SIDNEY, Ky. — A Pike County man wanted in a pair of cases has been arrested, but not before leading police on a high speed chase and crashing his motorcycle twice. Police clocked a motorcycle going 100 mph on U.S. 119 at Sidney just before 3 a.m. Thursday. Troopers attempted to pull over the bike, but it failed to stop and managed to get away. A few minutes later, they got a report of a motorcycle crash at the Aflex bridge, but the bike was gone by the time they arrived on the scene. They found the bike a short […]

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SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man has been arrested four months after being indicted on multiple child porn counts. James Cole, 48, of Salyersville, was first arrested back in January following an investigation by the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crimes Branch. KSP discovered child porn images being uploaded to the internet and traced the source to Cole’s home on Rockhouse Fork Road. After obtaining a search warrant, Cole was interviewed and reportedly admitted to viewing the images on a gaming device. After bonding out, he was indicted in May. He was arrested on the indictment warrant Tuesday. He was […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man was arrested after police were called to report that he assaulted his girlfriend. Police went to a Maynard Fork home Saturday over a complaint that 34-year-old Warren Tyler Ford was “beating his girlfriend” and that he threatened to “slit her throat.” Ford was found outside behind the home. He told police he and the woman got into an argument after she set a pair of his boxer shorts on fire, but he denied assaulting her. The woman and other witnesses had a different story, saying the girlfriend accidentally dropped a lit cigarette onto […]

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A group of West Virginia Democratic delegates is calling for a special session to address West Virginia University’s budget shortfall. Del. Evan Hansen, D-Morgantown, said the legislature shares responsibility for the university’s budget crisis, which has resulted in plans to slash 143 faculty positions and eliminate nearly 30 majors. The university’s board approved the cuts last week. Hansen pointed out that over the years, the university’s funding has declined by tens of millions of dollars, and added people statewide will feel the impacts of a diminished university system. “It’s a big hit on the local economy and on […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man is in jail after police received a call Monday that he broke into a woman’s house and attacked her. Kentucky State Police went to the Red Creek home, where Randy Tucker, 57, allegedly kicked in the front door, grabbed the woman who lived there, tried to break her arm, and threatened to kill her. When they arrived, he was found at a neighboring house, where he allegedly threatened to kill the couple who live there and wouldn’t leave. The trooper wrote in his report that Tucker appeared to be under the influence of […]

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