Floyd County District Judge Tyler Green has been focusing on the mental health specialty court since the start of this year.

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Ramsey appears for preliminary hearing, case waived to grand jury

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by CHRIS WOOLERYMountain Association By any measure, the economy of Eastern Kentucky and the wider Appalachian region is struggling. The collapse of the coal industry, the opioid crisis, and the recurring natural disasters have left scars that are slow to heal. Families and individual households trying to make ends meet rely on an array of federal assistance. Recently, there have been cuts or threats to these assistance programs, including a proposed total elimination of a vital energy assistance program that supports 6 million low-income households each year across the country. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is zeroed out […]

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SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man for allegedly abusing his girlfriend’s son. Staff at North Magoffin Elementary contacted Kentucky State Police last Thursday to report suspicions that a 5-year-old student had been abused. School staff told police that the boy had just returned to school after missing more than a week. They said during recess at 9:30 that morning, he had fallen asleep on a tricycle, and that is when teachers noticed extensive bruising on his right arm, back, neck, legs and rear. When asked what had happened, the boy said he couldn’t tell or he would get in […]

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PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Paintsville Police officer found himself on the wrong side of the law, when he was placed under arrest early Sunday morning. Police were called to Taco Bell in Paintsville just after midnight Sunday morning, over a report of an ATV in the drive-thru with a driver who appeared to be intoxicated. A Paintsville Police officer and Johnson County sheriff’s deputy responded to the call, and found the ATV leaving the drive-thru when they arrived. The police report notes that the driver, identified as 36-year-old Paintsville Police patrolman James Bradley, was swerving and ran a red light. […]

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