LONDON, Ky. —A federal child porn case against a Pike County man has been unsealed, after the suspect was arrested yesterday. William L Bonds Jr., 55, of Canada, was arrested yesterday. He was originally indicted on a single charge of receiving child pornography on Aug. 27, but the case remained sealed until authorities took him into custody. Details of the allegations against Bonds are sparse, but he is accused of receiving child porn in Letcher County back on Sept. 7, 2025. If convicted, Bonds faces a prison sentence of between 5 and 20 years. He is currently being held in […]

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by ROD [email protected] CLINTWOOD, Va. — The Clintwood Town Council addressed employee retirement benefits, stormwater resiliency planning and several community matters during its regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Clintwood Town Hall. Council members Andy Rose, Jim Childress, Mayor Danny Lambert, Vice-Mayor Talbert Bolling and Ron Kendrick attended the meeting. Council member Doris Rife was absent. The council approved minutes from its Aug. 11 and Aug. 26 meetings and adopted the evening’s agenda without additions. Council members approved a donation request to purchase an advertisement in the Ridgeview High School yearbook as well as voted to reappoint Stacy Mullins and […]

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HAZARD, Ky. — Eastern Kentuckians interested in careers in the nuclear and energy industries will have an opportunity to meet with WECTEC next month. WECTEC Staffing Services, a subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company, is partnering with SOAR for a regional hiring event Oct. 7 in Hazard. The company is recruiting for positions including instrumentation and controls technicians, valve technicians, field machinists, radiation protection technicians, dosimetry technicians and traveling wind technicians. Some jobs require specialized experience, but officials say workers with backgrounds in mining, manufacturing, industrial maintenance, electrical work, utilities, heavy equipment and mechanical trades may have transferable skills. The event […]

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