LOUISA, Ky. — A Lawrence County woman has been arrested after police say she rented a truck and refused to take it back. Ironton, Ohio, Police Department contacted Louisa Police on Friday about the theft. They said they had received a report from U-Haul that Amber Lynn Mitchell, 39, of Louisa, had rented a truck from the company on March 21 and had not returned it. When the company contacted Mitchell about the truck, she allegedly told them she was not bringing it back. When a sheriff’s deputy went to Mitchell’s home to investigate, he found the truck sitting in […]

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by ASHLEY CRAIGNavy Office of Community Outreach MILLINGTON, Tenn. – U.S. Navy sailors from across the fleet are headed to Kentucky for Lexington Navy Week, April 7 to 12, to volunteer in the community and discuss why the Navy matters to the Bluegrass State.  While many of the sailors are from all over the country, this Navy Week will carry special meaning for visiting sailors from the area, including Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Scarbro, a native of Paintsville. Scarbro graduated from Johnson Central High School in 2010. Upon joining the Navy, Scarbro quickly found that many of the skills […]

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BANNER, Ky. — A Floyd County man is facing a felony assault charge, after his mother reported that he beat her. Sheriff’s deputies and state troopers responded after 911 received an open-line call just after 2 a.m. Sunday, during which dispatchers could hear a man screaming that he was going to kill his mother and then himself. A state trooper and EMTs found the victim, who was described as having a possible fractured jaw and eye socket, a loose tooth and seven or eight knots on her head and body. The son, identified as Justin Ryan Lewis, 41, of Daniels […]

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