PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Kentucky State Police has issued its first statement regarding an incident in which a state trooper shot and killed a suspect during a traffic stop Friday afternoon. It happened around 3 p.m. in the northbound lanes of U.S, 23, on the shoulder across the highway from Pop’s Chevy. KSP released this account of the incident: “The preliminary investigation indicates that a KSP Trooper was attempting to locate a vehicle as part of a domestic violence incident investigation,” the statement says. “Upon locating a vehicle matching the description, the trooper conducted a traffic stop. During the traffic stop […]

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SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — Two Magoffin County residents were arrested after police received a report of a home burglary. The Magoffin County Sheriff’s Office was called Wednesday to Adams Lane, in Salyersville, over a report of a burglary in progress. When deputies arrived, they spotted Jeffery Marshall, 49, of Salyersville, standing beside a car, holding a deadbolt. Sitting in the passenger seat of the car was Virginia Gambill, 42, of Salyersville. When Marshall spotted the officer, he tossed the deadbolt, got into the car, and locked the doors. After Marshall and Gambill ignored multiple commands to get out of the car, […]

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SOUTH WILLIAMSON, Ky. — A West Virginia man was arrested after a South Williamson woman reported that he broke into her house and forced his way inside. Kentucky State Police received a call from a South Williamson woman who reported that a man smashed through the glass of her back door and came into her house. The woman ran upstairs to hide in a bedroom while she called police. When a state trooper arrived on the scene, a woman came running down the driveway of a neighboring home, saying the man was in her house. The trooper and an officer […]

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BELFRY, Ky. — A Michigan man was arrested in Pike County Wednesday, after police discovered a large amount of drugs being shipped to a Belfry address. Kentucky State Police’s Drug Enforcement Special Investigations East unit obtained a search warrant for a FedEx package being sent to the address. Inside, they found about a pound of meth, along with a large amount of fentanyl. Officers then went to the address where the package was being sent and found Marques Yeldell, 25, of Detroit, Mich., sitting in a Jeep beside the house. Yeldell told police he was waiting on a woman, but […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A coal company and one of its employees have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a scheme to falsify coal dust samples at a Floyd County mine. Black Diamond Coal and certified dust-sampler Walter Perkins appeared in court on Tuesday. Black Diamond pleaded guilty to willful violation of a health and safety standard and filing a false record. Perkins pleaded guilty to knowing violation of a health and safety standard and making false statements to investigators. They each admitted to their part in a scheme to run coal dust monitors in clean air above ground, instead […]

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