SHELBIANA, Ky. — One week after a high-speed chase involving out-of-state suspects ended with a fatal crash in Wise County, a similar chase in Eastern Kentucky ended without injury. State troopers attempted to pull over a Kia Optima in Prestonsburg just after 4:30 a.m. Thursday, only to have the…
Read MoreWHITESBURG, Ky. — A Letcher County property was burglarized repeatedly over a period of two months, resulting in the property owner installing a trail camera. As a result, five people were arrested Sunday in connection with the incidents. The property owner contacted Kentucky State Police about…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man is in jail, after police raided his home and found more than a pound of meth. Kentucky State Police’s Drug Enforcement Special Investigations unit obtained a search warrant for the home of Edward Carl Ramey, 45, of Paintsville, as part of a drug investigation.…
Read MoreCAMPTON, Ky. — Continuing progress on the Mountain Parkway will mean a change in traffic patterns, beginning tomorrow. Eastbound and westbound traffic in Wolfe County, from Mile Marker 45 to Mile Marker 49, will switch over to the newly constructed eastbound lanes starting Wednesday, June 19. …
Read MorePHELPS, Ky. — A Pike County man is in jail after police say he broke into a dead man’s home and stole several items. An arrest warrant accuses Nicholas Pruitt, 49, of Phelps, of breaking into a home on Route 194 June 15 and taking several items, including a shotgun and string trimmer. Police…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man who was indicted on federal drug charges last month after drugs were found hidden in his car back in February has now been arrested. Daniel Jackson, 56, of Salyersville, stands accused of possession of meth and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. Jackson…
Read MoreCHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia doctor has been indicted on federal charges of illegally distributing anti-anxiety medicine. Dr. Brian McDevitt, who serves as medical director of the Chapmanville Medical Center in Logan County, has been charged with three counts of unlawfully distributing…
Read MoreWISE, Va. — The driver of a car that crashed while fleeing police in Wise County earlier this week has now been charged with homicide. Dimitri Jontae Green, of Charlotte, N.C., was the driver of a silver Audi that was wanted in a theft case in Hazard. Virginia authorities were notified to be on…
Read MoreBELCHER, Ky. — Police have now identified those involved in a three-vehicle fatal crash in Pike County on Wednesday. The crash happened just after 7 a.m. on Ferrells Creek Road, at Belcher. According to Kentucky State Police, Jeremy Gunter was driving his Ford F-150 when he crossed the center…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man has been charged with vehicular homicide, after he allegedly ran over a cyclist and fled the scene. State troopers were called just before 10 p.m. Wednesday to a report that a car had hit someone on a bicycle on U.S. 460 and then left. The victim, who has been…
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