SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — Deputies investigating reports of possible drug activity in Magoffin County came away with three arrests early Wednesday morning. The officers were at Bloomington Loop just before 4 a.m. Wednesday, after receiving reports of heavy traffic in the area, when they spotted a silver…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Martin County woman has been indicted over allegations that she submitted invoices for providing caregiver services to her dead mother. Janet Meade, 77, of Debord, is charged with one count of theft by deception in Floyd Circuit Court. She is accused of billing Big Sandy…
Read MoreHAZARD, Ky. – The ARH Foundation for Healthier Communities is donating $70,000 to school districts impacted by the devastating 2022 floods in Eastern Kentucky. The Floyd County, Perry County, Knott County, Letcher County, Leslie County, Breathitt County, and Hazard Independent school districts will…
Read MoreLOVELY, Ky. — A Martin County man is in jail after his wife told police he choked her and hit her with a flashlight. Police were dispatched to River Front Road in Lovely just after 10 Sunday night over a report of a domestic violence incident in progress. When they arrived, the found Amos Evans,…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man who was arrested last week for evidence tampering has now been charged with more than 200 counts of rape. John Silas Ashley, 36, of Van Lear, was arrested Sept. 12, as police began investigating claims of child sexual abuse. A minor girl told police that…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A homeless Indiana man was arrested Wednesday, after police say he pulled a gun when questioned about a package theft. Pikeville Police say the woman returned to her Poplar Grove home Wednesday evening and found James Meeks, 53, of Crown Point, Ind., sitting on her porch. When…
Read MoreWHITESBURG, Ky. — Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines, who has been arrested and charged with murder for the shooting death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins, will not appear in court to answer the charge until next Wednesday. Stines is accused of walking into Mullins’ office yesterday…
Read MoreWHITESBURG, Ky. — A district judge is dead and a county sheriff is in jail, following a stunning series of events in Whitesburg Thursday. Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines allegedly walked into District Judge Kevin Mullins’ office yesterday and shot him several times, killing him. That…
Read MoreLITTCARR, Ky. — Police are revealing more details about an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Knott County last week. Deputies and state troopers were called to a home on Seals Hollow Road at Littcarr around 7:30 a.m., Sept. 9. They were responding to a report of a man possibly armed with…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Dr. Michael McKinney, the Prestonsburg dentist currently under indictment for allegedly attempting to cover up the murder of Amber Spradlin, is free to resume practicing dentistry, after the Kentucky Board of Dentistry lifted its suspension of his license. Spradlin’s body…
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