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WOWK 13 News

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Possible human remains found in Paintsville, Kentucky home

An investigation is underway after possible human remains were found at a Paintsville home.

Paintsville, KY · 7h

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Driver killed after truck hits bridge near Pikeville exit

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - UPDATE: The victim of Monday’s fatal crash in Pikeville has been identified as 28-year-old Autumn Mullins of Virgie. ORIGINAL STORY: Police are investigating a crash that killed one person Monday morning in Pike County. A 911 call brought police to the underpass at Exit 24...

Pikeville, KY · 2d

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Wheelwright police officer charged with threatening magistrate

WHEELWRIGHT, Ky. — A police officer with the City of Wheelwright has found himself on the opposite side of the justice system, after being charged with terroristic threatening for an incident that took place on Election Day. Keith Justice, 60, was charged Thursday with one count of terroristic threatening....

Wheelwright, KY · 2d

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Floyd County man sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug trafficking

LONDON, Ky. (WSIP) – A Floyd County man will spend 15 years in federal prison following a major drug and weapons investigation in Martin earlier this year. David Lee Ousley was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in London after pleading guilty to methamphetamine trafficking and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

Floyd County, KY · 1d

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Funeral arrangements announced for UPike professor, assistant dean

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The University of Pikeville community is in mourning following the death of a popular professor. Dr. Chandra Massner, assistant dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and a professor of communications, died on Sunday. Current and former students paid tribute to her in social media...

Pikeville, KY · 2d

Whiskey Riff

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Before The Fame: Watch A 16-Year-Old Tyler Childers Belt It Out In A Local Kentucky Talent Show

Tyler Childers was destined to be the country star that he is today. Need proof? Just watch this vintage footage of the Kentucky native competing in a talent contest when he was a teenager. It’s always great to see videos of country music stars before they hit it big, and this clip is no exception. Below you’ll see a video of a 16-year-old Childers singing what I’m assuming is an original song (props to him for penning this one at […] The post Before The Fame: Watch A 16-Year-Old Tyler Childers Belt It Out In A Local Kentucky Talent Show first appeared on Whiskey Riff .

Lawrence County, KY · 2d

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State agency opens 1,300 new acres of public lands in Southern and Eastern Kentucky

The new public lands are open in time for the modern-gun deer season.

Kentucky · 1d

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Kentucky jail no longer directly accepting inmate mail

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - A regional jail in eastern Kentucky is no longer directly accepting personal mail for its inmates. The Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Johnson County announced Friday in a social media post last Friday that all personal letters must now be sent to a designated address: P.O. Box 247 in Phoenix, Missouri, postal code 21131.

Johnson County, KY · 2d

Parent Diaries

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Roman Heilman, 6, Who Has Autism, Walked Out of the Kentucky Woods Onto a Horse Trail With a Small Dog After Two Cold Nights Missing

Roman Heilman, 6, who has autism, walked onto a horse trail with a small dog after two cold nights missing in Lawrence County, Kentucky, as hundreds searched. The post Roman Heilman, 6, Who Has Autism, Walked Out of the Kentucky Woods Onto a Horse Trail With a Small Dog After Two Cold Nights Missing appeared first on parentdiaries.com .

Lawrence County, KY · 19h

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State Representative-Elect believes broadcasting career helped his campaign

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - Tanner Hesterberg flipped the 95th District House seat red last week, and no Democrats will now represent Eastern Kentucky in the state legislature. Hesterberg lives in Prestonsburg and has a law office in Pikeville. But he started his career after college as a reporter and anchor at WYMT in 2012.

Prestonsburg, KY · 14h

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Annual Veterans Day event fills cemetery with comradery

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - A Veterans Day event in Pike County on Wednesday brought a crowd to Annie E. Young Cemetery to hear from guest speaker and former Kentucky chaplain Lee Watts and to celebrate those who served. Veterans, community members and students gathered at the cemetery for Thacker Memorial’s...

Pike County, KY · 18h

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REGIONAL NEWS NOVEMBER 11TH, 2026

Ashland, Ky -The founder of Addiction Recovery Care, Tim Robinson Jr., is asking a federal judge to move his upcoming criminal trial from Ashland to Covington. Robinson, who faces wire fraud and money laundering charges, argues that years of intense local media coverage, including reports on ARC facility closures and Medicaid fraud allegations will prevent him from getting a fair jury in Ashland. His trial is scheduled to begin February 2nd.

Ashland, KY · 1d

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Democrats Finally Lost Their Last State House Seat in Rural Kentucky

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Eastern Kentucky Democrats used to brag that when the 1972 results came in, Richard Nixon had won nearly everywhere except for Massachusetts and Floyd County. It’s been a...

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