UPDATE: The Amber Alert has now been canceled, after Lela Black was found safe and her father was taken into custody. PRINCETON, Ky. — An Amber Alert has been issued for a western Kentucky girl who is believed to be with her father, who is wanted for murder. Lela Black, 5, of Princeton, was last…
Read MoreBIG STONE GAP, Va. — A southwestern Virginia man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of exploiting minors. Shannon Michael Robert Gatlin, 21, pleaded guilty to a single count of sexual exploitation of minors this week. In court documents, Gatlin admitted to possessing pornographic images of…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The expansion of the Mountain Parkway is another step closer to completion, as the Federal Highway Administration has given the state permission to obtain public comments on a Supplemental Environmental Assessment required to complete the project. The assessment is for the final…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pikeville man accused of distributing drugs in Pike and Floyd counties now appears ready to enter a guilty plea. Joshua Habern, 41, is charged in federal court with several counts related to the distribution of meth and fentanyl, as well as a number of gun charges. He was scheduled…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly setting a building on fire in order to keep warm. Deputies were called to Booger Hill Saturday for a report of a man walking in the road with his pants down. When they arrived, they found a structure fire and…
Read MoreGARRETT, Ky. — A Knott County woman was arrested Monday night, after police say she used her car to assault another woman in Floyd County. Deputies responded just after 6 p.m. to a report of a hit-and-run at Ready Mart in Garrett. When they arrived, a woman told them that she had an ongoing dispute…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Letcher County man has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug conspiracy charge. Mark Wayne Adams, 55, of Isom, pleaded guilty back in October to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. In his plea agreement, he admitted to obtaining…
Read MoreJENKINS, Ky. — Last week’s snowstorms made for treacherous driving conditions under the best of circumstances, but two Ohio men are accused of leading police on a chase while the roads were still covered with snow and ice. Around 11 a.m., Thursday, a Jenkins Police officer spotted an Ford…
Read MoreBANNER, Ky. — A Floyd County woman was arrested after police say she pointed a gun at six people, including three children, and threatened to kill all of them. The incident happened on Big Branch Hollow Road, at Banner, where police had already been earlier in response to a domestic violence complaint.…
Read MoreSHELBIANA, Ky. — Two Pike County men are in jail after a man said they beat him up and shot at him in order to steal his truck. Police were called after the victim was found bleeding, saying that two men had stolen his truck. When interviewed, the victim said he had given a man and woman a ride…
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