Paintsville, KY

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - Officers with the Prestonsburg Police Department are currently on the scene of a two-vehicle collision on US-23 near the Tiger Mart. They say both lanes will be closed for “the next several hours” as crews work to clear the scene. This is a developing story, we...

INEZ, Ky. — A Martin County man’s insistence that an officer search his car to prove he wasn’t selling drugs turned out to be a bad decision. A Martin County sheriff’s deputy pulled over a car for not having an illuminated license plate around 11:30 Tuesday night. When the deputy...

PIEKVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - The Pikeville Police Department, East Kentucky Dream Center, and the Pikeville Community Kitchen partnered for a day of blessings Thursday, filling the Pikeville City Park with free music, food, and clothes. The event kicked off around 5 p.m. but organizers say the community was lining up...

Two people were killed in a Pike County crash this past Sunday. At around 3:45pm on US 23 at Foxcroft Lane, police say that a Jeep Cherokee traveling north, crossed over into the southbound lanes and struck a Chevy Equinox. Following the initial crash, a Ford Escape ran into the Equinox. A passenger of the Cherokee, 43-year-old Rebecca Miller, of Hopkins Fork, and the driver of the Equinox, 52-year-old Melissa Bowling of Knott County, died at the hospital.

HARDY, Ky. (WYMT) - A new venture in the Belfry community hopes to see tourists pouring into the Pond Creek area. “This is a good area. An area that’s not being utilized real good right now. And we want it. We want to do things here,” said Matt Varney. “We have big ideas.”

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Two people were killed in a chain-reaction crash in Pikeville over the weekend. It happened around 3:45 p.m. Sunday on U.S. 23 at Foxcroft Lane. Police say a Jeep Cherokee traveling north crossed into the southbound lanes, where it struck a Chevy Equinox. After the initial crash, a Ford Escape then ran into the Equinox.

BLAINE, Ky. (WSAZ) - A vandalism at a food bank in Lawrence County, Kentucky, is forcing volunteers to pick up the pieces. Volunteers with the Lawrence County Food Bank Ministry in Blaine say someone ripped open more than 75 plastic bags of food Saturday night, leaving nearly nothing but the plastic.

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - The Floyd County Board of Education has decided to end the county’s numerous summer programs a week earlier than scheduled following suggestions from the Floyd County Health Department and a rise in COVID-19 cases throughout the region. These summer programs sought to return students to...

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.

This past Tuesday, a Martin County Deputy pulled over a car for not having an illuminated license plate, when he recognized the driver, 35-year-old Rhoades Dials, of Inez, who had been the subject of a citizen complaint that claimed he was dealing drugs. When the officer informed Dials of this,...

SALYERSVILLE – Magoffin County High School will host the Friday Night Lights Football Camp on Friday, July 30. The camp is for student-athletes in grades K-6 and will be held from 7-10 p.m. at the MCHS Football Field. The cost of the camp is $10 per student-athlete. Fundamentals will be...

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.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - Director of Athletics Kelly Wells has announced Cody Andreychuk as Head Coach of UPIKE Baseball following an extensive search. Andreychuk comes to Pikeville after a three-year stint as Head Coach of Lindsey Wilson. ”I’m grateful for the opportunity to be the baseball coach at the University...

Two people were killed over the weekend following a crash in Pikeville. According to the Pikeville Police Dept. the crash happened around 3:45 P.M. Sunday afternoon on U.S. 23 at Foxcroft Lane. Police say the crash involved a Jeep Cherokee and a Chevy Equinox. The Jeep reportedly was traveling north on US 23 and crossed into the southbound lanes striking the Equinox. Following that crash, Police say a Ford Escape collided with the Equinox. A passenger in the Cherokee, identified as Rebecca Miller, 43, of Hopkins Fork in Pikeville and the driver of the Equinox, identified as Melissa Bowling, 52, of Knott Co did not survive the crash and was pronounced deceased at the Pikeville Medical Center. Police said several other people were taken to the Hospital with injuries. The Pikeville Police Dept. is continuing to investigate the incident.

Lelon “Huff” Williamson 76, of Crum, WV went home to be with the the Lord on July 28, 2021. He was born June 21, 1945 to the late Jay and Maggie Waller Williamson. Funeral services will be held at the Silver Creek Church on Friday, July 30, 2021 at 1:00pm with Del Crum officiating. Burial will follow in the Williamson Cemetery at Mudlick Rd., Jennies Creek, WV. Visitation will be at the church on Thursday after 6:00pm for all our wonderful friends. Arrangements are under the direction of the Callaham Funeral Home, Inez, KY.

A man out of Pike County is now in jail after police say his house provided living conditions that were unfit and unsafe for his daughter. Police went to the house on Jay Street, belonging to 48-year-old Anthony Conrad, after the child’s grandmother reported her concerns that the 7-year-old was being neglected.

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.