17 indicted in SW Va. for defrauding pandemic benefits
ABINGDON, Va. — Seventeen people in southwestern Virginia have been indicted on charges that they…
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Ralph Davis is news director at Mountain Top News. He is a Prestonsburg native and lives there today.
‘Knock-and-talk’ results in meth trafficking arrest
HARDY, Ky. — A Pike County man found himself headed to jail on drug trafficking and other charges,…
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Floyd man arrested after fleeing police while on Facebook Live
BANNER, Ky. — A Floyd County man was arrested Monday evening, after police say he broadcast his…
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Civil suit filed in Amber Spradlin case
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The estate of Amber Spradlin has filed a civil complaint against multiple…
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East Ky. residents arrested for heroin trafficking after passing out at Shelby County truck stop
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. — Two Eastern Kentucky residents were arrested in Shelby County Thursday night,…
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SC man pleads guilty to killing of Big Stone Gap police officer
WISE, Va. — A South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to murder for the 2021 shooting death of a…
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Former Williamson mayor expected to plead guilty to embezzlement from hospital
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Williamson Mayor Charles Hatfield is expected to enter a guilty plea…
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Johnson man arrested on child exploitation charges
HAGER HILL, Ky. — A Johnson County man is in jail, after his girlfriend reportedly discovered…
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Pike man charged with trafficking variety of drugs
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man is in jail on multiple counts of drug trafficking, after police…
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Drug treatment center operators arrested on 15 child porn charges
MOREHEAD, Ky. — The husband-and-wife operators of a chain of addiction treatment centers have…
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