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ALLEN, Ky. (WYMT) - Kentucky Route 1428 near Allen is closed because of an active structure fire near the Seasons Inn, according to local emergency officials. Several agencies are currently on scene. Officials are asking drivers to avoid the area and use an alternate route. They are also urging motorists...
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.
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....
WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A structure fire has been reported in Wayne County, according to Wayne County dispatchers. Dispatchers say the fire has not spread to any nearby homes at this time. The fire was reported just before 10 a.m. in the 1100 block of Spring Valley Drive. Dispatchers...
A tremendous honor for the family of legendary Johnson Central football and wrestling Coach Jim Matney! The Matney family has been notified that Jim Matney will posthumously receive the prestigious 2027 Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Stillwater, Oklahoma. As a...
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 .
WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) – A family was displaced after a Monday morning fire in Wayne County. According to a Wayne County 911 spokesperson, the call came in just after 8:30 a.m. for a house fire in the 1100 block of Spring Valley Drive near Westmoreland. Ceredo Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Robby Robson said […]
Editor’s Note: This has been a far reaching story of love and compassion aired on both NBC and CBS yesterday. This report is from a Louisville newspaper well known throughout the nation. EMS director Travis Hughes has a heartfelt thank you to the community for its amazing participation in the rescue on the EMS Facebook site this morning.
Prestonsburg, Ky – A judge has dismissed local government agencies and officials from the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Amber Spradlin. Judge John F. Vincent ruled that the City of Prestonsburg, Floyd County, and several officials are protected by sovereign immunity regarding 911 dispatch operations leading up to Spradlin’s June 2023 murder. However, claims against private individuals including murder suspect Michael McKinney the Third, as well as individual capacity claims against former Mayor Les Stapleton and former Police Chief Randy Woods, will still move forward.
KY oil well operator fined, sentenced for water pollution. An oil pumpjack casts a shadow on a wall as it pulls oil from the Permian Basin oil field on March 14, 2022 in Odessa, Texas. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) A Kentucky oil well operator has been fined $20,000 after...
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...
