MOUTHCARD, Ky. — Three people have been arrested following a drug investigation by Pikeville Police. The investigation led officers to the Family Dollar store on Card Mountain Road. There, they made contact with three suspects, Donald Bain, 46, of Tazewell, Va.; Angela Bishop, 47, of Blacksburg, Va.; and Randall Scott Nicley, 46, of Apopka, Fla. Bain was found to have a Crown Royal bag tucked into his waistband. Examining it, police found three bags inside which appeared to contain meth, but which Bain claimed were Epsom salt. All three were arrested for meth trafficking and are being held in the […]

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LOUISA, Ky. — Kentucky State Police has arrested a Lawrence County man on child porn charges. Ricky Henry, 39, of Louisa, was arrested Thursday evening, after police raided a home and seized electronic equipment believed to be used in the crime. He is now charged with nine counts of possession of child porn depicting a victim younger than 12. That charge is a felony, punishable by 5-to-10 years in prison. Henry is being held without bond in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville.

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PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man who had been reported as missing for more than two weeks has been located and arrested. Nicholas Michael Fuller, 38, had been reported as missing after he was last seen June 10. Thursday night, Paintsville Police responded to a repott that someone had been seen entering an abandoned house on Lewis Drive. When officers went to check it out, they found Fuller, who reportedly admitted that he had been staying in the house for two weeks. Fuller was arrested on a charge of first-degree trespassing, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year […]

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LONDON, Ky. — A former employee of the Floyd County school system who is under indictment for rape and other charges connected to a student is now facing federal charges as well. Darion Breann Huff, 32, of Garrett, was working as a teacher’s assistant and tutor at Duff Allen Central Elementary during the 2021-22 school year, when she is accused of making advances and sexual contact with a 14-year-old boy. She was indicted for rape and using an electronic device to procure a minor for sex in May of 2024. Both of those charges are punishable by no more than […]

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PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Additional pieces to the 2026-27 Kentucky men’s basketball schedule were unveiled by the Southeastern Conference on Thursday. The Wildcats are slated to play all 15 league foes at least once and will tangle with Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt in home-and-home fashion.  The league office debuted the 2026-27 home-and-away designations for the league schedule which once again features an 18-game slate. Kentucky will play nine games within the friendly confines of Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center and play an equal number of games on the road.  This season, the Wildcats will take […]

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