Family perseveres during child’s fight with leukemia

Posted by Sheldon Compton on December 24, 2025, 9:37 am in Features, Local News, Axel Combs, CANCER, Dry Ridge, Family, health, Kentucky, leukemia

The Combs family are keeping the faith as they move through son Axel’s cancer treatments.

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Pike man charged with child rape in Floyd

Posted by Ralph Davis on December 23, 2025, 3:59 pm in Breaking News, Local News, arrest, floyd county, Kentucky, Pike County, rape

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested after being indicted on a non-forcible rape charge in Floyd County.

Bryan Cantrell, 30, of Steele, was indicted back in August on a count of second-degree rape. He was not arrested until Monday.

According to the indictment, Cantrell is accused of having sex in April of 2024 with a minor who was younger than 14 at the time.

If convicted, he faces a potential sentence of 5-to-10 years in prison.

Cantrell is currently being held without bond in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville.

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