PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Following Friday’s announcement that the City of Pikeville is currently in negotiations with MD Squared Energy over that company’s proposal to build a $250 million data center in the city’s Kentucky Enterprise Industrial Park, the two men running to be Pikeville’s next mayor have issued statements about where they stand on the issue. Those statements are reprinted below. BOB SHURTLEFF As many of you have seen, the Pikeville City Commission has entered into an agreement to explore the possibility of a data center at the Industrial Park – well away from residential areas. This agreement does not […]

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SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man has reached a plea deal that will see him plead guilty to rape, sodomy and sexual abuse, in exchange for having incest charges dropped. Justin McCoy Caldwell, 35, of Salyersville, entered a guilty plea to charges of third-degree rape, third-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse on Friday. Under the terms of his plea agreement, prosecutors are asking that he serve a three-year sentence and be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Caldwell will be back in court Sept. 3 for formal sentencing. He is currently being […]

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MARTIN, Ky. — Police say a Pike County man went to a Floyd County auto dealer and took a test drive nearly two years ago, then kept on driving. James Anthony Snell, 53, of Kimper, is now charged with a single count of auto theft. Police say he went to BRC Auto Sales on Route 80 at Martin on August 31, 2024, and took a 2011 Jeep Compass out for a test drive and never returned. He was finally arrested just before noon Saturday, after he was pulled over by a state trooper for cracked windshield. He was not driving […]

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COLSON, Ky. — A Letcher County man died and a woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash late Saturday night at Colson, according to Kentucky State Police. Troopers from Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard responded shortly before midnight Saturday to a crash detection alert near the intersection of Route 7 and Route 1410. Investigators say a Lincoln MKZ driven by Kathy Hall, 71, of Deane, was traveling north on route 7 while transporting 72-year-old Eugene Hall to the hospital for a medical emergency. According to the preliminary investigation, Eugene Hall became unresponsive during the trip. Police say Kathy […]

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PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man. David Scott Dalton, 51, was last seen April 28. Anyone with information about Dalton is asked to contact the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office at (606) 789-3411 or call 911. ​Ralph Davis​

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