ABINGDON, Va. — A Wise County woman has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of distributing cocaine and psilocin. Emily Dawn McCoy, of Pound, has signed a plea agreement admitting to the charges. In a signed statement stipulating to the facts in the case, McCoy admitted to working with others…
Read MoreCOAL RUN VILLAGE, Ky. — A Pike County man was arrested on a felony charge, after he allegedly made false reports to police repeatedly. A Coal Run Police officer responded to the Daniel Boone Motor Inn around 5:30 Monday evening, after Ryan Jay Cornwell, 45, of Pikeville, reported someone trying…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Knott County man will spend more than a decade in prison, after pleading guilty to a federal drug charge. Danny Slone, 53, of Pippa Passes, pleaded guilty in August to distributing more than 50 grams of meth. According to his plea agreement, Slone sold meth to an undercover…
Read MorePolice say a teen boy shot two others along Ray’s Branch Tuesday evening.
Read MorePIKEVILLE and PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — While candidates still have more than a month to file to run in next year’s election, the Pike County race for property valuation administrator has already been decided, and the same race in Floyd County will be over as soon as the incumbent files. Pike…
Read MoreLEXINGTON, Ky. — A Floyd County man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to federal drug and gun charges. Bradford Hunt, 51, of Hi Hat, pleaded guilty back in August to possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute and using a firearm in a drug trafficking crime. Hunt was…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man is scheduled to appear in court after being indicted on a federal child porn charge. Charles Michael Hopkins, 34, of Virgie, was indicted last week on a single count of possession of child porn. He was arrested last month, when police, acting on a tip from the…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Two juveniles suffered gunshot wounds, following a shooting Tuesday near Pikeville. Kentucky State Police responded to a 911 call reporting the shooting at Ray’s Branch, off of the Left Fork of Island Creek. When they arrived, they found the youths had been shot by another…
Read MoreSOUTH WILLIAMSON, Ky. — Kentucky State Police are looking for a man who they say dropped a handgun in the South Williamson Walmart causing it to discharge. KSP Post 9 Public Information Officer Trooper Michael Coleman said no one was injured, but that he had fielded some calls asking about an…
Read MoreAPPALACHIA, Va. — What began as a search for a missing Wise County high school football coach is now being termed a manhunt for a fugitive, as officials now say he is wanted on child pornography charges. Union High School Coach Travis Lee Turner, 46, was discovered missing when police went to…
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