PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man arrested last year following accusations of sexual assaults targeting female college students in the city parking garage was arrested again Thursday, this time charged with possessing child porn. Terry Weston Rogers, 29, of Pikeville, was arrested just after…
Read MoreASHCAMP, Ky. — Kentucky State Police is investigating after a passenger died of injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash on Wednesday. Police say Matthew Corbett was operating a 2020 Ford Transit ambulance owned by Lifeguard EMS along Route 197 at Ashcamp just before 4 p.m., when the vehicle…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Mingo County man arrested last week on a federal child porn charge has now been indicted. Tyler Castor, 22, of Williamson but formerly of the Belfry area, was formally charged Thursday with one count of attempting to produce child porn. The charge carries a potential prison…
Read MoreUPDATE: Logan County Schools issued a statement Thursday afternoon, saying no more donations are needed for Logan Elementary. “Because of your incredible response, we are currently at capacity and are unable to accept any additional donations at this time,” the statement said. “Please…
Read Moreby RODERICK MULLINS CLINTWOOD, Va. — The Dickenson County School Board took a significant step toward expanding its vocational offerings Wednesday night, approving plans to seek funding for a new $8.9 million nursing clinic and robotics lab on the Ridgeview campus. The proposed 10,000-square-foot…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — A major Medicaid overhaul bill has cleared its first legislative hurdle in Frankfort, as members of the House Appropriations committee approved House Bill 2 by a 14-to-4 vote. The bill, sponsored by Ken Fleming, aims to transform Kentucky’s Medicaid program by strengthening…
Read MoreWHEELWRIGHT, Ky. — The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on a missing Wheelwright teen. Cody Oliver Tackett, 17, was last seen around 3:30 in the morning on Feb. 19. He was wearing an orange camouflage hoodie, hat and boots. The sheriff’s office says Tackett left…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Power customers will be getting a small amount of relief on their power bills, after the Public Service Commission agreed to allow the utility to spread out some of the cost of a winter storm. Beginning in the last week of January, Eastern Kentucky experienced two weeks…
Read MoreCHICAGO — The American Bar Association has announced that longtime Eastern Kentucky legal advocate John M. Rosenberg will receive the 2026 ABA Medal, the organization’s highest honor for exceptionally distinguished service to American law. Rosenberg is the executive director emeritus of Appalachian…
Read MoreLEXINGTON, Ky. — As expected, a Louisville man has pleaded guilty to an amended drug charge, after police found with a large amount of meth during a traffic stop in Magoffin County. Robert Earl Pilgrim, 36, was arrested in August of 2023 and indicted by a federal grand jury in 2024 on a charge…
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