PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The Appalachian Valley Autism Center at Pikeville Medical Center is the recipient of the Marathon Community Giving Investment Program Grant for Thriving Communities. PMC will use the funds to develop outdoor multi-sensory stimulation equipment at the AVA Center’s satellite campus…
Read MoreJONANCY, Ky. — Kentucky State Police is investigating after a man’s body was found in Pike County Sunday evening. The body of Nathan Worrix, 37, of Robinson Creek, was found in a stream along Route 610, just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The cause of death is under investigation. Worrix’s…
Read MoreELKHORN CITY, Ky. — Police are investigating after human remains were found in Elkhorn City over the weekend. Human skeletal remains were found in a creek along Cougar Drive around 4 p.m., Saturday. The remains were removed by the Pike County Coroner’s Office and sent to the State Medical…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — Six days after getting arrested for DUI and driving without a license in Pikeville, a Michigan man ended up back in jail, this time after police found him transporting more than 5 lbs. of marijuana. Joseph Michael McIntyre, 38, of Harper Woods, Mich., was driving along the…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man has been ordered to serve 46 years in prison after being found guilty of federal child porn charges. Robert Preston, 40, of Shelbiana, was found guilty of producing and possessing child pornography, as well as cyberstalking, back in March. The jury found he pressured…
Read MoreWHITESBURG, Ky. (Kentucky News Connection) — After Republican Congressman Hal Rogers inserted language into the latest House appropriations bill which would bypass environmental regulatory processes related to the building of a $500 million federal prison in Letcher County, environmental experts…
Read MoreDEMA, Ky. — A Knott County teenager was killed Tuesday after a crash on an ATV. Diamont. G. Caudill, 16, of Dema, was riding an ATV that was being towed by another ATV along Old House Branch Road just before 5 p.m., Tuesday. Caudill’s vehicle went out of control and overturned, ejecting…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Public Service Commission has scheduled a hearing to consider Mountain Water District’s request for a $3 million increase of water and sewer rates. Mountain Water District is seeking to increase water revenues by $2 million and sewer revenues by $1 million.…
Read MoreWHITESBURG, Ky. — A more than $500 million proposed federal prison project, which would sit on a former coal mine site in Letcher County, is receiving a renewed push by Rep. Hal Rogers. Rogers inserted language into the latest House appropriations bill to fast-track construction…
Read MoreGRETHEL, Ky. — Police are releasing additional information regarding the death of two Prestonsburg High School students in a weekend crash. Kendra Moreno, 16, and MaKenna Barnett, 13, were killed in the crash that happened early Sunday morning near Grethel. According to Kentucky State Police,…
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