PIKEVILLE, 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…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase criminal penalties for fentanyl distribution. But critics say the legislation will only result in people being locked up for longer amounts of time and doesn’t include any measures to address the state’s…
Read MoreTHEALKA, Ky. — A Johnson County sheriff’s deputy responding to a report of a possible break-in came away with an arrest for drug trafficking instead, after discovering more than a pound of meth. The deputy was called to a home on Boyd Branch just after 10 p.m. Tuesday. As he approached the…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Two people are dead following a pair of single-vehicle crashes in the Big Sandy Valley in recent days. The first occurred last Wednesday on Indian Creek Road at Virgie. Just after 5 p.m., Michael Tackett, 51, of Virgie, was driving when his vehicle went off the roadd and struck…
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