New Senate bills should help with utility costs
Sen. Phillip Wheeler is pushing two bills to help mitigate AEP costs.
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Pike County commissioners against vote against landfill
Residents share their opinions at a fiscal court meeting.
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Pikeville Police arrest five in pair of drug raids
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Pikeville Police executed a pair of search warrants early Sunday morning, resulting in the seizure of a variety of drugs and five arrests. Police conducted the first raid at an address on Island Creek Road at 6 a.m. Sunday. There, they found meth and marijuana, along with paraphernalia,…
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AG files appeal to keep convicts in prison
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is heading to the state Court of Appeals in an effort to keep more than 240 convicted felons behind bars. At issue is a portion of the Safer Kentucky Act, passed by the General Assembly in 2024 that was struck down by a Franklin Circuit…
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Judge refuses to step down from Stines murder trial
WHITESBURG, Ky. — Special Judge Christopher Cohron will remain on the Shawn Mickey Stines murder case. Stines is the former Letcher County sheriff charged with murder for the Sept. 19, 2024, shooting death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers. Back in December,…
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Paintsville clinic owner found guilty in federal drug trial
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The son of a former Paintsville doctor who pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge in 2024 now has a criminal conviction of his own, after a jury found him guilty of all charges in a federal drug trial. Jeremy Bryson was found guilty conspiracy to distribute controlled substances,…
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Clintwood Fire Department contains apartment fire on Caney Ridge
by RODERICK MULLINS CLINTWOOD, Va. — Clintwood Fire Department personnel were notified on Wednesday of a reported apartment fire on Caney Ridge within the department’s first due area. The first arriving unit at the apartment fire located on DC Caney Ridge road reported moderate smoke showing…
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Lexington man charged with supplying fentanyl to East Ky. dealers
LONDON, Ky. — A Lexington man has been arrested on allegations he was the source supplying fentanyl dealers across Eastern Kentucky. Ramando “Scoop” Taylor Jr., 27, is charged with distributing more than 40 grams of fentanyl and conspiracy. Hazard Police Captain James Grigsby, who…
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Martin County man gets more than 8 years for part in Huntington drug ring
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Martin County man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for his part in a drug distribution network in Huntington. Kody Harless, 28, of Tomahawk, pleaded guilty back in November to possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute. With his plea, he admitted…
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Dangerous new drug hits the streets
Cychlorphine is said to be 10 times more potent than fentanyl.
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