WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The Williamson Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance identifying a suspect. According to police, the man in this video is wanted in connection of destruction and theft of parking meters. It happened around 3:45, Sunday evening, in the municipal parking…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A man appeared in Floyd Circuit Court, Tuesday, to plead guilty to numerous charges. 19-year-old Joshua Akers, of Martin, appeared before Judge Tom Smith, Tuesday afternoon. Akers entered guilty pleas for receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance, possession…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Sunday night, the Pikeville Police Department received a call of a possible hit-and-run in the Shelbiana Food City parking lot. Instead, police discovered it was a run-and-hit. Around 8:30pm Sunday, 45-year-old David Miracle, of Jonancy, called the Pikeville Police Department…
Read MoreKITE, Ky. — Kentucky State Police Post 13 is investigating an apparent knife attack that sent two men to the hospital and a woman to jail. Police were called last night to a report of three people fighting in the roadway at Mullins Branch, at Kite. Once at the scene, police determined that Kelvin…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A rivalry between two schools in Floyd County has turned into a feud involving vandalism. Now, authorities have taken notice and are taking steps to put an end to it. EKB News Reporter Shannon Deskins has the details. [su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/v6Tu2YZYWqg”…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Workers at a Pikeville restaurant when they reported to work the other day, only to find extensive damage at the hands of a burglar. Now, police are hoping tips will lead them to the culprit. EKB News Reporter Shelby Steele has the story. [su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/-FmBEYFudL0″…
Read MoreLONDON, Ky. — One of the ringleaders of a cocaine ring that distributed the drug in Hazard and Georgetown has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Jankie Ray Jackson, 67, of Georgetown, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and launder money yesterday in U.S. District Court in London.…
Read MoreLOGAN, W.Va. — A Logan County teacher has been charged with sending nude pictures to students. Tracy Miller, 28, of Danville, W.Va., is charged with felony accounts of distributing obscene matter to a minor. The case arose after a juvenile student at Logan High School told a teacher at the school…
Read MoreU.S. 23 at Jenkins was shut down for several hours Friday. A single-vehicle, non-injury accident involving a tractor-trailer fouled traffic on the busy roadway. Jenkins Police told EKB News that the driver of the truck lost control while traveling southbound down the Pound-Jenkins Mountain portion of…
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