Man wanted for heroin trafficking arrested 17 months after …
Nov 13, 2024 · WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — A man who was declared a fugitive last year after being charged with heroin trafficking in three separate indictments in Pike County has been arrested. Cordell “Gator” Smith, 56, of Williamson, W.Va., was arrested Friday by the Mingo County Sheriff’s Office. A Pike County grand jury indicted Smith in June of 2023 in three cases, charging him with three counts of ...
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280 employees brace for layoffs as Alliance announces closure of …
Nov 19, 2024 · PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Alliance Resource Partners has announced the permanent closure of the MC Mining Complex in Pike County, affecting all of the facility’s 280 workers. Excel Mining issued Workforce Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notices to employees of the facility on Friday. The MC Mining Complex is owned by MC Mining and operated by Excel Mining, both of which are ...
Dwight Yoakam announced as Hillbilly Days headliner
Nov 14, 2024 · PIKEVILLE, Ky. — When it comes to celebrating Hillbilly Days, what better way to do it than with, “Guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music?” Dwight Yoakam is returning to his roots by bringing his “Cosmic Roundup and Rodeo” tour to the Appalachian Wireless Arena for the festival. Yoakum will appear with the Mavericks on Saturday, April 26, with ticket prices ranging from $49.50 to $149. ...
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Man arrested for drug trafficking after police say he tried to avoid ...
Nov 12, 2024 · VAN LEAR, Ky. — A man who apparently tried to avoid a roadblock found himself heading to jail on drug trafficking charges, once police caught up to him. State troopers were staging a roadblock Friday afternoon by the Van Lear Baptist Church in Johnson County, when they spotted a car approach and then turn into the church parking lot, before heading back the other way. Police noted the driver ...
Letcher judge shot and killed in chambers; sheriff charged with …
Oct 25, 2024 · WHITESBURG, Ky. — A district judge is dead and a county sheriff is in jail, following a stunning series of events in Whitesburg Thursday. Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines allegedly walked into District Judge Kevin Mullins’ office yesterday and shot him several times, killing him. That news of Mullins’ death was first announced by Gov. Andy Beshear and Attorney General Russell Coleman ...
Man charged with wanton endangerment after crash with …
Nov 20, 2024 · INEZ, Ky. — A Martin County man is facing felony charges, after police say he crashed his car after driving recklessly with two unrestrained young girls in his car. The crash happened Friday afternoon on Blacklog Road. Witnesses told police Justin Marcum, 37, ran a stop sign when pulling onto the road, swerved in and out of traffic cutting off other cars, then hit a rock wall, causing his ...
New program aims to turn recovery into career pathway
Nov 15, 2024 · FRANKFORT, Ky. — A statewide program in Kentucky aims to provide credentialing and pathways to a career in social work for people in substance use disorder recovery. Advocates say the Career Ladders in Mental and Behavioral Health or CLIMB-Health program is vital for the state to boost the mental health and social services workforce. Carl Wilson, senior fellow for healthcare development and ...
Deputies go to home searching for a suspect, but arrest three …
Nov 19, 2024 · PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Deputies who went to a Floyd County home in search of a suspect didn’t find him, but did end up arresting three other people. Deputies went to the home on Hillside Center Drive, in Prestonsburg, looking for a man around 11 Sunday morning in search of a suspect. They were greeted at the door by 60-year-old Greg Crace. Crace told the officers that only he and two women ...