HAZARD, Ky. — Through its EKY STEM Ecosystem Initiative, Rural Up recently hosted two free STEM professional development opportunities designed to help K–5 educators bring engaging, standards-aligned STEM learning experiences into their classrooms. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. The hands-on STEM Toolkit Training sessions equipped teachers with strategies for using children’s literature as a launching point for STEM lessons aligned with the Kentucky Academic Standards, giving students opportunities to design, test, problem-solve, and explore science, technology, engineering, and math while reinforcing literacy, creativity, collaboration, and communication. Held on July 28 at the Challenger Learning Center in Hazard […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pikeville man accused of possessing child pornography is asking a federal judge to throw out the evidence against him, arguing that police violated his constitutional rights when they seized and searched his cellphone. Terry Weston Rogers, 30, is charged in U.S. District Court with knowingly possessing material depicting a prepubescent minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The federal indictment stems from evidence investigators say was discovered on Rogers’ cellphone. Rogers’ attorney, Paul K. Croley II, filed a motion Friday asking the court to suppress all evidence obtained from the phone, as well as any evidence investigators […]

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PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — Paintsville Police arrested a man early Friday morning who they say was holding a woman at knifepoint when they arrived.; Police were called to Elite Apartments just after midnight Friday over a report of a man assaulting a woman. When police arrived, they ere greeted by children who said the man, later identified as 26-year-old Carmehino Gonzalez, had their mother locked in a bedroom and was refusing to let her out. Police went to the bedroom, but the police report says Gonzalez refused to let them in. When they forced their way inside, they said Gonzalez had […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Mingo County man has been arrested two years after he was indicted on charges related to an altercation with police. Trellis Ray Cisco, 48, of Matewan, was originally arrested in June of 2024, following an incident that occurred during a traffic stop. Cisco was pulled over for operating an ATV on U.S. 119. During the stop, he was unable to provide police with a license, insurance or registration and allegedly gave them a false name.  He was placed under arrest, at which time police say he fell on the ground and complained of back pain. He […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a Pike Circuit Court ruling that allowed a lawsuit against the Pike County Board of Education to proceed following a 2023 collision involving a school bus. The appellate court ruled the school board is protected by governmental immunity and sent the case back to Pike Circuit Court for further proceedings. The lawsuit was filed by Jonathan Collins, who alleges he was seriously injured when a school bus driven by Pike County school bus driver John Robinette collided with his vehicle in Pinsonfork on Dec. 6, 2023. Collins sued both Robinette […]

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