PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A second person has now been charged in a case that saw a Pikeville man arrested for rape and incest back in April. John Yelton, 37, was arrested April 16 and charged with three counts of incest, three counts of first-degree rape, three counts of first-degree sodomy and three…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — The prosecution has now gone on record as opposed to a former assistant county attorney’s request that he be given probation for his evidence tampering conviction. Donald Kyle Deskins, 50, of Kimper, was indicted in 2023 on charges of murder and evidence tampering for the 2021…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Ahead of his sentencing for evidence tampering next week, defense attorneys for Donald Kyle Deskins are asking that any sentence he receive be probated. Deskins was indicted in 2023 on charges of murder and evidence tampering for the 2021 death of his wife, Judith Deskins. After…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is asking the public to report wild pig sightings around Printer and surrounding areas in Floyd County, after a group of wild pigs was found and reported to the department in April. Wild pigs displace game species like deer and…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly 25,000 students at Job Corps centers around the country, including those at the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center in Prestonsburg, face an uncertain future, after the U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday it is “pausing” operations at 99 contractor-operated…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — An attorney for the man accused of killing Amber Spradlin is asking the court for additional time to line up the experts he intends to call to testify at trial. Spradlin’s body was found June 18, 2023, at the Arkansas Creek home of Prestonsburg dentist Michael McKinney.…
Read MoreELKHORN CITY, Ky. — A Pike County man has been indicted on charges related to a shooting in Elkhorn City earlier this year. Keegan Schoeff, 21, of Elkhorn City, was arrested back in April, after police said he went into a home and fired his gun multiple times, injuring one person. At the time,…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man has been indicted on federal drug and gun charges out of Johnson County. A grand jury indicted Tyler Isaac, 29, of Salyersville, last week on charges of possession of meth with the intent to distribute and felon in possession of a firearm. The charges stem…
Read MoreJenny Wiley’s lodge and marina will be temporarily closing beginning September 1, 2025, due to renovations.
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. Days after a trial date was set in his federal theft and mail fraud case, suspended Pike Circuit Judge Howard Keith Hall is seeking a delay due to the complexity of the case. Hall was indicted last month on two counts of mail fraud and one count of theft of government funds. He is accused…
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