PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A traffic stop of a suspected impaired driver led Prestonsburg Police to a drug trafficking arrest. It happened Friday morning on Route 114. After Charles Cantrell, 47, of Salyersville, was pulled over on suspicion of DUI, police located more than two ounces of meth, along with several pills. Cantrell was arrested and charged with trafficking in meth and two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance.

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CORNETTSVILLE, Ky. — Reports of a man being held at gunpoint in Letcher County led police to make an arrest for drug trafficking. Police responded to a pair of campers on Appletree Branch Road in Cornettsville. When a state trooper arrived, no one was being held at gunpoint, but four people were at the scene in a dispute over an attempt to evict two of them. Once the trooper explained that the eviction would have to go through the proper channels in court, he investigated a strong smell of marijuana coming from a truck owned by 60-year-old Jerry Allen Wells. […]

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Johnson Central’s long drought in the girls’ state softball tournament ended with a gut-wrenching 3-1 victory over Fort Thomas Highlands at John Cropp Field on Thursday. The Lady Eagles, now 28-9, move to the Elite 8 and a matchup with the Rowan County/McCracken County winner at 2 pm on Saturday. Winning pitcher Maddie Vaughn pitched […]

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PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — Paintsville Police arrested three residents of a homeless shelter after finding a large amount of marijuana in their room. Police were called to the Opportunity House on Sunday over a report that one of the residents, identified as 33-year-old John Strong, was walking around outside with a gun, even though firearms are prohibited from the property. They went to the man’s apartment to inform him that he was not allowed to have a gun and obtained his permission to retrieve it. As the officer walked through the apartment, he spotted an open book bag with a black […]

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Sept. 2: vs. Ball State, Noon, SEC Network Sept. 9: vs. Eastern Kentucky, 3 p.m., ESPN+/SEC Network+ Sept. 16: vs. Akron, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU Sept. 23: at Vanderbilt Sept. 30: vs. Florida Oct. 7: at Georgia Oct. 14: vs. Missouri Oct. 28: vs. Tennessee Nov. 4: at Mississippi State Nov. 11: vs. Alabama Nov. 18: […]

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