WHITESBURG, Ky. — A Letcher County man is facing charges of burglary and wanton endangerment, after police say the left a drug pipe in the pocket of a pair of children’s pants hanging on the rack at Walmart. Whitesburg Police were called to the store Saturday evening after staff spotted…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man who was arrested earlier this year for allegedly assaulting his mother has now been indicted in the case. Brian Clay Perkins, 40, of Salyersville, has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault, for the attack on his mother as well as a man…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Deputies who went to a Floyd County home in search of a suspect didn’t find him, but did end up arresting three other people. Deputies went to the home on Hillside Center Drive, in Prestonsburg, looking for a man around 11 Sunday morning in search of a suspect. They were…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Alliance Resource Partners has announced the permanent closure of the MC Mining Complex in Pike County, affecting all of the facility’s 280 workers. Excel Mining issued Workforce Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notices to employees of the facility on Friday.…
Read MoreSIDNEY, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested after police sought help from the public in solving the theft of an air compressor. Early Saturday morning, a Sidney resident reported the theft of the $3,000 air compressor the night before by a man who had been on his property two days in a row,…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pikeville man is facing a felony theft charge, for allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend’s father during an altercation. It happened Sunday morning on Peach Orchard Drive, in Pikeville. The police report says that Joshua Jones, 32, had been fighting with his girlfriend…
Read MoreLANGLEY, Ky. — A Floyd County pair was arrested when police went to conduct a welfare check on three children, only to find a variety of drugs mixed in with their toys. The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office was called to the Langley home of Kristina Blankenship, 28, to look in on the children,…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — When it comes to celebrating Hillbilly Days, what better way to do it than with, “Guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music?” Dwight Yoakam is returning to his roots by bringing his “Cosmic Roundup and Rodeo” tour to the Appalachian Wireless Arena for the festival.…
Read MoreWILLIAMSON, W.Va. — A man who was declared a fugitive last year after being charged with heroin trafficking in three separate indictments in Pike County has been arrested. Cordell “Gator” Smith, 56, of Williamson, W.Va., was arrested Friday by the Mingo County Sheriff’s Office.…
Read MoreMARTIN, Ky. — A Floyd County man who had been arrested on misdemeanor charges found himself in even worse trouble, after cameras in the police car recorded him talking about where he had drugs hidden in his car. A state trooper was patrolling in Martin, when he got behind a car that immediately…
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