FRENCHBURG, Ky. — A jury has recommended that a Menifee County man spend the rest of his life in prison, after he pleaded guilty to killing a Pike County woman. Anthony Hall, 40, of Wellington, pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend, Jodi Stapleton, 35, of Pikeville, back in 2020. Authorities say Stapleton died from injuries sustained after Hall savagely beat her in the face, head and body. He was later arrested after he fled to South Carolina. Prosecutors had planned to introduce evidence at trial that the killing was the end result of a pattern of domestic violence by Hall. […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — We are learning more about events leading up to a high-speed chase in Floyd County earlier this year, after two of the vehicles occupants were charged in federal court. Back in June, we reported that state troopers attempted to pull over a car containing Ahmad Moore, 25, and Nevaeh Twitty, 20, both of Akron, Ohio, Dean Blair, 23, of Snellville, Ga., for speeding, but the car sped away instead, leading to a chase along U.S. 23 that reached speeds of up to 120 mph just after 4:30 a.m., June 20. During the pursuit, a package was thrown […]

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Students at Adam Middle School stepped off their bus to smiles and greetings of, “Good morning,” from a line of Prestonsburg Police officers outside the school. The morning bustle was punctuated with occasional outbursts of laughter, as officers kidded around with some of the children they recognized. “Why are there so many police officers here?” one young girl asked, as she looked around. That prompted another round of laughter at a joke made by a teacher just out of earshot. Down the road a few miles, a similar scene was playing out at Allen Elementary, this time […]

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LOUISA, Ky. — A Lawrence County boy faces a criminal charge, after his school received a threat. Kentucky State Police, Louisa Police and the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office were called to Louisa Middle School Thursday morning about a threat the school had received. After investigating, a 12-year-old boy was charged with third-degree terroristic threatening. Thursday morning’s incident was the latest in a rash of threats schools around the region have received, possibly spurred by a school shooting in Georgia last week and the I-75 shooting in Laurel County over the weekend. KSP is urging parents to talk with their children […]

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ABINGDON, Va. — A Wise County man has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge, after police found drugs hidden on him during a traffic stop. Wesley Dylan Ramos, 31, of Wise, was pulled over for DUI in Norton back in February. When he was searched after his arrest, police found a sock containing meth, cocaine and pills stuffed down the front of his pants. As they continued to investigate, police discovered the pills were meth and that Ramos had been selling them as “a new form” of the drug. Multiple confidential sources also told police Ramos had been selling […]

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