PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Pike County relief services will be holding an open house for flood survivors. Pike County Relief Services is a recently formed group of compassionate community members created to help those who have had been affected by the flood and to establish and continue long term recovery.…
Read MoreLOUISA, Ky. – Louisa Police Department has welcomed a new officer and made history. Patrolman Shelby R. Taylor was sworn into the department Wednesday making her the first female police officer for the City of Louisa. Taylor is a graduate of Lawrence County High School and Eastern Kentucky…
Read MoreFROSTBURG, Md. — Thirty organizations across Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia are among 52 receiving grants in the latest round of POWER Grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission. POWER, which stands for “Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization,”…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A man arrested after police found 20 bags of cocaine in his car during a traffic stop has now been indicted in federal court. Jose Luis Perez Ramon, 35, of Lexington, is charged with possession with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. Kentucky State Police…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. — More information is coming out about the raid of a medical office earlier this year. Back on Jan. 19, Johnson County deputies and agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration executed a search warrant at Appalachian Family Medicine, on 10th Street in Paintsville. The following…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man went to court Friday intending to plead guilty in the child pornography case against him. Instead, his lawyer now says he plans to assert an insanity defense and is asking the court to determine if his client is competent to stand trial. Robert Preston, 39, of…
Read MoreCHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. — A tip regarding drug activity in Logan County ended up sending four people to jail. The Logan County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint Tuesday about drug activity at a home on Rocky Branch Road, in Chapmanville. When deputies investigated, they found approximately…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A jury found a Floyd County man with an extensive criminal history guilty of escape Tuesday, recommending he serve a sentence of 15 years. In February 2017, Toby Akers, 46, of Martin, was arrested in a drug trafficking case. He was later released from jail and ordered into…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican lawmakers unveiled their Kentucky state budget today, with state employees, parks and schools seeing funding increases. State employees will receive a pay raise of at least 8 percent in the first year of the budget. Enough money is being set aside for a 12 percent raise…
Read MoreHARLAN, Ky. — A miner who went missing following a roof fall at a Harlan County mine has died. LEX 18 reports that officials confirmed the death. James D. Brown, 33, of Lynch began his shift as a roof bolter operator late Sunday at the D-29 Darby Fork mine in Harlan County, which is owned by Inmet…
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