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ARC subsidiary files late answer to dispute over old Bellefonte Hospital
ASHLAND, Ky. — The company at the center of a dispute over ownership of the former Bellefonte Hospital property is asking a federal judge to excuse its late response, saying leadership upheaval at its parent company caused it to miss the court’s deadline. On Wednesday, a federal court clerk entered a default against Shelton Robinson Properties LLC after the company failed to answer a lawsuit filed by California-based Emend Health Corporation. Emend claims it purchased a 50 percent ownership interest in Bellefonte Properties LLC, the company that owns the former Bellefonte Hospital campus, for more than $1 million in January. […]
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Defendant in Belfry double murder case seeks separate trial¸
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — One of the three Cincinnati men charged in connection with a 2023 double murder in Belfry has renewed his request for a separate trial, arguing that a newly disclosed statement he gave prosecutors could unfairly prejudice both him and his co-defendants. In a memorandum filed Thursday in Pike Circuit Court, 28-year-old Orlando Pack’s attorney says the Commonwealth recently turned over a proffer statement Pack made during mediation. The filing argues that the disclosure “materially changes the severance analysis” because introducing the statement in a joint trial could create constitutional issues and encourage co-defendants to shift blame onto […]
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Judge rejects plea for leniency, sentences Kimper woman to 45 years for child porn
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal judge has rejected a Pike County woman’s plea for leniency after she pleaded guilty to producing child pornography.Instead, if she completes her sentence, she will have spent as much time in prison than out. Pamela Denise Sargent, 45, of Kimper, pleaded guilty back in March to two counts of producing child pornography. In exchange for her plea, the prosecution agreed to drop two additional charges. In her plea agreement, she admitted to producing a sexually explicit video of herself with a toddler-aged boy and another of two toddler-aged boys with each other. Police discovered her activities […]
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Pikeville woman sentenced in child abuse case
Pleaded guilty to two counts of “complicity to criminal abuse”
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Coal Run to celebrate Fourth of July on the third
Event will feature wrestling, food and fireworks
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