BELFRY, Ky. — Days after a Belfry High School teacher and coach resigned after he came under investigation for unspecified allegations, a second employee at the school has been suspended. Pike County Schools Supt. Reed Adkins confirmed to Mountain Top News on Friday that the employee has been…
Read MoreBIG STONE GAP, Va. — A southwest Virginia inmate is expected to plead guilty to charges that he attempted to have drugs smuggled into jail. Sherman Woods, 41, is charged in federal court with conspiracy to distribute meth and suboxone. Court records allege that Woods arranged for a woman to obtain…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — An inmate who had been incarcerated in Floyd County now faces a new charge for allegedly threatening to kill a federal judge. Jerome Earl Franklin, 49, of Hopkinsville, was serving a five-year at the Southeast State Correctional Complex in Wheelwright, after being convicted of…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Attorney General Daniel Cameron has rejected a request by Floyd County Judge-Executive Robbie Williams to appoint a special prosecutor in the investigation into the murder of Amber Spradlin. Spradlin was found brutally stabbed to death June 18. While the case has been actively…
Read MoreBELFRY, Ky. — A Belfry High School teacher and assistant football coach has been suspended, while he is being investigated for unspecified allegations. Supt. Reed Adkins confirmed the investigation into allegations against Nathan Coleman to Mountain Top News Tuesday afternoon. Adkins could not…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County official’s letter to Attorney General Daniel Cameron requesting the appointment of a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into the murder of a Prestonsburg woman has put him at odds with both the current prosecutor and family members of the victim.…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The family of Amber Spradlin has now voiced their objection to Floyd County Judge-Executive Robbie Williams’ request for a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation and prosecution of her murder. Spradlin’s body was found June 18 at the Arkansas Creek home…
Read MoreCANADA, Ky. — A Pike County man was arrested Sunday evening, after he allegedly tried to evade a roadblock due to having drugs and a gun in his car. State troopers were manning a roadblock on East Big Creek Road just before 7 p.m. Sunday, when they saw an SUV approach, stop and then attempt to…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man has been arrested following his indictment on child exploitation charges. Ralph Mullett, 41, of Auxier, is charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual-abuse. He is accused of sexually assaulting a girl younger than 12 from June 28 to Aug. 28 of…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — Magoffin County Water District customers could see a substantial increase in the bills, if a proposed rate increase gets regulatory approval. The district filed an application for a 41 percent increase in rates in order to offset a nearly half-million dollar shortfall between…
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