PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County woman has been arrested more than three years after she was indicted on drug trafficking charges in Floyd County. Karri Alley, 35, of Pikeville, was a passenger in a car that was pulled over for traffic violations Monday night. After getting her identity, police…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Morgan County man was arrested in Prestonsburg, after police say he attacked a woman. Police were called to Cliffside Apartments around 10 o’clock Monday night by a girl who said her mother was being assaulted. Moments later, Mark Reed, 41, of West Liberty, called 911…
Read MoreResidential utility shutoffs are up by 228 percent, and electric bills by 17 percent, a recent report by the Energy and Policy Institute and Center for Biological Diversity said. Legislation introduced earlier this year by state Democratic Representative Lisa Willner and Republican representative…
Read MoreTOMAHAWK, Ky. — A Martin County man is in jail after police say he ran away from them during a domestic violence investigation, while holding a 4-year-old in his arms. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office was called to a Tomahawk home Sunday evening over a report that Justin Matthew Fletcher,…
Read MoreBIG ROCK, Va. — A Pike County man was arrested after leading police in two states on a chase. It all began Thursday night in Pike County, when a 2010 Honda Accord fled from Kentucky State Police on Route 460. The car crossed into the Virginia, where the pursuit was picked up by Virginia State…
Read MoreBIG STONE GAP, Va. — One week after a Coeburn man pleaded guilty to federal gun and drug charges, another Wise County man has been charged over allegations that he was the supplier. Jamie Lynn Johnson, 45, pleaded guilty Feb. 3 to charges of conspiracy, distributing meth and using a gun in furtherance…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. – Pikeville Medical Center has entered into a collaborative agreement with Community Economic Development and Revitalization, better known throughout the region as CEDAR, to develop a new “Health-Care Careers Education Program” within the Healthy Communities Pillar of the SOAR Blueprint.…
Read MoreHINDMAN, Ky. — A Knott County man is in jail after a woman was found lying in the road Wednesday evening, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. State troopers were called to the scene just after 6:30 Wednesday after the woman was found on Route 550. She was taken to an area hospital to be…
Read MoreABINGDON, Va. — Three California residents who used Snapchat and Instagram to sell fentanyl to Wise County teenagers who later overdosed on the drugs have pleaded guilty to federal charges this week. Alexander Ortiz, 25; Destiny Perez, 23; and Jorge Perez Jr., 24, each pleaded guilty to one count…
Read MoreCHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Mingo County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of distributing meth. Paul Thomasson, 57, of Delbarton, admitted to to selling meth to an undercover informant back in October of 2021. When he was arrested, authorities seized more than a pound and a half of meth,…
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