Since September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Williamson Memorial Hospital hosted the event “Paint The Town Gold” to honor children in the region that have battled or are currently battling cancer. Ginger Stanley, a mother who lost her daughter Ava Hauser to cancer, says that she is hoping…
Read MoreThis week, a ribbon cutting was held for Pikeville’s newest business, Bridgett’s Quilting and Fabric Shop. Officials with the city say they are proud that the owners of the shop took advantage of a special incentive program for new businesses, and encourage more entrepreneurs to do the…
Read MorePikeville, KY — A Pike County man has been arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a minor. According to the arrest citation, Pikeville Police conducted a search of Kentucky registrations on a vehicle at the intersection of U.S. 23 and Cassidy Blvd. Wednesday evening. That search…
Read MoreFrankfort, KY — A federal jury in Kentucky has convicted the father of Kentucky’s secretary of state of funneling illegal corporate contributions to his daughter’s failed 2014 challenge of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell. The jury convicted Democratic stalwart Jerry Lundergan and…
Read MoreTuesday morning, officials with the Floyd County school system along with deputies with the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office took action after two middle school students brought knives to John M. Stumbo Elementary School. Superintendent Danny Adkins says school officials were made aware of a possible…
Read MoreDuring a gathering at the Mountain Arts Center on Wednesday, September 11, Governor Matt Bevin announced $667,000 for Floyd County, $145,702 for the city of Prestonsburg, and $77,800 for the city of Wayland in discretionary funding for area pavement improvements. Another conference was held at the…
Read MoreChapmanville, WV — A crash in Logan County has resulted in a death and two other people seriously injured. It happened Thursday morning shortly before 1:00 AM on Upper Crawley Creek Road in Chapmanville. According to West Virginia State Police, when Troopers arrived, both vehicles were on fire.…
Read MorePikeville, KY — A West Virginia has been found guilty in federal court of conspiring to dispense and distribute oxycodone and oxymorphone. A federal jury in Pikeville found Jackson Noel guilty of unlawfully dispensing oxycodone and oxymorphone pills from the pharmacy he owns, Buffalo Drug, Inc.…
Read MoreLogan County, WV — Logan County, West Virginia Sheriff’s Deputies and members of the US 119 Task Force executed a search warrant in the Accoville community in Logan County Tuesday. During that search, Deputies seized six firearms and ammunition, sixteen small blue bags containing heroin, three…
Read MorePolice in Mingo County are taking bus safety seriously. The Mingo County Sheriff’s office has released this photo of a van that ran the stop sign on a school bus that was stopped on the morning of September 5th. Chief Field Deputy Joe Smith says the van passed the bus around 7:45 am during…
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