WILLIAMSPORT, Ky. — A Johnson County woman is facing multiple felony charges after police say she opened fire on two teenagers who were trying to report a forest fire. The teens were traveling along Route 40 near Williamsport just before midnight on Friday, when they spotted the fire and stopped…
Read Moreby RODERICK MULLINS DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. – Health officials have issued a fish consumption advisory for the John W. Flannagan Reservoir in Southwest Virginia following the discovery of elevated chemical levels in several species. The Virginia Department of Health announced the advisory after…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman eight months ago. Austin Reahard, 31, of Prestonsburg, is accused of grabbing the woman by the shoulders as she walked out of a Prestonsburg restaurant August 29 and shoving her to the ground. The woman hit…
Read MoreINEZ, Ky. — A father and son were arrested in Martin County over the weekend, after deputies found a sizable portion of meth during a traffic stop. Gary Lee Gamble Sr., 65, of Inez, and Gary Lee Gamble Jr., 47, of Paintsville, were stopped around 8 p.m. Sunday. During the stop, officers discovered…
Read MoreROBINSON CREEK, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested after police say he was caught in the act trying to steal a refrigerator from a home. Kentucky State Police was called Sunday afternoon to Collins Highway over a report of a burglary in progress. The property owner told police he saw a…
Read MoreMETA, Ky. — A Letcher County woman who pleaded guilty a federal meth distribution conspiracy charge last month has been arrested for meth trafficking again. Just before 1 a.m., Saturday, a state trooper pulled over a truck traveling 35 miles an hour along U.S. 119 near the Zebulon exit. The driver,…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man is facing felony charges, after he allegedly fired a gun into a house that contained two people. The shooting happened on Wednesday along Old Lick Creek. Victims told police that Trenton Jay Caudill, 25, of Salyersville, fired 11 shots from .22 caliber…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. –Two men were arrested in Paintsville Wednesday night, after police pulled them over for swerving and found meth in their car. Paintsville Police pulled over the car driven by Bobby Daniels, 57, of Pikeville, and occupied by David Lee Ward, 56, of Nippa, after spotting their car…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Appalachian Regional Healthcare has filed a lawsuit against Pike County, claiming the county owes more than $3.2 million for medical care provided to inmates at the Pike County Detention Center. The complaint, filed in Pike Circuit Court, names the county and Jailer Brian Morris…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County jury has recommended a 20-year sentence for a man who shot and killed another man near the Auxier bridge one year ago. Larry Johnson, 68, of Auxier, was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter on Wednesday, for the shooting death of Steven Adkins, 48, of Prestonsburg.…
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