LITTCARR, Ky. — Police are investigating after a man was killed in a crash in Knott County. It happened just after 3:30 Monday afternoon on Route 160 at Littcarr. According to Kentucky State Police, Steve Howard, 65, of Hazard, was operating a motorcycle, when a car crossed the center line and…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — The Pike County Sheriff’s Office has been working to arrest a number of suspects recently indicted by a grand jury, mostly for meth or heroin trafficking. Suspects arrested or accounted for as of Tuesday afternoon include:
Read MoreLITTCARR, Ky. — Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a Knott County man who has been missing for the past two months. Richie Slone, 56, of Littcarr, was last seen walking along Route 160 near his home on Craig Court. He is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall and 150 lbs., with…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man was arrested Sunday evening, after a caller reported that he was shooting at cars driving past his Lick Creek home. The caller told police that William Coffey, 58, was on his front porch, shooting at cars as they drove by. When sheriff’s deputies…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man was arrested over the weekend, following allegations that he strangled a child. Police were called to a home on Ziegler Drive, in Pikeville, by a woman who said Michael Harris, 41, had choked her 10-year-old son and fired a gun at a car, as she was trying to…
Read MoreOWINGSVILLE, Ky. — The operators of a number of addiction treatment centers across Kentucky found themselves in trouble, following an arrest over the weekend. John Elam, 43, and Myra Elam, 43, both of Morehead, were arrested early Saturday morning, after a driver reported their vehicle for traveling…
Read MoreEASTERN, Ky. — Anonymous tips led Floyd County deputies to make a heroin-trafficking arrest. Deputies had received several tips alleging that Gary Mitchell Combs, 37, of Eastern, was selling drugs, so they got a search warrant and headed to his Goose Creek house. Combs was found at home and was…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pikeville man has pleaded guilty to federal charges involving armed drug trafficking in Floyd County. Joshua “Fudge” Habern, 41, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of possession of more than 50 grams of meth and more than 40 grams of fentanyl with the intent to distribute…
Read MoreGRETHEL, Ky. — A Floyd County couple was arrested Monday, after police went to their home to investigate allegations of child abuse. A deputy went to the Grethel home of Krinston Sparks, 37, and Keisha Hamilton, 24, to check on reports of a child being burned with cigarettes. He later wrote in…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Two Floyd County men have been indicted on federal charges of selling guns without a license. Wayne Tackett, 64, of Harold, and Carlos Hall, 72, of Prestonsburg, are each charged with a single count of engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a license for more than…
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