PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Once the new section extending the Mountain Parkway from Salyersville to Prestonsburg is complete, it will include a new transportation feature not yet seen in our region. Plans announced Monday by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet call for the installation of a roundabout…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Public Service Commission has scheduled three hearings to take comments from the public regarding Kentucky Power’s request to raise residential power bills by about 15 percent. Back in August, Kentucky Power filed its application for a rate increase back in…
Read MoreRICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has recently received reports of groups of dead black vultures across the state including several counties in Southwest Virginia. Preliminary testing indicates that the likely cause is H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The prosecutor in the Amber Spradlin murder trial tells Mountain Top News he will file a motion for a continuance tomorrow, in order to give the State Crime Lab time to complete DNA testing of blood evidence. Spradlin’s body was found June 18, 2023, at the Arkansas Creek home…
Read MoreVIRGIE, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested for allegedly shooting his brother-in-law, during an argument. Just after 9 p.m., Thursday, state troopers were called to a home on Route 610 at Virgie over a report that a man had been shot. When they arrived, they found the victim sitting on…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Customers of Kentucky Power will see their bills go up next month, following a court decision that the Kentucky Public Service Commission didn’t take into account required expenses during the utility’s 2023 rate case. That year, Kentucky Power had sought permission…
Read MoreVANSANT, Va. — A Buchanan County man has been arrested and charged with abuse and murder in connection with the death of a child earlier this year. Logan Curtis Boyd, of Vansant, is charged with murder and felony abuse and neglect. He is currently being held without bond. The charges are related…
Read MoreELKHORN CITY, Ky. — A Floyd County woman was arrested for trafficking in meth and fentanyl, following a traffic stop in Pike County. Police pulled over a car on Jackson Branch Road, after noticing the driver wasn’t wearing a seat belt. Karen Isaac, 53, of Melvin, was driving the vehicle,…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested in connection with a Prestonsburg home invasion while a woman was home alone with her three children. Police were called to a home on Town Branch just after 11 p.m., Monday, over a report of a burglary in progress. When they arrived, one…
Read MoreABINGDON, Va. — A southwestern Virginia prison guard has been indicted over accusations that he assaulted an inmate back three years ago. Wallens Ridge State Prison correctional officer David McMurry is charged with deprivation of rights under color of law. He is accused of using handcuffs to…
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