PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Pikeville man has been arrested after Kentucky State Police say a traffic stop in Prestonsburg led to the seizure of approximately 159 grams of suspected methamphetamine. According to KSP Post 9, troopers stopped a 2007 Nissan Titan on U.S. 23 in the Prestonsburg area after the Post 9 Street Crimes Unit developed information that the vehicle was allegedly being used to transport illegal drugs into Pike County. A KSP citation says the stop occurred at 2:27 a.m. Tuesday. During the investigation, officers searched the vehicle and allegedly found several individually packaged bags of suspected methamphetamine hidden […]

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PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Prestonsburg man is facing a misdemeanor prostitution charge, after he told police he had been trading gift cards for sex. Just before 6 a.m. Sunday, a Paintsville Police officer spotted a car parked alongside the Speedway gas station. The vehicle moved and parked a short distance down the street after the officer passed the vehicle. The officer spoke to a clerk at Speedway, who said the man seemed suspicious because he had been parked at the gas station for much of the night and had come into the store multiple times to buy Xbox and other […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will host a live auction to sell surplus items and confiscated hunting and fishing equipment on Monday, Oct. 5. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m., and the auction of surplus property and confiscated items will begin at 9:30 a.m. The auction will be held outdoors, rain or shine, on the department’s headquarters campus at 1 Sportsman’s Lane in Frankfort, Kentucky. A complete list of items available for sale will soon be provided on the department’s Surplus and Confiscated Items Auction webpage, including a large selection of boats, boat trailers and motors. […]

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