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Burglars tunnel into Family Dollar
BETSY LAYNE – The Family Dollar store at Betsy Layne was the target of burglary this past weekend after police said one or possibly two people gained entry into the store through an adjacent o...
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Stumbo returns from trade trip to China
FRANKFORT – House Speaker Greg Stumbo, who returned Monday from a week-long trade mission to China with legislative leaders from more than 30 states, said the trip holds potential for Kentucky, ...
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Homeless program receives $60K grant
PRESOTNSBURG — The Appalachian Research and Defense Fund (AppalReD) recently received a $60,000 grant under the name of the Appalachian Homeless Outreach Prevention Effort ( HOPE ) from Kentucky...
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A two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Town Branch Road and U.S. 23 has highway officials looking again at what options are available to curb the accidents. State still looking for answers to accident-plagued intersection
PIKEVILLE – Another two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Town Branch Road and U.S. 23 has highway department officials revisiting the importance of finishing a study that will be sent to ...
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Collins, Harris file campaign papers
There have been only two filings this past week for local races, one for state representative and the other for circuit judge. Rep. Hubert Collins filed this week to run as the incumbent for the 9...
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Adkins gets life in prison for murder
PRESTONSBURG — A Floyd County man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced on a murder charge in circuit court last week. Richard Lee Adkins, 31, was sentenced to life in ...
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College system president visits Big Sandy-P’burg
by Jarrid Deaton
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PRESTONSBURG – Dr. Michael McCall, founding president and chief executive officer of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, came to Prestonsburg on Tuesday as part of an advocacy camp...
Man arrested after couple alleges fraud
by Sheldon Compton
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PRESTONSBURG – Karen Crum wants people to know that fraud exists in the mobile home moving business, and says she and her husband fell victim to it recently. Crum, who owns such a company with her...
Native Spirit: Exhibit celebrates art, artifacts of Native American life
by Jarrid Deaton
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PRESTONSBURG — The Magoffin Art Gallery on the Prestonsburg Campus of Big Sandy Community and Technical College currently features a museum-quality display of Native American artifacts and informa...
Court votes to extend oversight of trail money
by Sheldon Compton
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PRESTONSBURG – As Floyd County officials took more steps recently to see work soon begin on a horse trail project proposed for the Dewey Lake area, some officials took the time to express the hope ...
Police say Allen was on the run
by Sheldon Compton
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Police are now saying that J.R. Allen, the 34-year-old man arrested in Magoffin County earlier this week in connection with the shooting death of Sally Vance last year, had been actively hiding fro...
Accident victim remembered
by Sheldon Compton
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PAINTSVILLE – The man killed in a two-car accident along U.S. 23 near Allen earlier this week was mourned in Johnson County and remembered as a devoted man of God. John Pelphrey, 81, was killed Tu...
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