PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A response filed Wednesday in the Amber Spradlin murder case is providing the public with its first look at the evidence against M.K. McKinney, the man accused of killing her. Spradlin’s body was found at the McKinney family home on June 18, 2023. It has been previously reported…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Defendants in the Amber Spradlin murder case are due back in court this week, and Mountain Top News plans to livestream the proceedings. Spradlin’s body was found in the Arkansas Creek home of Dr. Michael McKinney on June 18, 2023. She had been stabbed at least 11 times in…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — A proposed rate increase for Southern Water and Sewer District has been rejected, at least temporarily, because the utility used the wrong data in its application. Southern filed an application with the Kentucky Public Service Commission last month, asking to Raise both its customer…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The man who defendants in the Amber Spradlin murder case are trying to paint as a potential alternative suspect in her death is now speaking out against those allegations, through his attorney. In court filings over the past two weeks, Steven Romines, attorney for M.K. McKinney,…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The attorney for the man accused of killing Amber Spradlin is seeking to have his client’s bond reduced, and he is using the occasion to paint an alternative theory of the case. Spradlin’s body was found in the home of Dr. Michael McKinney on June 18, 2023. She…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — We are beginning to get the first account of what took place at the home of Dr. Michael McKinney in the hours before and after Amber Spradlin was found murdered. Spradlin was found stabbed at least 11 times in the neck and head on June 18, 2023. McKinney; his son, M.K.; and…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A new motion being filed in the Amber Spradlin murder case appears to lay the groundwork for how the defense plans to fight the murder charge. Spradlin’s body was found the morning of June 18, 2023, at the home of prominent dentist Michael McKinney. She had been stabbed at least…
Read MoreLOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Sunday it has opened an investigation into suspected health care fraud within the addiction treatment company Addiction Recovery Care, known locally as ARC. The most recent step in the FBI’s investigation has been to make an online survey…
Read MoreMcDOWELL, Ky. — Police are on the hunt for a suspect, following a murder overnight in Floyd County. A body was found at a home along Route 680 at McDowell shortly before midnight following what police said was a fight, according to an eyewitness who reported the incident. Floyd County Sheriff…
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