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2+ hour, 47+ min ago (176+ words) Oklahoma State football coach Eric Morris named another defensive addition to his coaching staff, hiring former Cowboy student-athlete and coach Greg Richmond as defensive line coach. A standout at Oklahoma State during his playing days, Richmond was a four-year Cowboy letterman from 2000-03, earning first team All-Big 12 honors in 2003. He remains on OSU's single-season and career top 10 lists for quarterback sacks. In addition to his playing career, Richmond also had two previous stints on the OSU football staff. He served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach from 2007-08 and was OSU's defensive line coach from 2018-22. He worked for Morris at North Texas in 2025 and has worked with new OSU defensive coordinator Skyler Cassity each of the past two seasons, at UNT in 2025 and at Sam Houston in 2024. A 2003 OSU graduate, Richmond has more than 15 years of coaching experience, 14 of which were…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago (176+ words) Oklahoma State football coach Eric Morris named another defensive addition to his coaching staff, hiring former Cowboy student-athlete and coach Greg Richmond as defensive line coach. A standout at Oklahoma State during his playing days, Richmond was a four-year Cowboy letterman from 2000-03, earning first team All-Big 12 honors in 2003. He remains on OSU's single-season and career top 10 lists for quarterback sacks. In addition to his playing career, Richmond also had two previous stints on the OSU football staff. He served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach from 2007-08 and was OSU's defensive line coach from 2018-22. He worked for Morris at North Texas in 2025 and has worked with new OSU defensive coordinator Skyler Cassity each of the past two seasons, at UNT in 2025 and at Sam Houston in 2024. A 2003 OSU graduate, Richmond has more than 15 years of coaching experience, 14 of which were…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago (263+ words) LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) " A status hearing for a former Kentucky sheriff accused of murdering a judge ended abruptly Thursday over an undisclosed issue, according to attorneys involved in the high-profile case. Kentucky State Police transported Shawn "Mickey" Stines from his cell at the Leslie County Detention Center to the Letcher County Courthouse " the same courthouse where prosecutors say the former sheriff gunned down Judge Kevin Mullins in September 2024. The court was scheduled to receive updates on the case from prosecution and defense teams and hear pending motions Thursday afternoon. Key motions before the court included a defense request to set bond and a prosecution motion seeking to move the trial out of Letcher County. However, attorneys said an "issue" arose just before the hearing began. "Before we move forward, due to the nature of the case, we want to…...

6+ hour, 20+ min ago (895+ words) NEW YORK - Rick Pitino lobbied for Mark Pope to get the Kentucky coaching job, but believes Pope will encounter the same set of "problems" Pitino is dealing with at St. John's. Both teams have a slew of transfers that their coaches continue to try to integrate heading into Saturday's matchup in the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta (12:30, CBS). "I think Mark's going to have a great run in Kentucky," Pitino, the 73-year-old Naismith Hall of Famer, said Thursday at Carnesecca Arena. "He's going to have the problems that I have, new team, eight new players, putting them together the right way, playing against great competition. "Sometimes overrating somebody you bring in, overpaying somebody you bring in. No different than the Mets or the Yankees or the Giants or Jets. You know, it's the same way. You'll get a [Jalen] Brunson…...

6+ hour, 47+ min ago (292+ words) RICHMOND, Va. " Five Powerball tickets purchased in Virginia, including one bought in Glen Allen, won $50,000 in Wednesday night's billion-dollar Powerball drawing. Those tickets were bought in the following locations: Wednesday night's winning numbers were 25, 33, 53, 62, 66, and red powerball 17, with a Power Play multiplier of 4. The Powerball jackpot rose to an estimated $1.5 billion after nobody held the grand prize ticket in Wednesday's drawing. Two lucky winners each won $2 million, according to the Powerball website. Those winning tickets were sold in Arizona and Massachusetts. Six lucky winners also each won $1 million, the website said. Three of those tickets were sold in New York, and one each in Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. WATCH: Virginia grandmother won huge Powerball prize. Why she's giving it all away The jackpot is the second largest of the year and the sixth highest in the lottery game's history, according…...

