FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear began his second term of office Tuesday, taking the oath of office during a special midnight ceremony in the Capitol rotunda. Beshear becomes only the third Kentucky governor to serve consecutive terms since the state Constitution was changed to allow…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County couple has been sentenced after pleading guilty to federal drug and gun charges. Joshua Bryant Allen, 27, and Malinda Sue Mounts, 45, both of Deadening Fork Road at Robinson Creek, each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute meth and using a gun in a drug trafficking…
Read MoreGREASY CREEK, Ky. — A Pike County man is in jail after allegedly leading police on a chase on a stolen motorcycle. A state trooper was patrolling Greasy Creek around 8:30 Wednesday night, when he spotted a motorcycle that appeared to be driving recklessly. When he got behind it and ran the bike’s…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — It took some detective work, but Prestonsburg Police turned a traffic stop into an arrest of two people for a Scott County theft. Police spotted a U-Haul weaving along Route 114 Wednesday and pulled it over outside of a gas station. When they spoke to the driver, he told them…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested after police say he stole two cars from students at the University of Pikeville. Pikeville Police were originally called to the second theft just after midnight on Monday, when they received a report that a car had been taken from the top floor…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — An inmate’s craving for a nicotine fix could end up keeping him in jail for several more years. A guard at the Floyd County Detention Center was doing a routine walk-through last week, when inmate David Chandler, 42, of Paintsville, allegedly came up and told him he would…
Read MoreLAWRENCEBURG, Ky. — An Amber Alert has been issued for a 10-year-old Lawrenceburg girl who is believed to have been taken by her father earlier today. Zoi Price is described as 4 feet, 11 inches tall and 90 lbs., with brown, shoulder-length hair. She is believed to be with her biological father, Bradley…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE — Following an investigation by the federal government, Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, in Paintsville, has agreed to end policies that prevented inmates from obtaining prescriptions as part of a medication-assisted drug treatment program. Medication-assisted treatment programs…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Last week, Robert Dwayne Baker became the first defendant to plead guilty in the Letcher County cockfighting case. Now another defendant wishes to do the same. Brandon Honeycutt intends to plead guilty to conspiracy to engage in animal fighting. In a signed plea agreement filed…
Read MoreSITKA, Ky. — A Johnson County man is in jail for allegedly shooting his son because he wouldn’t stop yelling. Deputies were called to a report of a shooting Friday night at a home on Route 1559, at Sitka. When they arrived, they found the victim had already been taken to the hospital and…
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