Shawna Kelly Blair has been elected as the Pike County representative for the Upstream Academy, an initiative of Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky.

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The Pizza & Pitch event gave people the opportunity to share business ideas, network, eat pizza, and win money.

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — After a judge reduced his bond following a court hearing on Monday, the man accused of killing Amber Spradlin has been unable to produce the new bond and his attorney is asking for another reduction. M.K. McKinney is charged with the murder of Spradlin, who was found stabbed to death in the home of his father, Michael McKinney, on June 18, 2023. Both McKinneys and family friend Josh Mullins are also charged with evidence tampering for allegedly trying to cover up the crime. Michael McKinney and Mullins were both released on bond and home incarceration shortly after […]

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MARROWBONE, Ky. — Three people were taken to jail following an investigation into a stolen dirt bike in Pike County. Kentucky State Police was called to a home on Marrowbone Creek, where the bike was stolen. An Apple Air Tag had been placed on the bike, and it showed that it was at a home on Wallace Road. When police arrived, they couldn’t find it, but the victim called back to say it was now being shown to be moving up and down Marrowbone Creek Road. Police found soon found the dirt bike and confirmed it was stolen through its […]

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PILGRIM, Ky. — A Martin County man was arrested on felony charges of assault and unlawful imprisonment related to spousal abuse. A 911 call was made from a home on Frog Pond Road, near Pilgrim, on Saturday, by a woman reporting a domestic dispute, saying that there was blood everywhere inside the home. When police arrived at the residence, both were gone, but officers observed blood, beer cans and clutter scattered throughout the home. Soon afterwards, West Virginia State Police got in touch with local officers to say they had detained the suspect, identified as Dewayne Collins, 55, at the […]

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