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Gas bills expected to be lower this winter
FRANKFORT — The Public Service Commission ( PSC ) is reporting that natural gas costs will be much lower this year, with the typical bill down as much as 39 percent from last year. Heating bills...
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Governor ups number of mine inspectors
FRANKFORT – With many in the coal industry complaining that mine inspections are becoming too numerous to handle, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Tuesday that he has approved an increase in the num...
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Foreign investment sparks debate
“The consequences for human welfare involved in questions of economic development are simply staggering: Once one starts to think about them, it becomes hard to think about anything else…” —...
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Floyd County Clerk Chris Waugh and Big Sandy Red Cross Executive Director Robin Tackett discuss fundraising possibilities Tuesday. The two have launched a Red Cross Vote-a-Thon for the month of November and hope to get at least 3,000 “votes,” or donations, during that time. Clerk asks residents to ‘buy votes’ for a good cause
PRESTONSBURG – Chris Waugh wants you to buy a vote. But not the way you might be thinking. The Floyd County Clerk is helping kick-start a fundraising effort to raise the level of donations for t...
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Some roundup suspects named
Agencies responsible for the hundreds arrested last week in what is now being referred to as the “Operation Flamingo Road” drug roundup have begun releasing the names of some of those who have bee...
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Derrick Miller Former UK player indicted for ticket scam
PRESTONSBURG – Former University of Kentucky basketball star Derrick Miller was indicted this past week by a grand jury on charges that he sold phony a set of phony UK season tickets to a Floyd ...
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Grand jury returns 52 indictments
by Jarrid Deaton
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PRESTONSBURG — A Floyd County grand jury recently returned 52 indictments, including 16 dealing with flagrant non-support. The grand jury indicted Brandon Endicott, of Prestonsburg; Jerry Hill, of...
Driveby suspect charged wtih attacking guard
by Sheldon Compton
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PRESTONSBURG – A Banner man already facing five counts of attempted murder along with various other charges, will now see another charge brought against him following an alleged attack on a deputy ...
Government sues mine company for unpaid fines
by Times Staff
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PIKEVILLE A complaint has been filed by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky against Fools Gold Energy Corporation to collect civil penalties and other amounts owed to th...
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Man sues after bank takes wrong house
by Jarrid Deaton
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WHEELWRIGHT – A Wheelwright man has filed a lawsuit against Bank of America, alleging agents working for the bank repossessed his home by mistake and refuse to pay for any damages other than the re...
Drug roundup nets 300 arrests
by Sheldon Compton
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Names of the individuals rounded up by federal and state agencies Wednesday in connection to what is being referred to as “the pill pipeline” from Florida to Kentucky were not released Thursday, th...
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