Angie Travis is more than prepared to serve the community as Goodwill’s new Director of Career Services

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PHELPS, Ky. — Two people were arrested Tuesday evening after reports of gunfire in Phelps. Kentucky State Police responded Widows Branch just before 6 p.m., after a man reported that his landlord was actively shooting at his home. The man told police his landlord, identified as 70-year-old Ralph Hamilton, who lives next-door, threatened to kill him and his dog and began firing his gun at his house, which had four people inside. The man said the argument began because Hamilton was trying to evict him. Hamilton told police there had been no gunshots, then later changed his story and said […]

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The Kentucky State Police released a crime statistic report, and it showed a decrease in serious crimes.

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New and returning categories aim to shine a light on those who contribute most to the region

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Pike County travel nurse has learned her fate after pleading guilty to charges related to stealing drugs from a hospital where she worked. Jacqueline Brewster, 55, of Belfry, pleaded guilty in December to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and wrongful disclosure of patient health information. The charges stem from Brewster’s employment at Raleigh General Hospital, in Beckley, W.Va. In her plea agreement, she admitted to using patient information to access vials of hydromorphone from an automated prescription dispensing machine. In her plea agreement, she would siphon off a portion of the drug from each vial […]

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