WHITESBURG, Ky. — The former sheriff charged with murder for the shooting death of a judge is taking his plea for bond to a higher court. Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines is charged in the Sept. 19, 2024, shooting death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins, who was killed inside his chambers at the Letcher County Courthouse. He has been held in jail without bond since his arrest minutes after the shooting. Under Kentucky law, defendants charged with a capital crime are not automatically eligible for bail and can be held pending trial if the proof they committed […]

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Logan County man who was arrested earlier this year on child porn charges is now facing even more serious charges in federal court. Clinton Gene McNeely, 31, of Lyburn, was arrested back in January on a charge of distributing and exhibiting material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. That charge is a felony punishable by 2-to-10 years in prison. But now McNeely potentially faces a much longer sentence, after he was indicted this week on three counts of sexual exploitation of children, three counts of possessing or receiving child porn, and one count of transportation […]

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by RODERICK [email protected] DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. — Dickenson County and the Town of Clintwood have secured a $35,000 planning grant from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to assess the viability of a community kitchen and evaluate the county’s agricultural sector. The 10-month study will be led by Dr. Elli Travis of Virginia Tech’s Center for Economic and Community Engagement. The community kitchen proposal emerged from the Resilience Adaptation Feasibility Tool (RAFT) program, a joint resilience initiative by the University of Virginia, Old Dominion University, and Virginia Tech, funded locally by UVA’s Environmental Institute. Following community input sessions, local […]

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