BELFRY, Ky. — A Pike County man is facing up to 10 years in prison, after he was arrested for striking another man with his car Sunday night. Police were initially called to a report of two neighbors — Robert Blankenship Sr. and Ethan Marcum — fighting in the middle of Big Creek Road at Belfry, following a disagreement about the location of a property line. At some point, a car driven by Blankenship’s son, Robert Lee Blankenship Jr., 27, struck Marcum, knocking him down. The younger Blankenship admitted to police that he hit Marcum, but said it was unintentional […]

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The case against two out-of-state men whose high-speed attempt to flee police ended with them facing federal drug charges is closed, after the final defendant was sentenced Friday. Ahmad Marques Moore, 27, of Akron, Ohio, and Dean Michael Blair, 25, of Snellville, Ga., led police on a chase reaching speeds of 120 mph through Floyd and Pike counties on June 20, 2024. During the chase, a package was thrown from the car, which turned out to contain 885 grams of meth when police recovered it. The chase was eventually called off due to the danger to the […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell will miss this year’s Fancy Farm Picnic as he continues recovering from injuries suffered in a fall earlier this summer. In a statement released Monday, the Kentucky Republican said he is continuing an intensive physical therapy program and will be unable to attend the annual political event in western Kentucky. “There’s no place I’d rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky,” McConnell said, adding that he looks forward to returning to both the Senate and Kentucky soon. The Office of the Attending Physician said […]

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 ASHLAND, Ky. — A Johnson County man is facing the potential of spending the rest of his life in prison, following his indictment on armed fentanyl trafficking charges. Brian “Butterbean” Charles, 43, of Thelma, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in London. He is charged with possession of more than 500 grams of meth and fentanyl with the intent to distribute, using a firearm in a drug trafficking crime, and felon in possession of a firearm. The charges stem from a raid on Charles’ home on July 7, during which Kentucky State Police found 3 lbs. of meth, […]

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