8+ hour, 3+ min ago (657+ words) COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. " One year after more than a dozen staff members of a Central Virginia nursing home were arrested in connection with an elder abuse investigation, only one person has ultimately been convicted as prosecutors say the legal process remains ongoing. It was an unprecedented scene on December 18, 2024, when police officers swarmed Colonial Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Center to arrest 18 employees. Prosecutors would later reveal in court that the case involved a former resident who they alleged received inadequate care at the facility. They claimed the alleged victim was left in her bed for days, lying in her own feces and urine, and developed a wound. A judge described the alleged details as "gut-wrenching" and "horrendous." Criminal charges ranged from misdemeanor falsifying patient records to felony abuse and neglect, and the suspects ranged from nursing employees to the administrator…...

9+ hour, 7+ min ago (192+ words) Santa may not have to worry about traffic as he makes his deliveries each Christmas, but us mortals do. To make dashing to and fro easier, the Virginia Department of Transportation is suspending many highway work zones and lifting lane closures on major thoroughfares for Christmas and New Year's Eve. The traffic pattern changes will take effect at noon on Dec. 24 and remain in place through noon on Dec. 26, and be reinstated from noon on Dec. 31 through noon on Jan. 2, 2026. For any holiday travels that involve crossing between the Peninsula and South Hampton Roads, VDOT advises that motorists avoid taking the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel to avoid potential delays due to ongoing construction. Instead, VDOT is encouraging taking the Interstate 664 Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel, the James River Bridge, the free Jamestown-Scotland Ferry or I-95. The Route 17 George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge is still experiencing…...

9+ hour, 32+ min ago (288+ words) The NCAA transfer portal doesn't open until the new year " January 2 to be exact. But that doesn't mean players can't reveal their intentions to enter the portal. The first name for the Virginia Tech ... The NCAA transfer portal doesn't open until the new year " January 2 to be exact. But that doesn't mean players can't reveal their intentions to enter the portal. The first name for the Virginia Tech Hokies in the James Franklin era has been revealed: quarterback Garret Rangel. The 6-foot-2, 198-pound Rangel spent one season in Blacksburg, transferring to the Hokies earlier this year after spending three seasons at Oklahoma State. Rangel did not play one snap for Tech last season. Rangel, a 3-star prospect out of high school, is from Frisco, Texas, where he played at Lone Star High School. He passed for over 9,000 yards and 101 touchdowns…...

10+ hour, 12+ min ago (395+ words) HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - The Public Service Commission held its second public comment meeting Thursday night in Hazard, inviting residents to share their concerns about Kentucky Power's proposed rate increase. Since Kentucky Power announced the proposed 14.9% rate increase for residential customers, many have not been shy to share their frustrations. "I think it is ridiculous what the power company is doing," one customer said. Residents, lawmakers, business owners and local leaders shared their experiences with high rates thus far, and how the new rate increase would deeply impact families throughout the mountains. State Representative Chris Fugate, who also serves as a pastor in Perry County, says he has seen the impact first hand. "She said preacher, I need to talk to you about something. And I knew what it was about. She couldn't pay her power bill this month," Fugate said....

10+ hour, 34+ min ago (439+ words) A missing Kentucky girl, Michelle Newton, was found alive and well in Florida, 40 years after authorities allege she was abducted by her mother, Debra Newton, who's been charged with custodial interference. Michelle's father, Joseph Newton, has been reunited with his daughter after not having seen her since 1983. A missing child investigation ended 40 years later with a reunion and a felony charge." Michelle Newton, 46, was only 3 when she was reported missing, and when now authorities allege she was abducted by her mother, Debra Newton, according to a Jefferson County Sheriff's Department news release obtained by Oxygen.com." Debra, who had been going by the name Sharon Nealy, was arrested in the Villages, Florida, on Nov. 24, after a Crime Stoppers tip led investigators to suspect she and her daughter were at the center of a Kentucky missing persons case dating back to…...