PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man and woman have been sentenced to 12 months in jail for stealing grave decorations. Douglas Gooslin III, 57, and Kristie Bentley, 45, both of Belfry, were formally sentenced on Thursday. The two were accused of taking more than $2,000 worth of grave decorations…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — We’re learning more about the allegations against a Floyd County dentist accused of a violent attack, after a grand jury indicted him on Wednesday. Marty Minix, 56, of East Point, is charged with first-degree assault and strangulation in Floyd Circuit Court. The indictment…
Read MorePILGRIM’S KNOB, Va. — A Buchanan County high school was placed on lockdown Wednesday morning, after a loaded gun was found on school property. Deputies were called to Twin Valley High School after the weapon was found inside a vehicle parked on school property. Officers secured the area…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pikeville woman has been arrested after police say she attacked her mother with a meat cleaver. Police were called just after 5 p.m. Tuesday to an apartment on Saad Avenue over the attack. When they arrived, they found the victim standing in the living room, bleeding profusely…
Read MoreMcCONNELL, W.Va. — A motorcycle rider was killed in a crash in Logan County early Monday morning. The Logan County Sheriff’s Office reports that the man was operating a dirt bike on Hanging Rock Highway, near McConnell, just after 5 a.m. The man came upon a rock slide and fallen tree. He…
Read MoreLEXINGTON, Ky. — A Prestonsburg dentist has been arrested assault charges. Marty Minix, 56, was arrested Tuesday morning by Lexington Police at his office on Harrodsburg Road. Fayette County jail records indicted he has been charged with first-degree assault in Floyd County. First-degree assault…
Read MorePHELPS, Ky. — A Pike County woman has been arrested for fleeing the scene of an accident after threatening the other driver with a gun. The crash happened back on March 9. A driver told police she was involved in a wreck with a black Chevy S-10. Following the collision, the driver told police…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — A drug known as “gas station heroin” because it is so new that stores have been selling it over the counter is going out of business in Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear signed an emergency regulation yesterday classifying the drug tianeptine as a Schedule I controlled substance.…
Read MoreCINCINNATI, Ohio — A former Letcher County teacher who was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison in a child porn case has lost an appeal of the case. Charles Evans Hall Jr., 50, of Jackhorn, was convicted in 2021 on charges of producing child porn and cyberstalking. A jury determined that…
Read MoreA new study ranks the 50 states by how prepared they are to handle a zombie apocalypse, and Kentucky comes in right in the middle. The Bluegrass State ranks 25th in terms of preparedness. By comparison, West Virginia comes in at 13th. Kentucky ranks better than other surrounding states, however, with…
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