FRANKFORT, Ky. — Beginning Monday, Eastern Kentucky local governments and other entities that were impacted by the 2022 floods can apply for funding from a massive pool of money set aside for aiding the recovery. The Kentucky Department for Local Government will accept applications from local…
Read MorePRINTER, Ky. — A Floyd County man is facing 16 felony charges, following a child porn investigation. Kentucky State Police received a tip that child porn was being uploaded to the internet from a Floyd County home. Police obtained a search warrant for the home of Matthew Dwayne Williams, 38, of…
Read MoreWISE, Va. — A Virginia man has been sentenced for charges related to a shooting in downtown Big Stone Gap. Shane Christopher Martin, 32, of Richmond, was arrested for shooting another person in parking lot of the former Economy Drug in November of 2022. He then left the victim there, while he…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal spending bill signed into law earlier this month will mean new homes for some of those who lost their in the 2022 floods. U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers announced Tuesday that Housing Development Alliance will receive $3 million to help build homes for flood victims. Those homes…
Read MoreLOUISA, Ky. — A Lawrence County man is facing felony charges, after one person was stabbed in an argument over a “mom” joke. Police were called to a report of a stabbing, but soon learned that the victim had been taken to Three Rivers Medical Center. At the hospital, police interviewed…
Read MoreMcANDREWS, Ky. — A Pike County man, who wishes to remain anonymous, won $50,000 playing the Kentucky Lottery’s Millionaire Club Scratch-off. The man stopped at Pond Creek Grocery in McAndrews two weeks ago to get a Red Bull and got to talking to some of the people there about the lottery.…
Read MoreDAVID, Ky. — A Floyd County man who was being arrested on a warrant found himself in more trouble for allegedly assaulting a deputy and a police dog. Deputies went to the home of Jacob Estep, 25, of David, to serve him with the warrant. When they pulled up to his house, they saw him run into the…
Read MoreHARDY, Ky. — A Pike County woman was arrested after police say she fled from a roadblock with a half-pound of marijuana in her car. Pike County Sheriff’s deputies were staging a checkpoint at Hardy just after 8 Thursday night, when they spotted a car approach at a high rate of speed, then…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — Two people were arrested for meth trafficking after being stopped for speeding on the Mountain Parkway. A state trooper spotted a car traveling at 49 mph in a road construction area, where the speed limit is 45.The officer also noted the car was tailgating a UPS truck. After…
Read MoreINEZ, Ky. — A Buchanan County man was arrested in Martin County, after police found him with a truck that had been reported stolen out of Virginia. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office got a report of the vehicle possibly being in Warfield Thursday, but an initial search turned up nothing.…
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