Pike County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 Census,the population was 58,669. Its county seat is Pikeville. The county was founded in 1821. It is a moist county—a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited but which contains a "wet" city. In three of the county's cities—Pikeville,Elkhorn City,and Coal Run Village—package alcohol sales are legal.
Pikeville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Pike County,Kentucky,United States. Its population was 7,754 as of the 2020 U.S. Census. Pikeville serves as a regional economic,educational,and entertainment hub for the surrounding areas of eastern Kentucky,Virginia,and West Virginia. It is home to the University of Pikeville and the Pikeville Cut-Through,the second-largest earthmoving project in the Western Hemisphere.
Paul Edward Patton is an American politician who served as the 59th governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003. Because of a 1992 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution,he was the first governor eligible to run for a second term in office,since James Garrard,in 1800. Since 2013,he has been the chancellor of the University of Pikeville in Pikeville,Kentucky,after serving as its president from 2010 to 2013. He also served as chairman of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education from 2009 to 2011.
The University of Pikeville (UPIKE) is a private university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Pikeville,Kentucky. It was founded in 1889 by the Presbyterian Church and is located on a 25-acre (10 ha) campus on a hillside overlooking downtown Pikeville.
Dorchen A. Leidholdt is an activist and leader in the feminist movement against violence against women. Since the mid-1970s,she has counseled and advocated for rape victims,organized against "the media's promotion of violence against women",served on the legal team for the plaintiff in a precedent-setting sexual harassment case,founded an international non-governmental organization fighting prostitution and trafficking in women and children,directed the nation's largest legal services program for victims of domestic violence,advocated for the enactment and implementation of laws that further the rights of abused women,and represented hundreds of women victimized by intimate partner violence,human trafficking,sexual assault,the threat of honor killing,female genital mutilation,forced and child marriage,and the internet bride trade.
Randolph "Randall" or "Ole Ran'l" McCoy was the patriarch of the McCoy clan involved in the infamous American Hatfield–McCoy feud. He was the fourth of thirteen children born to Daniel McCoy and Margaret Taylor McCoy and lived mostly on the Kentucky side of Tug Fork,a tributary of the Big Sandy River.
Ellen Cohen is a Canadian American politician. She was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 134 from 2007 to 2011 and later a member of the Houston City Council.
Ruth Ann Palumbo is the longest-serving woman in the Kentucky House of Representatives and has represented District 76,which covers downtown Lexington,Kentucky and eastern Fayette County,since 1991. Palumbo is a member of the Kentucky Democratic Party.
The Lillelid murders were a series of killings that took place in Greene County,Tennessee,United States. Three members of the Lillelid family were killed on April 6,1997. Vidar Lillelid,Delfina Lillelid,their daughter Tabitha,and son Peter were shot on a deserted rural road near Baileyton after a carjacking committed by a group of youths. Vidar and Delfina were found dead at the scene,while Tabitha died after being transported to the hospital. Peter survived,but,as a result of the shooting,was left with disabilities. Six young people from Kentucky,including two minors,were convicted of felony murder for the three deaths. Each received three life sentences,and an additional sentence of 25 years for the attempted murder of Peter.
Yvette McGee Brown became the first African-American female justice on the Ohio Supreme Court when she took office on January 1,2011. She was the founding president of the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital,and was a judge of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas for nine years.
Mary Elliott Flanery was an American progressive era social reformer,suffragist,politician,and journalist who is best remembered as the first woman elected to the Kentucky General Assembly and first woman elected to a state legislature south of the Mason–Dixon line. Flanery was an advocate for equal rights for women,and actively worked to pass legislation that would give women the right to vote.
Eula Hall was an Appalachian activist and healthcare pioneer who founded the Mud Creek Clinic in Grethel in Floyd County,Kentucky.
Thomas J. Burch is an American politician in the state of Kentucky.
David Meade is an American politician and Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing Kentucky's 80th House district since January 2013. His legislative district includes Garrard and Lincoln Counties as well as part of Pulaski County. Meade serves as Speaker pro tempore of the Kentucky House of Representatives,a constitutional office and the second-highest position in the 100-member legislative chamber.
Mary P. Koss is an American Regents' Professor at the University of Arizona,Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health in Tucson,Arizona. Her best known works have been in the areas of gender-based violence and restorative justice.
Ginny Creveling is the former executive director of the ONEOK foundation and a champion of numerous causes and organizations in Tulsa,Oklahoma,United States. She played a vital role in the creation of the Rainbow House in 1977,a child abuse prevention program and crisis nursery,the first of its kind,which paved the way for later organizations such as the Child Abuse Network and the Parent Child Center. She has served as a community leader in race and ethnic relations with the Oklahoma Conference for Community and Justice. In 2007,Creveling was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame for her volunteer and advocacy work.
Elmer Lucille Allen is a ceramic artist and chemist who graduated from Nazareth College in 1953. Both her father and brother were named Elmer and the family chose to name her Elmer Lucille. She became the first African-American chemist at Brown-Forman in 1966.
Olaoluwa Abagun is a Nigerian lawyer,feminist,and a Vocal Girls' Rights Advocate,nurturing a dynamic generation of African Girls. She is the Founder of the Girl Pride Circle Initiative,a notable girl NGO situated in Nigeria,she holds the position of Executive Director at ATHENA,a global feminist network dedicated to promoting gender equality and upholding human rights
Barbara L. Bonner is a clinical psychologist and expert on juvenile sex offenders. She is known for her research on the assessment and treatment of abused children,prevention of child fatalities due to neglect,and treatment of children and adolescents with problematic sexual behavior. Bonner is the CMRI/Jean Gumerson Endowed Chair and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. She serves as the Director of the Child Abuse and Neglect at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
Apryl A. Alexander is an American clinical and forensic psychologist who is an associate professor at the University of Denver. Alexander directs students at the Denver Forensic Institute for Research,Service and Training,and engages in clinical psychology practice. She is co-founder of the University of Denver's Prison Arts Initiative where incarcerated individuals engage in a therapeutic,educational arts curricula.
