to serve simultaneously as president of an Eastern Kentucky college and chairman of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, which oversees the state's higher education system.

The Executive Branch Ethics Commission says former Gov. Paul Patton's dual role as a college president and chairman of the Council on Postsecondary Education poses no conflict of interest.

First-year medical student Clinton Kaufman, of Louisville, Ky., is a oecoateda by second-year students Rachel Thomas and Candice Goh during Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicinea s White Coat Ceremony Sept.

Lindsey Wilson Volleyball Wins Second Straight, Sweeps Pikeville PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson College volleyball team picked up its second straight win with a sweep of host Pikeville College on Tuesday at Pikeville College Gymnasium.

Harold H. Smith, the former president of Pikeville College, is the new president of the Kentucky Governor's Scholars Program Foundation.

Pikeville College: James Hurley has been named vice president and special assistant to the president.

Neville Bryce had two 1-yard touchdown dives, and Austin Williams had a key interception on the first drive of the game as the Brevard College Tornados ran past Pikeville College on the road, 40-3. Michael Crumbaker finished the evening with 20 carries for 112 yards, and Bryce added 68 yards on 18 carries.

Paul R. Gearheart was honored Monday as officials unveiled a sign naming the old Harold bridge as the Paul R. Gearheart Bridge.

Belfry Middle School Principal James Hurleya s new job will take him from monitoring tweens and teens to assisting a former Kentucky governor with higher education.

James Hurley has been named vice president of Pikeville College and special assistant to Paul Patton, the school's president, Patton announced Thursday.