PIKEVILLE, Ky. — In commemoration of National Police Officers Memorial Week, Kentucky State Police Post 9 in Pikeville will honor fallen troopers on Thursday, May 13. Those to be honored include: Trooper Jerome Scott Clifton, 30, passed away on Oct. 1, 1980, after being shot while attempting to arrest a shooting suspect in a domestic disturbance incident in Pike County. Trooper Clifton was assigned to Post 9 Pikeville and was a nine-year veteran of the Kentucky State Police. He was survived by his wife and two daughters. He is buried at Davidson Memorial Gardens in Ivel in Floyd County. In honor […]

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Huntington, W.Va., man has entered a guilty plea to a federal drug charge, after he was caught bringing a shipment of fentanyl to Pike County. Donte Hendricks, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lexington federal court to one count of possession of more than 40 grams of fentanyl with the intent to distribute. The case arose out of a traffic stop last year. Pikeville Police had received a tip that Hendricks would be bringing a large amount of fentanyl to the area. The tip included a description of the man and his car, so police were able […]

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SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County deputy who spotted a wanted man on an ATV Monday ended up taking him and his passenger to jail on drug trafficking charges. The deputy was returning from another call around 8 p.m. Monday, when he spotted John Riley Montgomery, 46, and Corrina Joann Ratliff, 45, both of Salyersville, sitting on an ATV next to Route 378. The deputy knew Montgomery to be wanted on outstanding warrants, so he stopped to tell him he would have to take him in. As the officer was taking him to the front of his police car to […]

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man is facing felony wanton endangerment and other charges, following an incident when he allegedly left a woman and her 5-month-old child on the side of a highway. The woman showed up at Prestonsburg City Hall on Sunday, asking to speak with police. She said she and her child had been riding in a car with Michael Ousley, 43, of Auxier, to the Prestonsburg Village Shopping Center. She also described Ousley as acting agitated during the drive, saying she believed it was because of her getting a new job. When they arrived at the […]

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SARAH ANN, W.Va. — The Hatfields and McCoys Historical Society is sponsoring three free events to help Appalachian residents connect with their ancestry, heritage, and a famous feud that nearly divided America. The nonprofit organization is sponsoring two exhibits from the West Virginia Humanities Council during May and June. It will be capped off with a somber wreath-laying ceremony and the awarding of a scholarship to a rising high school senior from noon to 2 p.m. Monday, May 25, at the Hatfield Family Cemetery. “Memorial Day holds a profound, layered significance in Appalachia that goes far beyond a three-day weekend,” said William K. “Billy” […]

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