FRANKFORT, Ky. — The federal government will not be authorizing additional public or individual assistance in eight counties, including one in Eastern Kentucky, for damages due to February flooding. Kentucky plans to file an appeal, after the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday it would not approve individual assistance for six additional counties and local government assistance for two more counties for damages from the Valentine’s weekend flood. Gov. Andy Beshear said the state learned the information from FEMA on Wednesday. The news means that flood survivors in Lawrence, Butler, Franklin, Knox, Laurel and Whitley counties will not be receiving […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man has pleaded guilty to a federal fentanyl charge. Randy Keathley, 57, of Pikeville, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Pikeville to a single count of possession of more than 40 grams of fentanyl with the intent to distribute. In his plea agreement, he admitted to having more than 73 grams of fentanyl and that he intended to distribute it to others. Keathley was arrested last August, when police responded to a panic alarm at his home. When police arrived, Keathley said he just had a new security system installed and he had […]

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INEZ, Ky. — The Martin County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man, after saying all of their leads have been exhausted. Jody Pauley was reported missing April 22. He was last seen March 4 at 728 East Main Street, in Inez, and may have been walking toward Coldwater Road. The sheriff’s office says all efforts to locate him, including and aerial search, have proved fruitless. Anyone with information about Pauley is asked to contact the Martin County Sheriff’s Office at (606) 298-2828 or to call your local law enforcement agency.

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The Pike County Fiscal Court approved land agreements for two companies to expand trail systems.

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The defendants in the Amber Spradlin murder case appeared in court again on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

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