PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Residents of Prestonsburg have been complaining for years about the reliability of the city’s cable and internet provider, Suddenlink. Now, Mayor Les Stapleton wants to give residents a chance to tell company officials about their concerns. Stapleton says he will invite…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Traffic is being slowed by preliminary work to construct a pedestrian tunnel under Route 1426, Bypass Road, from Pikeville Medical Center to the hospital’s Riverfill parking lot. Work began around 8 Thursday morning and is expected to continue until 6 p.m. Contractor JigSaw…
Read MoreLAKE, W.Va. — A federal child porn case was unsealed Wednesday, following the arrest of the suspect. Marvin Wayne Akers, 39, of Logan County, was booked in the South Central Regional Jail just after 1 o’clock Wednesday morning. He has been indicted on charged of receiving, possessing and…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Prestonsburg man has been arrested in California, after allegedly violating the terms of his release from prison on child pornography charges. Back in 2015, Larry Vance, 33, was convicted in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga, Tenn., of distributing a pornographic video featuring…
Read MoreTROUTDALE, Va. — Virginia State Police is asking for tips in the investigation of a hatchet attack at a southwestern Virginia church Sunday night. It happened at Burton’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, near Troutdale, in Grayson County. Police say about 20 people were inside worshiping…
Read MoreSOUTH WILLIAMSON, Ky. — There is renewed attention on the hunt for a Pike County murder suspect, more than a year after a man was killed. Kentucky State Police is again asking the public for help in locating Charles R. Blevins. Blevins, 38, has been charged with murder for the shooting death of…
Read MoreKENOVA, W.Va. — Police departments worked together across state lines in the arrest of three people on drug charges over the weekend. Kenova Police officers pulled over a vehicle Saturday night occupied by three Louisa residents. Two of the occupants were already under investigation for drug trafficking,…
Read MoreASHLAND, Ky. — The Pikeville psychologist serving a 25-year sentence after being ensnared in the Eric C. Conn disability fraud case has lost a bid for early release. Alfred Bradley Adkins, 49, was convicted of mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy and making false statements back in 2017, for his…
Read MoreIVEL, Ky. — Kentucky State Police is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who stole a John Deere Gator side-by-side from Blackburn Lawn Equipment, in Ivel. Police have released pictures of the man, captured on surveillance video. The theft happened just before 4:30, Thursday…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Whitesburg man who served two years in prison for smuggling undocumented immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border could be headed back behind bars, after admitting to violating the terms of his release. Jason Allen North, 42, pleaded guilty in 2017 to transporting eight Mexican…
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