PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County woman’s trial on federal child porn charges has been postponed for a sixth time, after her attorney requested additional time to work out a plea agreement. Pamela Denise Sargent, 45, of Kimper, is charged with four counts of producing child pornography.The charges are punishable by 15-to-30 years in prison. The case began with a child porn investigation in Missouri, where a Park Hills man was arrested for possessing and promoting child porn and sexual exploitation of a minor. The man told police he had received sexually-explicit videos from a Kentucky woman and her daughter, […]

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NEW YORK — A structured financing and investment firm is seeking to freeze the assets of Addiction Recovery Care, claiming the company has defaulted on its obligations to turn over tax receivables, violating a temporary restraining order in attempts to keep the money. Angelica Capital Trust filed a petition with the Manhattan federal court Jan. 12, seeking to freeze ARC’s assets while arbitration over the disputed funds played out. In its petition, Angelica says it paid ARC $5.4 million to buy $8.1 million in receivables ARC anticipated receiving from the IRS for employee retention tax credits. Angelica says ARC was […]

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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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