Officers recall it as a day that changed their communities forever.

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ASHLAND, Ky. — A California health care company has won an initial procedural victory in its lawsuit over ownership of the former Bellefonte Hospital property, as a federal court clerk entered a default against one of the defendants after it failed to respond to the case. The dispute involves Emend Health Corporation, which claims it purchased a 50 percent ownership interest in Bellefonte Properties LLC—the company that owns the former Bellefonte Hospital campus—from Shelton Robinson Properties LLC for more than $1 million in cash, plus a promissory note, in January. Emend alleges the sale closed Jan. 27 and that, for […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County woman who pleaded guilty to producing child pornography earlier this year is now asking for mercy when she is sentenced. Pamela Denise Sargent, 44, of Kimper, pleaded guilty back in March to two counts of producing child pornography, in exchange to two additional charges being dropped. In her plea agreement, she admitted to producing a sexually explicit video of herself with a toddler-aged boy and another of two toddler-aged boys with each other. Police discovered her activities while investigating a child porn case in Missouri, where a man obtained videos from her. In a […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky State Police Post 9 successfully concluded Operation Mountain Justice, an operation targeting suspected drug trafficking networks operating throughout the Post 9 district. The operation resulted in 28 arrests, 54 total criminal charges, and the seizure of illegal drugs with a street value totaling more than $102,000. Post 9 troopers and detectives participated in the coordinated enforcement effort, which led to the seizure of approximately 4.7 pounds of suspected methamphetamine, 130 grams of suspected fentanyl, three firearms and approximately $1,500 in cash. Kentucky State Police remains committed to disrupting the distribution of illegal drugs and holding those […]

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