A Pike County woman is facing charges for allegedly stealing personal protective equipment from Pikeville Medical Center. According to court documents, Savana Ray, 34, of Ky. 292, Aflex, was arrested April 19 at the hospital. Court documents say Pikeville Police made contact with hospital security,…

A Pike County woman facing a murder charge was one of hundreds of people to have their sentences commuted recently by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and the action has caused some confusion. That woman, Kimberly Owens, 31, remains lodged in the Pike County Detention Center. Kimberly Owens Owens is facing…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Plans to convert three convention centers across Virginia into field hospitals as part of the state’s coronavirus response have been put on hold, according to Gov. Ralph Northam’s office. Current trends suggest Virginia has sufficient hospital bed capacity to deal with the…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s summer conservation camps are being canceled this year because of the new coronavirus. The move was needed to protect campers, their families and staff, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Rich Storm said in a news release. The Department of Fish and Wildlife…

6 Juniors from Pikeville High School recently applied for the Governor Scholar’s Program 2020 and all were accepted into this prestigious program. According to a Facebook post from Pikeville High School, Sarah Belcher, Alex Fleniken, Emily Gearheart, Grant Holland, Jason Lin, and Colin Street were…

The Floyd County Health Department in Prestonsburg, KY has confirmed the 6th case of COVID-19 in Floyd County. According to a press release from the Floyd County Health Department, the patient is a 27-year-old white female who is at home and has been advised to practice self-isolation. The statement…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Tuesday closed schools for the rest of the year over concerns about the coronavirus. The Republican governor had previously canceled in-person classes through the end of April but said he now has no choice but to extend the statewide closures.…

The Internal Revenue Service issued a special alert for several groups of federal benefit recipients to act by Noon Eastern Time this Wednesday, April 22, if they didn’t file a tax return in 2018 or 2019 and have dependents so they can quickly receive the full amount of their Economic Impact Payment.…

Pike County Circuit Judge Steve Combs passed away at his home Monday evening, according to a Facebook post by his daughter Stephanie Combs. “My dad has gone home to be with the Lord. He passed away to heaven in front of my mom and me at our home that he bought for our family when I was five years…

From our media partners at WLEX in Lexington (LEX 18) — Kentucky public schools will be closed to in-person learning for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year. The announcement made Monday (April 20) after Governor Andy Behsear held a conference call with all school superintendents. Non-tradition…