DORTON, Ky. — A Kentucky State Police trooper and another man were injured early Saturday morning when a utility terrain vehicle collided with his cruiser in the Dorton community. The Kentucky State Police Critical Incident Response Team has been requested by Post 9 in Pikeville to investigate the collision, which occurred around 1:20 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22. According to a preliminary investigation, Troopers Mitchell Culbertson and Cameron Whitaker were conducting highway safety enforcement and had parked their cruisers in the median of U.S. 23 when a UTV collided with the rear of Culbertson’s cruiser. Culbertson suffered a laceration to the […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County couple has been indicted on charges of child abuse. Kirt Ramey, 30, of Steele, and Teonna McNutt, 24, of Lick Creek, are each charged with first-degree abuse of a child 12 or younger. The indictment gives no details on the nature of the alleged abuse, but says it occurred between March 5 and 21. If convicted, each charge carries a potential sentence of 10-to-20 years in prison. Ramey has been arrested and is currently being held in the Pike County Detention Center on a $500,000 cash bond. A warrant has been issued for McNutt’s […]

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LONDON, Ky. — Two Pike County residents intend to enter guilty pleas in a federal drug conspiracy case within the next week. Wayne Buzzard, 57, of Zebulon Highway, and Cathy McKinney, 54, of Island Creek, were arrested in March as part of a roundup by Pikeville Police. The following month, they were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to distribute meth and possession of meth with the intent to distribute. Buzard was also charged with using a gun in a drug trafficking crime, while McKinney was charged with three counts of distributing meth. Last week, both […]

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