PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — As the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” became law on the Fourth of July, two starkly different scenes played out simultaneously. In Washington D.C., President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on the White House lawn, complete with the fanfare of B-2 bombers flying overhead…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested, more than a month after being accused of trying to kill three people by trapping them in a burning home. A man and two women reported to Kentucky State Police that Marty Hurley, 49, of Stopover, held them at gunpoint with an AR-15-style rifle…
Read MoreViewer discretion advised. Pike residents appeal to the county fiscal court members to find humanitarian solutions to growing number of feral horses.
Read MoreA new state law restricting electronic communication between school staff and students have some figuring how to move forward.
Read MoreELKHORN CITY, Ky. — A Pike County man was arrested following a standoff, after police say he broke into a house and was shot by his own gun. Kentucky State Police were called just before midnight, Tuesday, to a report of a shooting on West Fifth Street in Elkhorn City. There, they found 44-year-old…
Read MorePikeville High School cracked the top 30 in Money Inc’s best high schools in Kentucky
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man has been indicted on a manslaughter charge, following an overdose death back in March. Jimmy Gage Adkins, 28, of Robinson Creek, was indicted by a Pike County grand jury on June 20 and arrested on Monday. He is charged with second-degree manslaughter and first-degree…
Read MoreWHITESBURG, Ky. — Prosecutors are pushing back against a motion to dismiss the indictment of former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines, who is charged with the September 2024 murder of District Judge Kevin Mullins. In a court filing, Asst. Attorney General R. Ramsey Dallam and special prosecutor…
Read MoreROWE, Va. — A raid in Buchanan County on Friday resulted in the arrest of three people on drug trafficking charges. The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office and 29th Judicial Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at a home at Rowe, with assistance from the Buchanan County Commonwealth’s…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — The attorney for a Magoffin County man accused of sex crimes involving incest says his client is “devastated” following his indictment, despite having passed a lie detector test. Gary Matthew Blanton, 34, of Salyersville, was indicted earlier this month on two counts…
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