DORTON, Ky. — Two people were arrested after police found a trailer that had been stolen from the city of Jenkins. On Friday, Kentucky State Police received a request for assistance from Jenkins Police, after the trailer was discovered at Dorton. When police investigated, they found Chad Smallwood, 44, of Jenkins, and Courtney Childress, 31, of Pikeville, inside. Smallwood and Childress told police they had nothing to do with the theft and did not know the trailer was stolen. A search of the trailer turned up needles, metal pipes and plastic bags with drug residue. Police also found a gun, […]

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Power crews have made substantial progress restoring electricity throughout Eastern Kentucky, but some stubborn outages remain. As of 11 a.m. Tuesday, about 13,500 customers remain without power in the areas served by Kentucky Power, Big Sandy RECC and Licking Valley RECC. That is down from a high of more than 21,000 a day earlier. Outages remain high in Johnson County, where 30 percent of homes and businesses, or 3,900 customers, are still without power. Other problem areas are in Martin County, where 27 percent of homes and businesses are without power, and Lawrence County, 22 percent. In Pike County, only […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. – With Kentucky currently under a State of Emergency, Attorney General Russell Coleman announced the activation of the Attorney General’s Price Gouging Hotline. Attorney General Coleman encourages any Kentuckian who suspects price gouging to report it online or by calling (888) 432-9257.  A team of attorneys, investigators and staff with the Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection will review the complaints to determine if price gouging has occurred. Kentucky law defines price gouging as a grossly excessive charge – more than 10 percent above the price prior to the emergency declaration – that is not related to higher costs to the […]

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UPDATE, 2 p.m. — Power crews have been making headway in restoring power across Appalachia, even as the potential for more outages looms this evening. The number of outages in Eastern Kentucky as of 2 p.m. had fallen to fewer than 19,000, down from more than 21,000 at 11 a.m. Those include nearly 7,900 for Kentucky Power, nearly 5,200 for Big Sandy RECC and more than 5,700 for Licking Valley RECC. Likewise, Appalachian Power was reporting 93,000 outages across West Virginia and Virginia at 2 p.m., down from more than 100,000 earlier. Among the most impacted counties, Johnson County was […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The full impact of a winter storm bearing down on Kentucky is yet to be known, but already, state and officials have issued orders declaring a State of Emergency. Gov. Andy Beshear issued his order on Saturday. The State of Emergency is a necessary legal requirement to activate state resources to respond to any damages caused by the storm. “This winter storm will likely cause significant disruption and dangerous conditions on our roads and could cause significant power outages – just 24 hours before it gets dangerously cold,” Gov. Beshear said. “We care about every Kentucky family and those […]

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