PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The UNITE Pike Coalition meets every month to learn something new about treating and preventing addiction, as well as fighting the crime that goes with it. Wednesday, the featured speaker was someone who faced her addictions and turned her life around. EKB News Reporter Shelby…
Read MoreWILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Officers investigating a drug trafficking complaint in Williamson saw their work pay off, with an arrest and the seizure of thousands of dollars worth of drugs. The Mingo County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. 119 Drug Task Force went to the Elm Street residence of 37-year-old…
Read MoreFLOYD COUNTY, KY.-Acting on a tip, the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office today intercepted a former student on his way to Betsy Layne High School with a gun. The threat was learned this afternoon, and the school’s resource officer acted quickly to stop the juvenile while he was in the parking…
Read MoreJOHNSON COUNTY, KY.-Students are always learning about topics that can help them grow into productive members of society in the future. But one Johnson County girl is using some of her studies to help benefit her community today. EKB News Reporter Shawn Allen brings us her story. …
Read MoreDELBARTON, W.Va. — We have all heard that for many children, the best meal they get each day is at school. In some cases, it may be their only meal. That has caused concern in West Virginia, where students have missed nine consecutive days due to a statewide teachers’ strike. In Mingo County…
Read MoreMINGO COUNTY, W.Va. — The West Virginia teachers’ strike is officially over. After nine consecutive days of traveling to Charleston and picketing at local courthouses, teachers and students will be back in the classroom, Wednesday. Teachers and other state workers have been outraged over…
Read MoreJENKINS, Ky. — Two Pike County residents and two Letcher County residents are now facing drug trafficking charges following a traffic stop in Jenkins. The stop occurred on the evening of March 1st. According to court documents, Jenkins Police initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle that failed to…
Read MoreThe entire region is talking about the tragic events that unfolded Monday night and into early Tuesday morning in Johnson County, where an Oil Springs man became engaged in an armed standoff with police, and later died following a shootout with officers. EKB News was the only media at the scene of last…
Read MoreThe Letcher Circuit Clerk’s office will expand its hours of operation this weekend. Circuit Clerk Larry Adams told EKB News the driver’s licensing division of the clerk’s office will now be open on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon to better serve Letcher County residents. Adams said the…
Read MoreOIL SPRINGS, Ky. — An armed standoff last night with a man barricaded inside of his home came to a violent conclusion just around midnight, with an exchange of gunfire. It was at that time that the suspect — now identified as Stephen Dalton — aimed a rifle out of his front door. Police…
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