Congressman Hal Roger’s request for Community Project Funding results in $4 million to go toward Pikeville Police building a new station.

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Pikeville City Police are now investigating two reports of alleged sexual assault against a female students at the University of Pikeville. Police say they received reports alleging the assaults took place in Pikeville’s city garage adjacent to the university.

The department have deploying extra patrols looking for the unidentified suspect, and UPIKE security has been told and asked to search, too. The man is described as a white male, approximately five feet seven inches tall with a reddish brown beard and wearing glasses.

Pikeville City Police Department Public Information Officer and patrolman Tiason Lockridge said Saturday said the reports came in, one on August 23 and the second on August 27. The alleged assaults were not caught on camera. However, Lockridge said there is video footage showing a man following a female student. The student stated she did not know the man and that he slapped her on the buttocks and ran away.

Workers in the surrounding area have been asked to keep an eye out for the suspect and to report this to Pikeville City Police Department as soon as possible. The department can be reached at 606-437-5111.

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The blessing box is a small standing wood pantry for people in need, placed in a highly visible area for pedestrians. The items range from non-perishable and canned food to bandages, diapers, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo and more.

There are four blessing boxes located in the City of Pikeville. The others are located at the Wesleyan Church on Hambley Blvd., the Church of God on the Bypass and Grace Fellowship on Wolford.

Officials are asking the public to remember the boxes as you come to town.

“We’re running low on supplies at all of the boxes,” said Pikeville Public Safety Director Paul Maynard. “We just want to give out that friendly reminder to people that we need donations. We need this to stay full. It’s not necessarily a homeless problem, it’s more of a hungry problem.”

Officials are hoping to add more blessing boxes in the downtown area to make accessing them easier.

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