The golf scramble will take place Friday, August 15th and registration is open now

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Peach Orchard Bottom is a book that covers the history of Pikeville up to 1865. Its authors were at the Pike County Public Library to sign copies.

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SIDNEY, Ky. — A Pike County man has been charged with manslaughter, after another man was shot and killed over the weekend. Police say that Clifford Triplett, 54, of Dix Fork, was at home early Sunday morning, when he got into a physical altercation with James Mounts, 50. During the struggle, Triplett told police that his gun accidentally went off, killing Mounts. Triplett now faces a charge of second-degree manslaughter, a felony punishable by 5-to-10 years in prison. He is being held without bond in the Pike County Detention Center.

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man was arrested on a felony assault charge, after his girlfriend accused him of attacking her while she recovered from open-heart surgery. A pair of Pikeville Police officers were standing in the parking lot behind the station when a visibly upset woman approached them. The woman said her boyfriend, William Peterson, 46, of Pikeville, came home from work drunk and punched her in the chest. The police report says woman was crying and having a hard time breathing, and she told the officers she’d just had surgery a month ago. She further alleged he […]

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For the fifth year in a row, Floyd County students will be receiving free school supplies.

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