LOUISA, Ky. — A Lawrence County man has been arrested, nearly a year after being indicted on for sex abuse. Eddie West, 68, of Louisa, was arrested on Thursday. He was indicted last September on a single count of first-degree sexual abuse. Details of the case were not immediately available, except…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Two Salyersville men have been indicted in federal court for a scheme to distribute oxycodone. Gregory Howard, 51, and Jesse Murrell Jr., 56, are each charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. Howard is also charged with 13 counts of distributing the drug, while Murrell…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Martin County man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for federal child porn charges. Back in April, Donald York, 60, of Beauty, was found guilty by a jury of four counts of producing child porn and two counts of distributing it. Witnesses at trial testified that York coerced…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County woman has now been indicted after being arrested for drug trafficking last month. Police went to a home on Pine Street July 29 in search of a man wanted on unrelated warrants. When they arrived, the spotted Shelly Meade, 41, running into a bathroom, where she…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man has been arrested on a charge of assaulting a woman. Wessley Poston, 24, of Prestonsburg, is accused of punching a woman in the face twice, causing four fractures in the bones around her eye. Poston left the area after the incident, but he was found a short…
Read MoreWISE, Va. — A Union High School teacher and coach has been arrested on child exploitation charges, following an investigation by the Wise County Sheriff’s Office. Timothy Lee Meador, 28, of Big Stone Gap, was arrested for one count of child solicitation and two counts of indecent liberties.…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — More than $615,000 is going to nonprofit groups in Kentucky working to end opioid addiction. Eligible groups include those working to raise awareness about overdose prevention, reduce the stigma around substance use disorders, and improve access to harm reduction, treatment and…
Read MoreGRETHEL, Ky. — Two men were arrested after deputies staged a late-night drug raid in Floyd County last week. Deputies went to the Grethel home of Shelton Jones, 33, with both a search warrant and an indictment warrant for a previous case. During their search, they found meth, heroin and marijuana,…
Read MoreA new $40 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will boost the resources and assistance for farmers and food businesses in Appalachia. According to Rural Action, the new Appalachian Regional Food Business Center’s goals include reaching at least 10,000 food and farm businesses…
Read MoreWISE, Va. — A Wise County man has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, after pleading guilty to killing his grandmother. Joshua Blake Smith, 34, of Big Stone Gap, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder, abduction and strangulation. Smith was sentenced to life in prison…
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