PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man was taken to jail for falsely reporting an incident after telling police someone was shooting at him. Jessie Cochran, 28, of Caney Creek Road, called Kentucky State Police to report he heard gunshots at his house, and when he ran outside to hide, he saw two people…
Read MoreHAGER HILL, Ky. — A Johnson County man has been arrested after being indicted in a child porn case back in May. Justin Back, 32, of Hager Hill, was charged with one count of using a minor in a sex performance back on May 24. The case remained under seal until his arrest on Tuesday. He is accused…
Read MoreMUD CREEK, Ky. — Floyd County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Bear helped lead officers to a drug trafficking arrest on the Fourth of July. Just before midnight on Tuesday, Bear’s handler pulled over a vehicle on Mud Creek for having no license plate. The driver, identified as Logan Tyler Kennedy,…
Read MoreCHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia program helping adults age 55 and older return to the workforce is seeing renewed interest as inflation and high gas prices squeeze the budgets of the Mountain State’s older residents, many of whom are living on fixed incomes. The Senior Community Service…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. — An investigation by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the arrest of two people on drug trafficking charges. Deputies went to the Laurel Avenue home of James Robert Castle, 42, and Kelly Keel-Keen, 44, in Paintsville, armed with a search warrant. Inside the…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Paintsville man has been arrested after allegedly attacking his son with a knife. Paintsville Police were called to Sixth Street over a report of a man trying to stab another man. When they arrived, they found Tracy Mollette, 51, sitting behind a vehicle. When they approached…
Read MoreKERMIT, W.Va. — A Mingo County grocery store is under investigation for food stamp fraud. Mountain Top News has obtained a copy of a search warrant in the federal investigation of T&K Grocery in Kermit. The store first began accepting SNAP payments in 2020 and reported at that time an average…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The search for a missing Prestonsburg woman has come to a tragic end, two years after her disappearance. Mountain Top News has confirmed with Floyd County Coroner Greg Nelson that the remains of Kandi Green Gonzalez have been positively identified. Nelson said loggers discovered…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Investigators have kept very quiet regarding the murder of Amber Spradlin, 38, of Prestonsburg, since her body was found 10 days ago. So far, police have only confirmed that her body was found at a home on Arkansas Creek, without giving the specific address, and that they suspect…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — After a company known as Solar Titan USA was recently banned from doing business in Kentucky, advocacy groups are working to raise awareness of the signs of solar fraud. Hundreds of consumers were duped into making thousands of dollars in payments for solar panels which were…
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