Number 12 Kentucky closed the first half on an 8-0 run and the Wildcats went on to knock off number eight Miami, 95-73, in the SEC/ACC Challenge matchup played before over 20,000 fans at Rupp Arena on Tuesday night. UK, now 6-1, placed five players in double-digit scoring, led by Reed Sheppard’s 21 points. Antonio Reeves […]

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PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A former Kentucky State Police captain who was charged with rape and sex abuse in Magoffin County earlier this year has now been indicted in a second case in Johnson County. Anthony Taulbee, 48, of Salyersville, is now charged with two counts of third-degree rape and one count of third-degree sodomy in the new case. Officials close to the case have said it arose out of electronic evidence in the Magoffin County case. The new indictment alleges Taulbee had sexual contact with a 17-year-old on May 21 and 22, 2018. The charges in Magoffin County involve allegations […]

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JENKINS, Ky. — A traffic stop resulted in a Letcher County pair being taken to jail on drug trafficking charges. A Jenkins police officer pulled over a vehicle containing Emory Mitchell Mullins, 49, of McRoberts, and Samantha Nicole Callihan, 34, of Blackey. Inside the car, he found 7.5 ounces of meth and more than $1,100 in cash. Both were arrested for meth trafficking and other charges.

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man arrested for animal cruelty last week reportedly made it easy for police to make a case against him. Robert Shepherd, 30, of East Point, allegedly picked up a cat and threw it across the room back on Nov. 18. The case was easy to crack, because the cat was thrown at a security camera, which was recording at the time. Shepherd was arrested on Wednesday, allegedly telling the officer, “I did it and I messed up.” He is now charged with second-degree cruelty to animals, which is a misdemeanor.

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SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — What appears to be a case of horseplay gone wrong has resulted in a Magoffin County man facing a serious criminal charge. Police were called to a Salyersville home Sunday afternoon, over a report of a man cutting his brother’s throat with a knife. Deputies responding to the call immediately placed Justin Paul Baldwin, 37, under arrest. Baldwin told police that he was holding up a knife to show to his brother, when his brother turned his head, cutting his throat on the blade. The brother said Baldwin came up behind him and put the knife to […]

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