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Perry woman facing child endangerment charge
A Perry County woman is facing a child endangerment charge after police responded to a call from social services. According to a citation written by Hazard Police Department Officer Michael Ritchie, he responded to the call April 11 at Hazard ARH after the social services personnel reported there were two people in a room at the medical center who allegedly had methamphetamine in their possession.
Perry County escapee captured
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- A man who escaped from Kentucky Law Enforcement over the weekend is back in custody. The Perry County Sheriff’s Office says that Joseph Humphreys was caught last night in Cannelton after a short foot chase. Humphreys was booked into the Perry County Detention Center and is being held on $1,805. The Sheriff’s […]
Missing Korean war hero from Pennington Gap finally laid to rest after 70 years
PENNINGTON GAP, Va. (WCYB) — An emotional time for people in Pennington Gap as an American hero was brought home and finally laid to rest. Honestly think about the mother and father that never had the answer, never had a body identified of their son, said Chaplain of the Virginia army National Guard Brett Johnson, they lived and died never knowing that his remains would be identified one day and that we would be brought back here and buried where he came from.
An early taste of summer continues through the weekend
HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - The last weekend of April is featuring weather that would be more common in the first weekend of June. It’s a warm and mainly cloudy day across the mountains with some isolated showers scattered between the peaks of sunshine. This pattern of warm weather looks to continue for the next couple of days as we get ready to roll the calendar forward to may.
Feelin’ like Summer?
HAZARD, KY. (WYMT) - Look for a late day - evening shower. Otherwise, a summer time feel is the theme moving through the weekend. Look for the clouds to continue to slowly increase today. We won’t really see a “rogue” shower threat evolve until later this afternoon into this evening. High temperatures will top out between 73° to 79°.
Bass ready to build UVA Wise football program
WISE, Va. (WJHL) – The Highland Cavaliers’ spring slate came to a conclusion on Saturday afternoon with the annual Red & Gray Spring Game. It was the fans’ first chance to see new head coach Gary Bass and his squad in action. Bass came to UVA Wise in the offseason after seven successful years at […]
Women Rise: Creating a leadership legacy
PRESTONSBURG — Big Sandy Community and Technical College, Hazard Community and Technical College, Mountain Comprehensive Care Center and Southern Kentucky Community and Technical College joined forces to host a “Leading Ladies Conference” at the BSCTC campus on Friday, April 19. The event brought together business women, women...
SWVA woman sentenced to 10 years on meth charges
JONESVILLE, Va. (WYMT) - A Pennington Gap, Virginia woman was sentenced to 10 years in the Virginia penitentiary by the Lee County Circuit Court on April 23. According to the office of Lee County Commonwealth’s Attorney H. Fuller Cridlin, Melinda Davis was sentenced after she was convicted on methamphetamine distribution charges.
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