GREASY CREEK, Ky. — A Pike County man is in jail after allegedly leading police on a chase on a stolen motorcycle. A state trooper was patrolling Greasy Creek around 8:30 Wednesday night, when he spotted a motorcycle that appeared to be driving recklessly. When he got behind it and ran the bike’s plate, it also turned out to be expired, so he activated his lights to pull it over. Instead, the motorcycle sped up, sparking a pursuit. The police report notes the bike stopped once to let a rear passenger off, then took off again. Eventually, the bike crashed […]

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — It took some detective work, but Prestonsburg Police turned a traffic stop into an arrest of two people for a Scott County theft. Police spotted a U-Haul weaving along Route 114 Wednesday and pulled it over outside of a gas station. When they spoke to the driver, he told them his wallet was stolen, so he didn’t have a driver’s license on him, and he didn’t have the paperwork for renting the U-Haul, but he gave the officer a name, date of birth and Social Security number. But when the officer ran that information, the picture that […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested after police say he stole two cars from students at the University of Pikeville. Pikeville Police were originally called to the second theft just after midnight on Monday, when they received a report that a car had been taken from the top floor of the Hambley Boulevard parking garage. While investigating that case, police learned that UPike Public Safety had received several reports of cars being broken into over the weekend, as well as another case of a car being stolen, only to be returned to the same parking lot […]

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — An inmate’s craving for a nicotine fix could end up keeping him in jail for several more years. A guard at the Floyd County Detention Center was doing a routine walk-through last week, when inmate David Chandler, 42, of Paintsville, allegedly came up and told him he would pay the guard $20 if he dropped a cigarette in the floor and walked away. Instead of doing that, the guard reported it to his supervisor, resulting in Chandler being charged with bribery of a public servant. That charge is a Class C felony, punishable by 5-to-10 years in […]

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Shelby Valley erased a six-point deficit to come from behind and beat Betsy Layne, 63-61, in a game played at Junior Newsome Arena on Tuesday night. Riley Phillips finished with a game-high 26 points as the Wildcats moved to 1-1. Brady Johnson tallied 10 while Caden Johnson and Braiden Tackett added eight  each. Andrew Kidd finished […]

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