The PASS (Providing Assistance Supplies & Support) program was created by students for students by gathering donated school supplies and distributing them to schools around the area who need it most. Kentucky Education Association Student Program President Jason Harris stated that the schools they…
Read MoreThe Pike County Sheriff’s Office has opened an investigation after being sent pictures that allegedly show an infant buried under a pile of groceries in a shopping cart. Deputies are working with the South Williamson Wal Mart store, and have been able to identify the woman in the pictures and surveillance…
Read MoreA Letcher County man is in jail after Kentucky State Police say he shot and killed his brother early Monday morning. Around 4:45am, Troopers from Post 13 responded to a home on Cane Hollow Road in the Colson Community after receiving reports that a man was unresponsive in his basement. Once inside…
Read MoreTwo people are facing human trafficking charges following an investigation by the Pike County Sheriff’s office. 31 year old Jacob West and 27 year old Kena Reed, both of Pinsonfork, were indicted Monday by a Pike County Grand Jury. Both were arrested by Pike County deputies on Tuesday. Pike County…
Read MoreA Prestonsburg man was indicted Wednesday by a Floyd County Grand Jury on two felony counts of using an electronic communications system to entice a minor to commit a sexual offense. 26 year old Bobby J. Blackburn was charged in Floyd District Court in May after being accused of sending text messages…
Read MoreWet roads are likely the cause of a collision between a Pike County school bus and a passenger vehicle near Phelps Thursday afternoon. Kentucky State Police officials say the crash happened near the Woodman community as the bus carrying 18 students from Phelps Elementary and High School was struck…
Read MorePike County officials have been working for months to clean up illegal dumps and prosecute those responsible. More than 100 cases are now before judges in Pike District Court. But, recent discoveries indicating businesses are dumping garbage illegally have surprised everyone. Pike County Solid Waste…
Read MorePolice are still searching for a Pike County man wanted for assaulting his neighbor with and axe. Last month, a grand jury indicted 57 year old Barry Q Miller, of Pikeville on a felony assault charge relating to an attack on his neighbor with a double bit axe. Prosecutors in the case say Miller…
Read MorePrestonsburg Attorney Ned Pillersdorf is planning to give an update on the status of many former clients of Eric C. Conn Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in Pikeville.
Read MoreOfficials broke ground on Thursday for the construction of the new Pikeville Pool at the Pikeville YMCA. Construction is expected to be complete in May of 2020.
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