A Martin County man has been sentenced in a federal drug case. Cody Gene Spears, 30, of Lovely, pleaded guilty back in January to a single count of distributing more than 50 grams of meth. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors agreed to drop a related conspiracy charge. After evaluating his criminal history and offense level, Spears was facing a sentence of between 188 and 235 months in prison. In a court filing, his attorney argued for a lesser sentence of 120 months, noting that Spears had endured a childhood of watching his parents buy and use drugs, and that […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The Pikeville Rotary Club celebrated the conclusion of the successful 2025-26 Unite for Good-themed Rotary year during its annual Installation Banquet held Tuesday evening, June 30, in the Ballrooms at the Appalachian Wireless Arena. The evening marked the official transition of leadership as outgoing President Karen Roberts Prater passed the gavel to incoming President Shelly Justice Fouts, who began her term with the start of the new Rotary year on July 1. The banquet served as both a celebration of the club’s accomplishments during the past year and an opportunity to recognize the outstanding individuals and organizations […]

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BELFRY, Ky. — A Kentucky State Police drug investigation has resulted in five arrests and the seizure of a large amount of drugs. KSP detectives had developed information that two cars would be transporting drugs through Belfry last week. When the cars were spotted last Thursday, they were pulled over. Inside one of the cars were three Ohio men — Howard Burris, 20; Carnell Archey, 24; and Zavion McCallister, 23, all of Akron. Isaac Chapman, 28, of Pikeville, and Caitlin Griffith, 27, of Greasy Creek, were in the other. Following a search, police found 2 lbs., 7 oz. of meth […]

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GEORGETOWN, Ky. A Prestonsburg man who was arrested in Georgetown on a warrant accusing him of trying to sneak drugs to Floyd County inmates, found more trouble for himself when guards allegedly found him sneaking more drugs into the jail. Joseph Ryan Hammonds, 41, is accused of trying to deliver fentanyl to inmates in the Floyd County Detention Center back in March by putting fentanyl into a potato chip bag and leaving it where it could be found by a jail cleanup crew working along Route 680 at Harold. He was also wanted for violating his parole following a conviction […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Pikeville Medical Center has announced that it is the first health care provider in the region and only the second in Kentucky to offer innovative eCoin therapy, a minimally invasive treatment to help patients with overactive bladder and urge urinary incontinence. The eCoin device is implanted during a quick, in-office procedure that typically takes thirty minutes. Once implanted, the device automatically delivers gentle electrical stimulation to the tibial nerve, helping to regulate communication between the bladder and the brain and reducing symptoms associated with OAB. OAB affects millions of Americans and can significantly affect quality of life […]

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