Candidates have begun to file for office for next year’s election. Periodically, Mountain Top News will update this list of candidates who are running for county, city and school board offices across our coverage area. This list was last updated at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. FLOYD COUNTY…
Read MoreDRENNAN, W.Va. — The search continues for a coal miner who remains unaccounted for following a flood a. Nicholas County mine. It happened at the Rolling Thunder Mine, near the Nicholas and Clay county line. Officials say there was a flood inside the mine Saturday afternoon, and all miners except one…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The judge presiding over the Amber Spradlin murder trial has granted a request by prosecutors to delay the trial. Special Judge Eddy Coleman issued an order Friday evening canceling the Dec. 1 trial date and ordering attorneys to appear that day for a pretrial conference instead.…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man arrested last week on 20 counts of possessing child pornography has now seen his case bumped up to federal court. Charles Michael Hopkins, 34, of Virgie, was arrested last week after Kentucky State Police received a tip that he had been uploading and downloading…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear invites the public to pay their respects to former Kentucky Gov. Martha Layne Collins, who will lie in state in the Old State Capitol on Sunday, Nov. 9, beginning at noon. Collins’ family will host a public visitation in the Old State Capitol from noon to 4 p.m.…
Read MoreABINGDON, Va. — A Wise County man has pleaded guilty to federal charges connected to a meth trafficking conspiracy. Russell Dewayne Peaks, 49, of Pound, was arrested in August and charged with three counts of distributing meth and one count of distributing fentanyl. Under the terms of a plea agreement,…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A superseding federal indictment has expanded the case against Jeremy Bryson — son of former Paintsville doctor Don Bryson — adding new charges that shed more light on what prosecutors call a long-running prescription drug scheme in Johnson County. The new indictment accuses Jeremy…
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Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A man accused of shooting and killing another man at the Auxier bridge back in April will not see his bond reduced, a judge ruled on Thursday. Larry Johnson, 68, of Auxier, is charged with murder for the April 25 shooting of Steven Adkins, 48, of Prestonsburg, while the two…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County couple has been arrested on felony charges, after they allegedly fled from a crash on U.S. 23. The incident happened just after 3 p.m., Wednesday, near the entrance to Ratliff’s Creek Road. Witnesses said a truck was pulling a trailer when one of the trailer’s…
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