PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The full impact of a winter storm bearing down on Kentucky is yet to be known, but already, state and officials have issued orders declaring a State of Emergency. Gov. Andy Beshear issued his order on Saturday. The State of Emergency is a necessary legal requirement to activate state…
Read MoreMcDOWELL, Ky. — A Floyd County man was found dead Saturday night, hours after a Golden Alert had been issued for him. Kentucky State Police issued the alert for Phil Colley, 65, of McDowell, Saturday afternoon. He had last been seen around noon Thursday in the Ned’s Fork area of Frasure’s Creek.…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — An arrest for driving under the influence ended up leading police to an investigation that resulted in drug trafficking charges. Pikeville Police pulled over Clinton Williams, 53, of Pikeville, on U.S. 23 Monday, after noticing that he was weaving. The officer found Williams to…
Read MoreMARROWBONE, Ky. — A traffic stop in Pike County on Monday resulted in two people being arrested for fentanyl trafficking. A Kentucky State Police trooper pulled over a vehicle for speeding and other violations along Route 195 at Marrowbone last Monday night. While speaking to the driver, Adam…
Read MoreMcDOWELL, Ky. — After an earlier request for a rate increase was shot down, Southern Water and Sewer District in Floyd County is trying again. Southern originally filed its application back in September, asking the Kentucky Public Service Commission to approve rates that were more than 28 percent…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — An investigation into cockfighting operations in two Eastern Kentucky counties has now wrapped up, after the final defendants in the case entered guilty pleas this month. Investigations into the Blackberry Chicken Pit in Pike County and the Whitesburg Chicken Pit in Letcher County…
Read MoreBEARVILLE, Ky. — A Knott County man was killed Thursday in a single-vehicle crash on Route 80. According to Kentucky State Police, William T. Campbell was driving a Chevy Silverado east on the highway Thursday night, when he veered over the median, crossed both oncoming lanes and struck a rock…
Read MoreABINGDON, Va. — A southwestern Virginia doctor has been convicted of improperly prescribing opioid medications a second time, after his first conviction was overturned due to one word in the jury instructions. Joel Smithers, 42, a former osteopathic doctor in Martinsville, was convicted by a federal…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Due to unfavorable weather conditions forecast for this weekend, the City of Pikeville has made the decision to postpone its highly anticipated fireworks display and first-ever drone show that was set to take place on Saturday, Dec. 28, at the Hambley Athletic Complex. The event…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Georgia man is facing a federal indictment for allegedly distributing meth and fentanyl in several Eastern Kentucky counties. Dennis Arnold “Dino” Lyons, 35, of Rex, Ga., is charged with two counts of distributing meth, one count of distributing a meth and fentanyl…
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