Victim in fatal crash identified
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — One person is dead, following a crash Monday morning on US 23 in Pikeville. According…
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Ralph Davis is news director at Mountain Top News. He is a Prestonsburg native and lives there today.
New prison opens, brings 270 new jobs
WHEELWRIGHT, Ky. — An early Christmas present came to the city of Wheelwright today, as Gov. Andy…
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Two killed in Friday morning house fire
SHELBIANA, Ky. — Two people are dead following a fire Friday morning in Pike County. It happened…
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UK takes part in test of vaccine delivery system
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky has completed a test run for distributing Pfizer’s…
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Trooper responds to wreck, makes drug trafficking arrest
JACKSON, Ky. — A Lexington man who backed his truck over a hillside and into a tree in Breathitt County,…
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PMC one of 11 Ky. hospitals getting first round of COVID vaccine
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Pikeville Medical Center is one of 11 hospitals in Kentucky that will receive…
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Police arrest first of two sisters facing bank fraud charges
BIG STONE GAP, Va. — One of two central Kentucky sisters accused of cashing checks stolen out of cars…
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Police: Suspect attempted to run over officer
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man wanted by police now faces a charge of attempting to murder…
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Kentucky gets grant to enforce heavy truck tax
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky has been awarded nearly $400,000 to crack down on commercial trucks…
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Paintsville man admits distributing pounds of meth
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge in connection…
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