PIKEVILLE, Ky. — An employee at Wright Brothers Wright Distilling in downtown Pikeville was arrested after police say he got drunk there and then left work to drop in at another nearby business where he allegedly harassed female employees and threw a glass of beer at one employee’s husband. Jacob Fletcher, 32, of Pikeville, was taken into custody at Pinch Aesthetics by Pikeville Police Department officers just before 6 p.m. Thursday evening. According to the arrest citation, police were called to Pinch Aesthetics about an intoxicated male inside the business. One of the first statements given to officers was that […]

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ASHLAND, Ky. — A federal inmate at the Big Sandy federal prison has been indicted for three counts of assaulting correctional officers at the prison. Daviian Dwane Roberts, 35, who is now serving a 12.5-year sentence on federal weapons charges in the federal supermax prison in Florence, Col., is accused of assaulting three corrections officers with a weapon last March. The charges could add up to 20 years to his sentence. No hearings have yet been set in the case.

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Pike Emergency Management Director Nee Jackson tells us what we can expect from forecasted snowstorm and how to prepare. This severe weather update is brought to you by Community Trust Bank…building communities, built on trust, Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.

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We sat down with Blake Moss to discuss his goal to connect small business owners in Poland with those in eastern Kentucky.

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First Frontier Trails sponsoring Knott County race for Mine Made Adventure Park for cross country series.

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