Editor’s note: Mountain Top News invites all candidates in our coverage area to submit press releases announcing their entry into the 2026 election. Submissions can be up to one typewritten page, along with a photo that contains no text. These announcements will be posted for free on our website. Please submit your announcements to [email protected]. by CLINARD ARTHUR “BUBBY” ADKINS I’ve filed for  Magistrate in District 4 as a Republican candidate. I’m currently the Commissioner in District 2. I took all request to the court that anyone has asked me to. I have a history of serving the people of most […]

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Federal, state, local leaders were on hand to see 5.2 million in federal funding for water system improvements in Jenkins.

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SOUTH WILLIAMSON, Ky. — Kentucky State Police are looking for a man who they say dropped a handgun in the South Williamson Walmart causing it to discharge.  KSP Post 9 Public Information Officer Trooper Michael Coleman said no one was injured, but that he had fielded some calls asking about an “active shooter.” He added that the incident appears to have been an accident. The man they believe dropped the gun left the store shortly after the incident occurred, Coleman said. Kentucky State Police are actively searching for the individual at this time and are continuing to investigate the incident.

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APPALACHIA, Va. — What began as a search for a missing Wise County high school football coach is now being termed a manhunt for a fugitive, as officials now say he is wanted on child pornography charges. Union High School Coach Travis Lee Turner, 46, was discovered missing when police went to his home to question him last Thursday. At the time, police said it was not their intention to arrest him, but to question him in connection with an unspecified investigation. Now, multiple media outlets are reporting the substance of that investigation. Officials say Turner is wanted on five […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — East Kentucky Power Cooperative has reached a settlement with the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office to reduce the amount of the rate increase by about 20 percent from what the company had been seeking. East Kentucky Power Cooperative, which supplies power to electric co-ops across the state, including Big Sandy RECC and Licking Valley RECC, had been seeking raise rates by 6.94 percent, which would have generated a little less than an additional $80 million. Under the terms of the settlement, the company has agreed to new rates that would raise nearly $64 million in additional revenue. The […]

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