Hendricks, KY

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WSAZ) - Police in Prestonsburg are asking for help identifying a man who they say is recklessly pushing bicyclists out of his way on the Passage Rail Trail. “Once confronted about it he actually rammed towards some bicyclists and sort of trying to scare them,” said Prestonsburg Mayor Les Stapleton.

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ/Press Release) – Thursday, July 29 will be the last day of the Floyd Forward Summer II Session. Superintendent Anna Shepherd explained the decision in a statement released Wednesday afternoon. Superintendent Shepherd said, “Out of an abundance of caution and upon. recommendation of the Floyd County Health...

According to the Kentucky State Police, on Thursday, July 22, the Kentucky State Police (KSP) Electronic Crime Branch located and arrested B.J. Wood, 40, on charges related to a child sexual abuse material investigation. Wood, formally of Floyd Co, was interviewed and arrested as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation. The KSP Electronic Crime Branch began the investigation after discovering the suspect uploading sexually explicit images online. The investigation resulted in the execution of a search warrant for Wood’s cellular phone in St. Catherine on July 22, 2021. Equipment used to facilitate the crime was seized and taken to KSP’s forensic laboratory for examination. The investigation is ongoing. Wood is currently charged with 20 counts of possessing or viewing matter portraying a minor in a sexual performance and one count of distribution of matter portraying a minor in a sexual performance. These charges are Class-D felonies punishable by one to five years in prison. Wood was lodged in the Marion Co Detention Center.

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — This past weekend’s Bluegrass Mountain Cup foot and mountain bike races at the Sugarcamp Mountain Trails in Prestonsburg came to a sudden and tragic end Saturday, when one of the participants died. Race organizers announced Tuesday on Facebook that Sam Schaffer, 34, of Lexington, died while running...

HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Coming off a 3-6 season in 2020, the Perry Central Commodores look to build on the new playbook of second-year head coach Mark Dixon. “Our goal is basically every time we come out on the field we want to get better, we want to play as hard as we can play,” Dixon said. “We want to give effort. We want to try to get bigger and stronger in the weight room and let that show on the field. Kids have worked hard this offseason and we want to show that out on the field when we play.”

Over the weekend, on July 23-24, the Northfork Music Festival was held in downtown Hazard and featured several local artists, vendors and businesses. This was the city and county’s second music festival. “In conjunction with the Perry County Fiscal Court and Scott (Alexander), this is our second outdoor music festival,”...

CAMPTON, Ky. (WYMT) - Officials in Wolfe County are slowly regaining water supply after an outage early Wednesday morning. In a Facebook post, the City of Campton Waterworks reported a failure in the pumps at the water source caused all of the water in the distribution system to pause since the pump could not move any water.

LANGLEY, Ky. (WYMT) - Without a winning season since their inception in 2017, the Floyd Central Jaguars are looking to make a comeback. “I’m hoping we can get a full season in and we don’t have any interruptions like we did last year. We’re starting to get in the flow of things and getting to work on some things we didn’t get to last year, so hopefully we’ll have a pretty good season,” said head coach Shawn Hager, entering his fifth season at the helm.

SLADE Ky. (WYMT) - Tuesday was a busy day for the Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team, WCSART, as they were called to their second call of the day to help an injured hiker Tuesday evening. The call was about a man who was injured with a suspected ankle fracture trying to climb at Muir Valley. Rescuers posted that the climber was trying to club a trad route at Hide Out when he lost hold and fell approximately 6 ft. to 8 ft. before hitting a rock shelf. The WCSART team assesses and treated the climbers injuries and carried him in a litter basket. The team then dropped off the climber at his car where his friends took him to Clark Regional Medical Center. WCSART posted on their Facebook page: “He was in good spirits and we wish him a speedy recovery. We would also like to thank his friends for assisting with the carryout.”

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Instead of retiring, an optometrist who has spent more than four decades helping others see more clearly continues to give back. “I’ve practiced in Paintsville, Kentucky most of my life. I was there for 45 years,” said Dr. Kenneth Cottrell. Nowadays, Kenneth Cottrell spends his time...

A Floyd County man has been arrested after Kentucky State Police investigators found him with images related to child sexual abuse, state police said Tuesday. State police said its Electric Crime Branch initiated the undercover investigation after they discovered that B.J. Wood, 40, was “uploading sexually explicit images online,” according to a news release.

BETSY LAYNE — After returning to the top of the 58th District, Betsy Layne will face a challenging schedule throughout the 2021/2022 boys' high school basketball season, competing in the Pikeville Invitational and the Las Vegas Prep Championship over a 10-day span. Under the direction of head coach Derrick Newsome,...

Becky Miller 43 years of age of Hopkins Fork of Caney Creek passed away Sunday July 25, 2021 at Pikeville Medical Center. She was born July 11, 1978 to the late Barney and Mertie Damron Tucker. Funeral Services will be held Saturday at 1:00 PM at the Hall and Jones...

EASTERN — Floyd Central will host a youth volleyball camp August 9-10. The camp is for players in grades 3-6 and will be held from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. each day. Volleyball fundamentals will be taught throughout the camp. The cost for the camp is $25 for one day and $40...

The Johnson Co Health Department reported 11 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, 8 on Tuesday and 7 on Monday. Johnson County’s COVID-19 total has now increased to 2,346 Positive cases, 47 Active cases, 2,270 have recovered, 9 are currently hospitalized and there has been 29 reported Deaths.