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Pike County gets grant for tasers, cartridges
PIKEVILLE — The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security has awarded Pike County a grant for the purchase of tasers and cartridges. The $15,700 comes from the Law Enforcement Protection Program, which is funded solely from the sale of confiscated weapons turned in by sheriffs’ offices to the Kentucky State Police. “This is something we definitely need,” said Charles “Fuzzy” Keesee, Pike County Sheriff. “People are sometimes hard to arrest, an...
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Pike man killed in two vehicle accident
PIKEVILLE - A Pike County man is dead, and alcohol may be the cause, following a weekend accident where police say the vehicle he was driving upended into a creek after striking another vehicle. According to Kentucky State Police officials, troopers received a call Saturday of a two vehicle accident on KY 197 in the Elkhorn Creek community. Troopers say that Arnold F. Stapleton, 41, of Elkhorn Creek was traveling north on KY 197 when a Ca...
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Chamber recognizes graduates of leadership academy
PRESTONSBURG - The Floyd County Chamber of Commerce recently recognized and honored graduates of the 2012-13 Leadership Floyd County Academy. The Leadership program is an educational opportunity designed to promote and develop business and community leaders. The primary goal is to prepare the participants to take an active role in building a communications network to advance the county and encourage innovative ideas. Leadership graduates brin...
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Pike county woman found dead in roadway
DORTON - Questions remain after a Pike County woman was found dead in the road by Kentucky State Police troopers last week. According to KSP officials, they received at least two calls last Wednesday of a female lying in the road way on Lick Fork near Beefhide in the Dorton community. Officials say that the first caller advised that the female had been struck by a vehicle, while the second caller advised police that he was on his way to wor...
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CORRECTION An item in the May 10 “For the Record” incorrectly listed a lawsuit as “Aleene Brown v
CORRECTION An item in the May 10 “For the Record” incorrectly listed a lawsuit as “Aleene Brown v. David Music Jr. - contract.” It should have said “Aleene Brown v. Dallas Music Jr. - contract.” MARRIAGES Heather R Robinson to Davis Allen Fraley, both of Prestonsburg Oma R Frasure to Jonathan G Tackett, both of Teaberry Bridgett N Newsome to Chad R Risner, both of Martin Stephanie N Mckune to David Allen Music, both of East Point...
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AG’s cybercrimes unit marks 5th anniversary
FRANKFORT – Attorney General Jack Conway’s Cybercrimes Unit is celebrating its fifth anniversary and touting its many accomplishments in the fight against child pornography, cyber-predators and crimes that occur online. Since its creation in June of 2008, General Conway’s Cybercrimes Unit has launched 341 child pornography investigations and seized more than 403,000 child pornographic images and videos from the Internet. The unit’s investig...
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Board approves science standards, names ‘Districts of Innovation’
FRANKFORT – The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) approved the Next-Generation Science Standards (NGSS) at its meeting Wednesday. A coalition of 26 states including Kentucky developed the standards; they identify science and engineering practices and content that all K-12 students should master in order to be fully prepared for college and careers. The science standards are based on the National Research Council’s Framework for K-12 Science...
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A Prestonsburg woman was arrested Wednesday after a bench warrant was issued due to her failure to comply with pre-trial conditions. 23-year-old Lindsay Pelphrey will appear in court Friday for a probation revocation hearing related to previous drug related charges.
A Prestonsburg woman was arrested Wednesday
A Prestonsburg woman was arrested Wednesday, after a bench warrant was issued due to her failure to comply with pre-trial conditions. Lindsay Pelphrey, 23, will appear in court Friday for a probation revocation hearing related to previous drug-related charges.
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<p>Neighbors have complained about the seemingly stalled demolition of Ratliff Farm Supply, but Fire Chief Bobby Carpenter says the project is continuing, slowly.</p>
Demolition moving slowly forward, chief says
PRESTONSBURG — An ongoing demoliton project in Prestonsburg has neighbors complaining, as work to tear down the old Ratliff Farm and Home Supply drags on. Complaints about the slow pace the demolition has local residents upset. But Prestonsburg City Fire Chief Bobby Carpenter says the project is moving forward, albeit slowly. “They haven’t stopped, just moving very slowly,” said Carpenter, who added that the owners are trying to salvage a...
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Abandoned homes dot the landscape of the city of Martin.
Martin project becalmed
MARTIN — At sea, sailors adrift without wind to push their sails were said to be becalmed. The city of Martin has been in such a predicament for more than a decade, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to raise the city out of the floodplain has found no wind, in the form of funding, to hoist its sails. On Wednesday, Times staff reached out to Fifth District U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers and Corps of Engineers project manager Ken Woodard, to ...
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BBB earns consumers of FBI computer virus
The Better Business Bureau is warning local consumers of a Highly Intelligent FBI virus known as ASHISH VERMA. Scammers are posing as the FBI, sending out a virus which locks up a computer and makes false claims. BBB has categorized this as ‘scareware’ because hackers distribute it and try to scare individuals into paying for a crime they never committed. The message accuses the user of illegally downloading music or movies, or other crim...
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UK, St. Mary’s join hospital coalition
A coalition of hospitals, including Highlands Regional Medical Center, that formed 10 months ago in response to health care reform, gained two new members this week. UK HealthCare, in Lexington, and St. Mary’s Medical Center, in Huntington, W.Va., are the latest additions to the Eastern Kentucky Healthcare Coalition, joining Highlands, St. Claire Regional Medical Center, in Morehead, and Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, in Ashland. The mi...
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Environmentalists at odds with Beshear over greenhouse gas limits
FRANKFORT - Environmental groups again find themselves on the opposite side from Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear over how to regulate coal-fired power plants. Beshear wants the EPA to reconsider regulations that would force the plants to adhere to the same emission standards as plants that burn natural gas or oil. The governor has claimed that those limits would “effectively ban” new coal-fired power plants. Wallace McMullen, Cumberland Sierra ...
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Board extends MSU president’s contract
MOREHEAD — Morehead State University’s Board of Regents rewarded President Wayne D. Andrews with a contract extension and again commended him for his “exceptional leadership” during their quarterly meeting, held Thursday. “I am deeply gratified by the board’s action. I am very proud to lead this institution,” Dr. Andrews said. The contract extension carries his appointment through June 30, 2017. President Andrews’ base pay will remain the...
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Pair arrested in McDowell robbery
McDOWELL — For the second time in three days, a Floyd County business was the target of an armed robbery. Unlike the first case, which took place Sunday night at the Allen Subway , this time police arrested two suspects. Kentucky State Police Post 9 received a call shortly before midnight Tuesday night, reporting a robbery at the McDowell Stop and Shop. Police responding to the scene learned that a tall male entered the store, wearing a ...
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