KIMPER, Ky. — For the second time this week, police are investigating a fatal side-by-side crash in Pike County. Kentucky State Police responded to a report of a crash on Upper Johns Creek Road just after 5:30 Sunday morning. The investigation indicates a Polaris UTV left the roadway, traveled over an embankment, and crashed into a tree. Michael Hardin, 34, of Kimper, died at the scene. Kyle Hardin, 38, of Phelps, was taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries. Less than six hours earlier, a UTV crash at McCarr resulted in the death of Michael Sincell, 28, of Freeburn. […]

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IVEL, Ky. — A Floyd County woman says she was only trying to get a ride, but she ended up being arrested for kidnapping. Prestonsburg Police were called just before 9 p.m. Tuesday over a report that a woman had forced her way into a vehicle near Highlands ARH and it headed south on U.S. 23. The caller advised he had been able to get in contact with the driver, who said she had pulled over at Meade Tractor in Ivel. The car was still there when police arrived at that location, and 48-year-old Angela Hall, of Eastern, got out […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man employed by the fiscal court lost his job and was taken to jail, following a series of events while he was at work. State troopers were called to the courthouse Monday, over a report that Andrew Thomas Smith, 22, of Virgie, had been growing progressively more violent. The police report alleges Smith beat on things until his knuckles bled and also used a pry bar to stab a county truck multiple times, putting holes in the frame. The bed of the truck had to be replaced. He also allegedly trapped and brought his […]

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PHELPS, Ky. — A Pike County man already under indictment for a stabbing was arrested again last week, after a man complained that he shot his dog. The animal’s owner contacted Kentucky State Police on Thursday, saying Cody Wright, 22, of Phelps, had shot his dog while it was on the owner’s property. The man told police he had recently purchased a piece of property at the intersection of Route 194 and Rockhouse Road, and that Wright would routinely cut through his property, either walking or in a vehicle, even though he had told him to stop. The man said […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Pike County is continuing to distribute free weather radios this week. The county received a hazard mitigation grant to hand out 5,000 of the radios. Areas targeted for the giveaways are places that have historically received flooding, as well as areas where cell phone service can be spotty. The radios will be available at the following times and locations: The radios are preset to the areas where residents live and will provide information about forecasts, watches and warnings.

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