SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — Two men were arrested near Salyersville, after leading police on a high-speed, and at times very low-speed, chase for 70 miles. It all began just after midnight Tuesday morning, when a state trooper spotted a car weaving in and out of its lane near exit 94 on Interstate 64…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A lawsuit has been filed in Floyd Circuit Court, accusing Prestonsburg Mayor Les Stapleton of sexual harassment. The lawsuit, filed by a former female employee of the Mountain Arts Center, accuses Stapleton of subjecting her to unwanted sexual pressure “both verbally…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Floyd County man was arrested after police conducting a roadblock on the Mountain Parkway in Magoffin County allegedly found him with a significant amount of fentanyl. During the roadblock Thursday night at mile marker 72, police pulled a car to the side just before midnight…
Read MoreLOOKOUT, Ky. — A Pike County man was arrested Sunday night after he was accused of strangling a woman in a gas station parking lot earlier that afternoon. The incident took place just before 3 p.m. Sunday at the Jiffy Stop at Lookout. Police say security camera footage shows Jason Ryan Ratliff,…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Suicide rates among young Kentuckians are rising and proposed legislation would strengthen trauma-informed care in schools and boost youth suicide prevention resources. According to the latest state data, 1-in-7 high school students reported having seriously considered suicide…
Read MoreCOWAN, Ky. — Police are investigating after a woman was found shot to death in Letcher County. Kentucky State Police responded to a report Thursday of an unresponsive woman on Dinah Blair Hollow Road. When they arrived, they found Angela Roberts, 59, of Whitesburg, dead from an apparent gunshot…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Lexington man is now facing the possibility of a substantial prison sentence, after police say he came through a roadblock on the Mountain Parkway with a large amount of drugs in his truck. Kentucky State Police and the Magoffin County Sheriff’s Office were conducting…
Read MoreABINGDON, Va. — A man arrested in Dickenson County last year for a string of auto thefts is now facing new charges, after being indicted for mailing threats to federal officials. Jonathan Reed Stiltner, 49, was arrested last May following a spree that saw three cars and an ATV stolen. He has been…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — The Magoffin County School District has placed its schools on lockdown, as a precautionary measure, following an incident in a nearby county. “Law enforcement has informed us about an individual sought in connection to an incident in another county,” Magoffin County…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man pulled over for driving recklessly ended up being taken to jail for trafficking in pills. A state trooper spotted a vehicle driven by Thomas Kiser, 52, of Pikeville, slip off of the roadway while traveling on U.S. 23 last Friday morning, so he pulled it over.…
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