PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man is facing a felony theft charge, after police found five rolls of telephone wire in the back of his truck. Kentucky State Police received a report from AT&T that someone had stolen the wire from Route 1428 in Allen. What the thief didn’t realize,…
Read MoreFentanyl in Kentucky may be now laced with an animal tranquilizer called Xylazine, in what drug officials are calling the “third wave” of the opioid epidemic. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, Xylazine has so far shown up at DEA labs in the Florence/Covington area and in…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man was arrested for drug trafficking, after police witnessed him enter an apartment they had under surveillance. Pikeville Police had been monitoring an apartment on Owens Drive, when they spotted Larry Robinson, 37, of Pikeville, enter the home. Officers knew Robinson…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man who allegedly fled from police by using his daughter as a human shield nearly seven years ago has finally been arrested. Jonathan Morrow, 44, of Nippa, walked into the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office back in May of 2016 to try to obtain an emergency…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Lawrence County man has been sentenced to prison, after pleading guilty to federal drug and gun charges. Phillip Jude, 58, of Louisa, pleaded guilty back in November to possession of meth, fentanyl and oxycodone with the intent to distribute and using a gun in a drug trafficking…
Read MoreMILWAUKEE, Wis. – The “Cocaine Bear” craze is coming to the world of bobbleheads. On Friday, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in conjunction with KY for KY unveiled the first Cocaine Bear Bobblehead. The limited-edition statuette features the 175 lb. black bear who…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Whitesburg man has been ordered to remain in jail as he awaits his trial on a federal drug conspiracy charge. Mark Wayne Adams, 54, was indicted last month on a charge of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. The indictment accuses him of distributing oxycodone pills for nearly…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — Three Belfry High School students are on Capitol Hill this week for the national “House of Code” event, where their mobile app is on display in the U.S. Capitol Building. U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers welcomed the students, Natalie Fite, Reese Varney and Ian Belcher, who won…
Read MoreCAMPTON, Ky. — A traffic lane switch on the Mountain Parkway took effect on Wednesday, to accommodate construction work to widen the Mountain Parkway in Wolfe County, just east of Campton. The traffic switch is near Exit 46, at the Route 191 interchange. Mountain Parkway traffic lanes will shift…
Read MoreGARRETT, Ky. — Two men were arrested on drug trafficking charges, following a traffic stop in Floyd County over the weekend. Deputies were conducting a drug investigation in Garrett on Saturday, when they observed a car stop at a home that had been mentioned in several drug tips. Two men were…
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