PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The first of three former corrections officers charged with assaulting inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary Big Sandy is expected to enter a guilty plea later on Wednesday. Samuel Patrick, 41, of West Van Lear, asked to change his plea last week. A judge allowed the request and scheduled…
Read MoreCROWN, W.Va. — Two people were killed in a Logan County crash over the weekend. It happened around 9:15 Sunday night on Route 16, Buffalo Creek Road, at Crown. The Logan County Sheriff’s Office says a vehicle driven by Thomas Donnelly, 31, of Accoville, crashed head-on into a vehicle driven…
Read MoreLOUISA, Ky. — A Johnson County man has been arrested on charges of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of an elementary school. A Louisa police officer and Lawrence County deputy went to a room at the Budget Inn in Louisa, looking for Dale Bowen, 46, of Leander, who was wanted on four active warrants.…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Water and sewer bills could be going up in Pike County, after Mountain Water District filed applications with the state Public Service Commission to raise rates. The proposals seek to increase water revenues by 25 percent and sewer receipts by 49 percent. For the average residential…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — In an effort to manage downstream water levels following Thursday’s heavy rainfall, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently under orders to release only a minimal amount of water from Dewey Dam at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. As a result, many roads around Dewey…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Kentucky State Police has released its preliminary findings about a traffic stop in which a Floyd County man was shot and killed by a state trooper, after completing all interviews in the case. Police say Trooper Billy Ball pulled over Glenn Edward Bays, 35, of Harold, because…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County woman with an extensive criminal history was arrested yet again on Thursday, charged with fleeing police and drug trafficking. Amber Gibson, 32, of Pikeville, was spotted driving on Cassady Boulevard by a Pikeville patrolman who knew that she was the subject of seven…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for Pikeville until Saturday evening. At 5 a.m. Friday, the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River had risen to just under 23 feet. The river is expected to rise to just below 32 feet Friday evening. The river is not expected to…
Read MoreMARTIN, Ky. — A Floyd County man was arrested after he allegedly showed up on someone’s porch in his underwear, waving a shotgun. The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office was called to a home on Cane Fork Road, where the residents reported that 30-year-old Jordan Ward, of Martin, knocked…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Letcher County man who called 911 asking for a ride got his wish, but he didn’t end up going where he wanted. Police had already been called to the Pikeville Double Kwik Monday evening, over reports that 61-year-old Jeffery Bentley, of Jenkins, was harassing customers…
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