The University of Pikeville and Pikeville Medical Center entered into a formal partnership on Thursday. Pikeville Medical Center CEO Donovan Blackburn, and University of Pikeville President Dr. Burton Webb signed a “memorandum of cooperation” Thursday between the hospital and the university. The…
Read MorePRESTONSBURT, Ky. – Summertime in Prestonsburg means monthly trips down the Big Sandy River, via kayak or canoe. EKB News Reporter Shannon Deskins has a preview of this weekend’s Paddle Fest. [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a3C6WUFxyk&feature=youtu.be”…
Read MoreA Letcher County Circuit Judge set bond Wednesday for a magistrate candidate arrested Tuesday on sex abuse and child pornography charges. Letcher Circuit Judge Jimmy Craft ordered 61-year-old Emory Lee “Fudge” Mullins be held on a $100,000 cash bond in relation to the indictment against Mullins…
Read MorePolice officers in Jenkins were issued body cameras Wednesday. The devices hit the street immediately. The cameras can be mounted in several different ways to an officer’s body using a variety of mounts. The footage the cameras capture once activated can be stored and shared using a cloud-based service…
Read More[su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/P2xbMYdkbQk” height=”340″] INEZ, Ky. — The fate of the Martin County Sheriff’s Office is uncertain at this time. In Martin County Fiscal Court’s latest budget, the sheriff’s office is not listed. According to Sheriff…
Read MoreWISE, Va. — Three people being sought by the Wise County Sheriff’s Office have been found, and now one of them is being charged with attempted murder. Police had asked for help locating Lewis Wesley Hickman and Paige Elizabeth Carroll, both of Big Stone Gap, and Aaron Leigh Adams, of Norton,…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County woman is facing a felony charge, after she allegedly left her child it a hot vehicle. Tina S. Hamilton, 30, of Belcher, was arrested Tuesday after police received a call of a small child sitting in a parked car unattended. According to police, upon arrival, a 3-year-old…
Read MoreA magistrate candidate in Letcher County was indicted and arrested on several charges this week, including sexual abuse of a young child and possession of child pornography. 61-year-old Emory Lee “Fudge” Mullins, of Neon, was arrested Tuesday and lodged in the Letcher County Jail. According to court…
Read MoreA Pike County official admitted Tuesday that illegal work had been performed a decade ago on a county road where an adjacent driveway is collapsing. At Tuesday’s Pike Fiscal Court meeting, County Road Commissioner Jackie Darrell Smith told the court that illegal paving work was performed about a decade…
Read MoreThe Pike County Fiscal Court is moving forward with moving graves that had been paved over in the Pounding Mill area of the county. At Tuesday’s meeting, County Attorney Howard Keith Hall said relatives of those occupying the affected graves are prepared to relocate the plots to another area. Hall…
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