BETSY LAYNE, Ky. — The Floyd County school district is mourning the death of an elementary school teacher. Lea Bentley, a primary teacher at Betsy Layne Elementary, died on Thursday. Like in many school districts today, Floyd County students are attending class remotely, due to forecasts of severe…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Joanna L. Boon has been named senior vice president and director of human resources of Community Trust Bancorp Inc. and Community Trust Bank Inc. That announcement was made by Mark A. Gooch, vice chairman, president and CEO of Community Trust Bancorp Inc. on Friday. Boon’s responsibilities…
Read MoreLONDON, Ky. — A Knott County man who chose to represent himself in his federal trial on drug and gun charges could spend the rest of his life in prison, after being found guilty on all counts Thursday. Michael Nolan Slone, 37, of Mousie, was charged with possession of more than 50 grams of meth…
Read MoreWILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Police in Mingo County are searching for two men who broke into an elementary school. It happened at 2:30 on the morning of Feb. 28. The Mingo County Sheriff’s Office says the men broke into the school and remained there for about 30 minutes, before stealing money that…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Prestonsburg firefighter was arrested Wednesday, after police say he was driving an ambulance while drunk. Prestonsburg Police were called to fire station number 2 just after 8:30 Wednesday morning over a report of an intoxicated employee. That employee — identified…
Read MoreSHELBIANA, Ky. — Police have arrested a Pike County woman who eluded them for more than two months after allegedly fleeing from them in a stolen car. Keleigh Kendrick, 28, of Greasy Creek, was arrested at her home on Tuesday, after police went there to serve her with an indictment warrant charging…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Two people arrested in Pike County for drug trafficking have now been indicted on drug and gun charges in federal court. Malinda Mounts, 44, and her boyfriend, Josh Allen, 26, both of Deadening Fork Road at Robinson Creek, were arrested Jan. 30. Each was charged with two counts…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Tuesday marks the 65th anniversary of the Floyd County school bus crash that resulted in the deaths of 26 students and the bus driver. On the morning of Friday, Feb. 28, 1958, Floyd County school bus number 27 was loaded with 48 students as it made its way on what is now Route…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Lance Storz, the man who was arrested and charged with the murder of three police officers and a K9 officer in Allen on June 30, is dead. Pike County Coroner Kevin Hall confirmed Storz’s death late Tuesday morning. Hall told Mountain Top News he received the call that Storz…
Read MoreMINGO COUNTY, W.Va. — A Pike County coal miner with more than a half-century of experience was killed in a mining accident on Sunday. William Mapes, 73, of Freeburn, died while working as a contractor for LSM Contracting at Central Appalachian Mining’s Grapevine South Surface Mine near Conley…
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