FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentuckians with concerns about the growing number of proposed data centers will have an opportunity to share their views with state lawmakers during a legislative listening session Oct. 1 in Frankfort. The Data Center Legislative Listening Session will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Room 171 of the Capitol Annex at 702 Capital Ave. State Rep. Adam Moore organized the session. Residents, local officials and others will be able to discuss the potential impacts of data centers and offer ideas for safeguards as lawmakers consider the issue. Concerns surrounding proposed data centers include their […]

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LONDON, Ky. — A Prestonsburg man who was arrested on a child porn charge after police raided his apartment last month has now been indicted by a federal grand jury. Jimmy Ray Brown, 31, was arrested on a single count of possessing child porn after the FBI, Kentucky State Police and Prestonsburg Police executed a search warrant at his home Sept. 9. Brown’s arrest came following a long and winding investigation by the FBI’s Huntington office. Agents began investigating in order to identify a person downloading and sharing child porn videos using the BitTorrent file sharing service. Investigators say the […]

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SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — What began with a Magoffin County deputy sheriff pulling over a vehicle for a traffic violation ended with four people being taken to jail for meth and fentanyl trafficking. The deputy was observing traffic on Route 2020 when he saw the vehicle pass by and veer onto the far left side of the road when taking a curve. After pulling over the vehicle, he realized that the driver, Howard Timothy Lemaster, 53, of Salyersville, was wanted on warrants, so he detained him. The deputy also saw a rear seat passenger, Steven Darrell Vanhoose, 37, of Lowmansville, moving […]

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