PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Two Pike County residents were arrested after a burned-out headlight led police to discover a large amount of drugs. Shortly after midnight Wednesday morning, a state trooper spotted Christen Brown, 30, of Virgie, driving a GMC Sierra that was missing a headlight. When the officer…
Read MorePOUND, Va. — A police chase that began in Hazard and went into Virginia came to a tragic end on Wednesday. Police across the region were on the lookout for a silver Audi with North Carolina plates that was wanted in connection with a theft case. Wise County deputies spotted the car on U.S. 23…
Read MoreSTANVILLE, Ky. — The manager of a Floyd County gas station was arrested yesterday, after being accused of stealing more than $100,000 from the store. Nancy Powell, of Banner, was arrested just after 6:30 p.m. Monday. Court documents allege she failed to deposit more than $117,000 in cash that…
Read MoreJEREMIAH, Ky. — Kentucky State Police is investigating, after a woman’s body was found early Sunday morning. Police say Trina Sandlin, 57, of Jeremiah, left her home to visit a neighbor the evening before, but never came back. Family members found her body over an embankment along Doty Creek.…
Read MoreWHITESBURG, Ky. — A Letcher County man is in jail after court records allege he crashed his motorcycle while running from police. A Whitesburg police officer spotted Hayden Andrew Sandlin, 23, of Whitesburg, run a red light on his Harley Davidson. The officer relayed the information to a Letcher…
Read MoreABINGDON, Va. — A California man who flooded southwestern Virginia with pressed fentanyl pills he bought from a California supplier has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, bringing to an end a complicated case that has sent eight people to prison. Marco Antonio Orozco, 26, of Costa Mesa, California,…
Read MoreEASTERN, Ky. –Floyd County Schools Supt. Anna Shepherd has announced her retirement later this year. Shepherd submitted a letter of retirement to board chair William Newsome Jr. and vice chair Linda Gearheart on Wednesday. Her retirement is effective Aug. 1. A copy of the announcement of Shepherd’s…
Read MoreABINGDON, Va. — Seventeen people in southwestern Virginia have been indicted on charges that they defrauded pandemic relief unemployment benefits. A federal grand jury in Abingdon handed down the indictment May 21, but it was just made public this week. All 17 defendants are charged with conspiracy…
Read MoreHARDY, Ky. — A Pike County man found himself headed to jail on drug trafficking and other charges, after police knocked on his door and asked if they could come inside to look around. Kentucky State Police suspected that drug trafficking was taking place at the home of 39-year-old Thomas Jervis,…
Read MoreBANNER, Ky. — A Floyd County man was arrested Monday evening, after police say he broadcast his threats and attempts to elude deputies during a chase. Deputies went to the Crum Branch home of Benjamin Davis, 41, after a neighbor complained that Davis had been stealing power from him and damaged…
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