[su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/ISVxi4Vy7H8″ height=”340″] PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Many communities in Eastern Kentucky are looking for ways to improve their economies, following the loss of many coal jobs in recent years. The city of Prestonsburg went one step further in…
Read MoreAn ongoing murder investigation in Letcher County is progressing as yet another suspect was taken into police custody. 33-year-old Clarence Russell Brown, of Neon, was arrested Thursday evening at Dry Fork, just outside of Whitesburg. Brown was taken into and lodged in the Letcher County Jail late last…
Read MoreJohnson County, Ky: Sheriff’s deputies responding to a wreck early this morning in Johnson County discovered an intoxicated driver with a stolen car and stolen cellphone. The incident happened shortly before 6 this morning at Sitka. When deputies arrived, they found 26-year-old Steven Wayne Jr.,…
Read MorePaintsville, Ky: Yesterday at Johnson Central High School, 16 year old Peyton Duncan was recognized for recently winning a state-wide art competition. Each month, A Youth Art Month winner is chosen for Elementary, Middle and High School categories. But, Peyton, who is a Junior at Johnson Central, was…
Read MorePike County, Ky: Now that we have consistent warmer weather, the Pike County Trails System is hoping residents and surrounding residents utilize the trail systems more in the county. Saturday, the Pike County Trails System is hosting its Spring Horse Trail Ride in Lick Creek near Elkhorn City. It will…
Read MorePike County, Ky: An official in Pike County told EKB News that the announcement in Floyd County that RCL Chemical would locate a natural gas-to-liquid fuels plant there instead of in Pike County is still good news for Pike County. Pike Deputy Judge-Executive Herbie Deskins said he expects RCL Chemical…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — It is budget time for local governments around the state, and Pike County began its deliberations over next year’s finances Thursday. EKB News Reporter Shelby Porter has the details. [su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/BoNzvACyxGY” height=”340″]
Read MoreHAZARD, Ky. — An Indiana fugitive has been arrested in Perry County. Lonnie Dean Huff, 41, of Jeffersonville, Ind., was arrested back in April by Kentucky State Police in Hazard, following a brief chase. When police ran his information, they discovered he was wanted by the U.S. Marshal’s…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A former Tennessee constable arrested in Pike County has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges. Bobby Roy Justice, 69, of Dandridge, Tenn., was arrested in Pike County in 2014, after he was found with oxycodone, oxymorphone and Xanax during a traffic stop. In his plea agreement,…
Read MoreA second victim has died following a fatal crash in Letcher County over the weekend. A family member and obituary information has confirmed that 90-year-old Kathleen Tackett, of Booker Fork, in Pike County, died at Pikeville Medical Center. Tackett was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a two-vehicle…
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