PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A man currently facing vehicular homicide charges for an alleged DUI crash last year that killed two Prestonsburg High School students will remain in jail under the same bond. Marcus Logan Auxier, 21, of Nippa, is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, DUI, three counts…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — A special judge has now been appointed to preside over the murder trial of former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines. Stines is charged with one count of murder for the shooting death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins back in September. Kentucky Supreme Court Justice…
Read MoreSITKA, Ky. — For the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, it was a case of the same car and same result, but a different suspect. Sheriff Scott Hazlette accompanied a state trooper to a Sitka home last week as part of an investigation. When they arrived, they found a car parked behind the residence…
Read MoreSTOPOVER, Ky. — A man who allegedly got away from police more than two weeks ago is now in jail. Back on Nov. 21, a state trooper spotted a pickup truck with no license plate and a broken windshield, with a four-wheeler following close behind. The officer attempted to pull over the truck, but…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man has been arrested after being indicted on charges of first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse. Michael Young, 42, of Salyersville, was arrested on Friday. Court records do not elaborate on the allegations against him, except to say that the victim…
Read MoreINEZ, Ky. — A Martin County man has been arrested after residents of an Inez home said they found him leaving their house after breaking in. The residents told the Martin County Sheriff’s Office they returned home to find 50-year-old Ernest Jarvis running out the front door as they pulled…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man has been sentenced to more than 8 years in prison, following his conviction in a federal drug case. Daniel Jackson, 57, of Salyersville, was found guilty of possession of meth and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. Jackson was arrested back in February,…
Read MoreGRETHEL, Ky. — A man accused of breaking into a Floyd County home helped police with his arrest by getting trapped in shrink wrap. Floyd County deputies were called to a home in Grethel, where a woman reported that she thought her son was trying to break into her home through a bedroom window.…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man has been charged with theft, after he allegedly refused to return a lost phone when he discovered there was no reward. Police were called last Wednesday by a woman who reported the incident. She said her son lost his iPhone 12 when he left it on the roof of the…
Read MoreLOUISA, Ky. — A Lawrence County man who has a history of not maintaining his sex offender registration has been arrested once again for not maintaining his sex offender registration. Roy Osborne, 35, of Louisa, was arrested on Wednesday. Osborne had been previously convicted of sexually abusing…
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