ELKHORN CITY, Ky. — A man whose body was found in the Russell Fork River Thursday night has been identified. Pike County Coroner Kevin Hall identified the victim as Zack Mullins, 19, of Grundy. Mullins was a 2025 graduate of Hurley High School and played on the football team. In a senior spotlight, he wrote that he planned to become a coal miner after graduation. Hall did not have any information about the events leading up to his death. Mullins’ body was found in Kentucky around 9 p.m. by rescuers with Millard Fire & Rescue. His body has been taken […]

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UPDATE, 9:18 p.m.: Mountain Top News has now learned that the body of a man has been pulled from the river. The Pike County Coroner’s Office is on the scene. The identity of the victim has not yet been released. We are only being told at this time that it is a white male. Mountain Top News will continue to update this story as more information becomes available. ORIGINAL STORY: ELKHORN CITY, Ky. — Rescue crews are searching the Russell Fork River after a 19-year-old man went missing during heavy storms passing through the region. A source close to the […]

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WHITESBURG, Ky. — A Letcher County man who was pulled over for multiple traffic violations found himself heading to jail for multiple drug trafficking charges. A state trooper spotted an SUV running a stop sign as it left McDonald’s Wednesday morning, then fail to use a turn signal, so he pulled it over. When the driver — identified as Charles Tackett, 75, of Whitesburg — leaned forward to reach into his glove box, the officer spotted a pill wrapped in cellophane behind him. A police dog was brought in, which resulted in the discovery of multiple pills such as oxycodone, […]

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man has been arrested on a receiving stolen property charge, nearly four years after a box of jewelry was stolen. The victim reported to police that his mother’s jewelry box was stolen from his home, while he was out of town at a funeral back in November of 2021. The jewelry inside the box was valued at about $3,000, according to the arrest warrant. Okie Douglas Boyd, 36, of Banner, came under suspicion when he allegedly tried to sell the jewelry to another person who recognized it and took pictures of it. Boyd has […]

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ROANOKE, Va. — Christopher Todd Gilbert was sworn in Monday as the new United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. As U.S. Attorney, Gilbert will serve as the chief federal law enforcement officer in the Western District of Virginia, representing the federal government in all civil and criminal litigation. “I am honored to serve as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia,” Gilbert said. “In my heart, I have always been a prosecutor and to return to that role now is the opportunity of a lifetime. My wife and I have spent our lives in […]

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