FRANKFORT, Ky. — A federal judge has denied a request from suspended Pike Circuit Judge Howard Keith Hall to dismiss the criminal charges against him. Hall, a longtime former Pike County Attorney, was indicted in April on two counts of mail fraud and one count of theft of government funds. Prosecutors…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — One Prestonsburg man was taken to the hospital and another was taken to jail, following a stabbing early Friday morning. Prestonsburg Police were called to the Stonecrest townhouses just after midnight Friday. The victim told officers that he had been in an argument with Tyler…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man who was arrested last month for allegedly using hidden cameras to record a 15-year-old girl while she was dressing and showering has now been indicted by a federal grand jury. Henry Jonathan Ritscher, 43, of Paintsville, was arrested Sept. 6, after the girl…
Read MoreThe two groups were at the Pikeville Walmart to help area residents ensure their child car seats are installed properly
Read MoreTourism and city officials welcome visitors and Paintsville natives for the 61st annual Kentucky Apple Festival
Read MoreABINGDON, Va. — A coal miner from Virginia has filed a federal class-action lawsuit accusing United Coal Company, Wellmore Coal Company, and Wellmore Energy of illegally withholding overtime pay from workers at mines along the Kentucky-Virginia border. Plaintiff Travis Hall filed the case this week…
Read MoreWELCH, W.Va. — Three more people have been have been arrested as part of a drug conspiracy stretching from McDowell County, W.Va., to Wise County, Va. Charles John Williams, 40; Terry Alexander Headen, 25; and Taylor Shannell Headen, 22, all of Welch, W.Va., were arrested Thursday and charged…
Read MoreLOVELY, Ky. — Local, state and federal officers arrested a Martin County man Friday, following his indictment in a federal drug case. Cody Gene Spears, 29, of Lovely, was arrested by U.S. Marshals, Kentucky State Police Drug Enforcement Special Investigations and the Martin County Sheriff’s…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man arrested on drug charges earlier this year has now been indicted by a federal grand jury. Matthew Roger Owens, of Salyersville, was arrested back in March, after police got a tip that he was at a local gas station, on his way to sell meth. When police caught…
Read MoreMOUTHCARD, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested for allegedly going onto a woman’s property and exposing himself. Edward Scott, 62, of Mouthcard, has been charged with third-degree trespassing and first-degree indecent exposure. According to the arrest warrant, Scott allegedly went…
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