PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A man charged with vehicular homicide for the 2023 death of two girls in a DUI crash is asking to have his bond reduced for a second time. Marcus Logan Auxier, 21, of Nippa, is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, DUI, three counts of wanton endangerment, three counts of first-degree assault, and leaving the scene of an accident. He is accused of being impaired in July 2023 when he crashed his vehicle with five other people in the car. Two of those passengers, 16-year-old Kendra Jade Moreno and 13-year-old MaKenna Reese Barnett, died of their […]

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PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — What began a routine shoplifting call Friday night quickly escalated, but stopped just short of shots being fired. Paintsville Police were called to Walmart around 7 p.m. over a report of a shoplifter. When officers arrived, they found the suspect, Scotty Marshall, 39, of Salyersville, in the doorway of the security office. When Marshall saw the officers, the police report says he ran out of the store and into the parking lot. An officer caught up with Marshall as he tried to get into his car and told him he was under arrest. Police say Marshall then […]

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FRANKLIN, Tenn. — A Perry County native and former member of country and soft rock band Exile, has died. Bernie Faulkner died on Sunday, Dec. 1, in Franklin, Tenn. Faulkner joined the band in 1967, replacing former keyboardist Buzz Cornelison and also contributing on guitar and saxophone. He would remain with the band until 1973. During Faulkner’s tenure with the band, they toured the country with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars three times and landed a deal with Columbia Records in 1969. After leaving the band, Faulkner remained active in music as a producer and songwriter, earning a gold record […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Floyd County man who was arrested following a drug raid back in September has now been indicted by a federal grand jury. Joshua Vajda, 35, of Keathley Branch Road, was arrested Sept. 12, after Kentucky State Police executed a search warrant at his home and seized more than a pound of meth and five handguns. He has now been charged with two counts of distributing meth, possession of more than 500 grams of meth with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm by a convicted […]

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BANNER, Ky. — A Floyd County man has been arrested after his mother called 911 and reported he was trying to kill her. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a report of an assault in progress at a home on Kidd Fork Road at Banner. While en route to the home, dispatchers reported hearing someone on the call saying, “You are going to die, close your eyes,” and another person saying, “He’s got a knife.” When officers arrived, they found Benjamin Shepherd, 34, and his mother on the porch. The woman reportedly said, “Thank God, he is trying to kill me,” […]

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