CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The father of a Sissonville high school soccer player is suing the West Virginia Board of Education and Secondary Schools Activities Commission, because he says they have discriminated against his daughter by not letting her play on the boys’ soccer team. Joseph Gregor…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Pikeville Independent Schools has informed parents that a student at the high school has tested positive for the coronavirus. In a letter sent to parents, Supt. David Trimble notes that the district learned of the positive case on Tuesday and immediately began implementing protocols…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — In a year when practically everything has looked unfamiliar due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changes are also coming to Halloween. The Pike County Fiscal Court voted Tuesday night against allowing traditional trick-or-treat or trunk-or-treat events. Instead, only drive-thru trick-or-treat…
Read MoreLAKE, W.Va. — A Logan County man facing federal charges of receiving, possessing and distributing child pornography has been released to home incarceration. Prosecutors had argued that Marvin Wayne Akers, 39, should be kept in jail because he poses a danger to the public. But a judge rejected…
Read MorePOUND, Va. — A man and woman wanted in a pair of stabbings in southwestern Virginia have been arrested. Gwendolyn Faye Nelson, 29, and Bennie Donald Hicks Jr., 42, turned themselves in to the Pound Police Department. The two were wanted in connection with a man who was beaten with a baseball bat…
Read MoreCATLETTSBURG, Ky. — The bodies of a man and woman who were reported missing in August after leaving Martin County have been found, weeks after they apparently died in a crash. Laura Carter Broughton, 40, and Donald Griffith, 49, were last seen early on the morning of Aug. 27, when they left Martin…
Read MoreASHCAMP, Ky. — Police searching a home Friday as part of a drug investigation came away with a pound of suspected meth, along with smaller amounts of heroin, pills and marijuana. Officers reported also finding drug paraphernalia and more than $6,000 in cash. Adam Little, 64, was arrested and charged…
Read MorePOUND, Va. — Police in southwestern Virginia are asking the public to be on the lookout for a couple accused in a pair of vicious attacks. Gwendolyn Faye Nelson, 29, who goes by the name Lyn, is wanted for two counts of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, and one count…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A secular rights organization says it has received assurances from Pikeville Independent Schools that future graduation ceremonies will not feature prayer. The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to Pikeville Superintendent David Trimble on Aug. 5. In it, the group…
Read MoreWHITESBURG, Ky. — Three people are dead following a two-vehicle crash on the Route 15 Bypass in Whitesburg. According to Kentucky State Police, Gregory Branham, 58, of Mayking, was driving a Chevy pickup truck just before 7:30 Thursday night, when he crossed the center line and struck another…
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