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Pike man charged with assaulting minors
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man faces a number of charges after being accused of assaulting several children. Pikeville Police were called to an apartment on College Street over a report of a domestic violence incident between a man and child. When they arrived, they were met outside by five children and a woman carrying a baby. The woman told police Deshaun Lemar Gwyn, 34, shoved her out of the way while she was holding the baby in order to attack their sons. One boy was holding a large clump of hair which he said his father pulled out. […]
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Stines’ attorneys ask judge to recuse himself from murder trial
WHITESBURG, Ky. — We now have a good idea about what prompted the cancellation of the most recent court hearing in the case against the former Letcher County sheriff accused of murdering a district judge. Former Letcher Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines is charged with murder for shooting and killing Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins while the two talked in the judge’s chambers. The shooting was captured on video, but Stines’ attorneys have said they plan to pursue an insanity defense. The case had been set for a pretrial conference on Dec. 18, but Special Judge Christopher Cohron canceled the hearing […]
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Virginia woman arrested for meth trafficking after passing through Pike roadblock
HARDY, Ky. — A Virginia woman was arrested after police found meth in her car when she passed through a Pike County roadblock. Pike County sheriff’s deputies were staging the checkpoint Saturday night along Route 319 at Hardy, when Cherish Dawn Conaway, 19, of Cedar Bluff, came driving through. Officers immediately smelled marijuana when they spoke with her, so they had her pull to the side. Officer then found a small bag of meth under the driver’s seat, as well as a larger bag of a white powder in the glove compartment. Conaway told officers the second bag contained powdered […]
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UK FB: Alex Wollschlaeger Accepts Invite to Hula Bowl
PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky senior offensive lineman Alex Wollschlaeger has accepted an invitation to participate in the 80th annual Altrua HealthCare Hula Bowl, to be played January 10, 2026 in DeLand, Florida. He will join fellow offensive line mate and tackle Shiyazh Pete in the showcase. Kickoff is at noon ET at Spec Martin Memorial Stadium. Tickets can be purchased at HulaBowl.com. Wollschlaeger, from Aurora, Illinois, started all 12 games at right tackle in his lone season at Kentucky after transferring from Bowling Green State. He registered a 100 percent grade on his assignments over 830 snaps, […]
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Floyd man charged with meth trafficking following chase
MAYTOWN, Ky. — A Floyd County man faces a long list of charges following a chase the day after Christmas. Just before 5 p.m., Friday, a deputy sheriff spotted a motorcycle run a stop sign without signaling when turning onto Route 680 from Goose Creek Road. The deputy activated his lights to pull the bike over, but wrote that the operator, later identified as Timothy Hall, 26, of Martin, looked back at him and then sped up. When the vehicles reached a passing zone, the deputy pulled up alongside the motorcycle to make sure Hall saw he was trying to […]
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