PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The Commonwealth’s Attorney for Pike County is asking a circuit judge to recuse himself from the sentencing of a sexual abuse case and every other pending indictment prosecuted by the office, citing an alleged personal conflict involving threatened litigation against the prosecutor.…
Read MoreWELCH, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has announced a $3.2 million initiative to provide drinking water filtration systems to 5,000 households in McDowell and Mingo counties that rely on private wells, springs or cisterns. The initiative combines $1.2 million in federal funding with $2…
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Read MoreCLINTWOOD, Va. — The Health Wagon and its community partners will distribute free Thanksgiving meals and food boxes to families in Dickenson County on Nov. 19. The giveaway will begin at 2 p.m. at the Dickenson Center for Education and Research, 818 Happy Valley Drive in Clintwood. The event will…
Read MoreASHLAND, Ky. — A Johnson County man has entered a guilty plea to charges associated with armed drug trafficking. Brian “Butterbean” Charles, 43, of Thelma, was arrested after Kentucky State Police conducted a drug raid at his home July 7 and seized 3 lbs. of meth, 28 grams of fentanyl,…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A special judge from Boyd County has dismissed claims against the City of Prestonsburg, its police department and several county officials in a lawsuit filed by the estate of Amber Spradlin, who was murdered in June 2023. Judge John Vincent granted summary judgment to the defendants…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear says the public can now donate to the second annual Team Kentucky Food Drive, which will collect nonperishable food through Nov. 18 for Kentuckians in need. The drive began Nov. 1 for state employees. Donations will be distributed through Feeding Kentucky, which…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Lawson Cancer Center at Pikeville Medical Center has launched a lymphedema prevention program that uses a noninvasive device to help identify fluid changes before patients notice swelling. The program uses the SOZO Digital Health Platform, which measures fluid levels and generates…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Big Sandy Community and Technical College has named Susan Ellis its new dean of health sciences. Ellis, a registered nurse with more than 40 years of experience in nursing, health care leadership and education, said returning to the college “feels like coming home.” “I am…
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