PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County grand jury has indicted a Stopover man for allegedly attempting to kill three people by locking them inside a burning trailer last spring. Marty Hurley, 50, was indicted Wednesday on one count of first-degree arson, three counts of attempted murder and three counts of kidnapping. The arson charge is the most serious, carrying a potential sentence of 20 year-to-life in prison. Each of the remaining charges is punishable by 10-to-20 years in prison. As Mountain Top News reported at the time, Hurley is accused of holding two women and a man at gunpoint with […]

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Family, friends, and colleagues alike attended funeral services for former Paintsville and Johnson County tourism director Jeremiah Parsons.

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Fire Department seeks to preserve history not just for new hires, but for the public as well.

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PRESS RELEASE: MARSHALL ATHLETICS HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall Athletics has announced game-time changes for its three home contests this weekend in anticipation of winter storm projections for the Tri-State area. Both Marshall Men’s Basketball home games for this week at Cam Henderson Center will see a time switch. On Thursday, Marshall’s matchup against ULM will shift from 7 p.m. to 5 p.m. while Saturday’s scheduled matchup against South Alabama will now be played at Noon, changing from its original 4 p.m. time. Also, Marshall’s Swim Meet on Saturday against Toledo has shifted from 11 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Frederick […]

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PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – As announced by the Southeastern Conference office on Tuesday afternoon, Avery Giese is SEC Co-Diver of the Week and Falemana Tuufui has been named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week. This past weekend, the Wildcats took on the No. 24 Aggies of Texas A&M. The men’s squad was victorious in the meet, taking it 193-107, while the women narrowly lost 151-147 to Texas A&M. This was the first time in 20 years that the Wildcats men’s squad had defeated SEC foe Texas A&M in a dual-meet, with the last time being in 2006. Giese, […]

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