PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Ahead of his sentencing for evidence tampering next week, defense attorneys for Donald Kyle Deskins are asking that any sentence he receive be probated. Deskins was indicted in 2023 on charges of murder and evidence tampering for the 2021 death of his wife, Judith Deskins. After one trial ended in a hung jury, Deskins and prosecutors agreed to a plea deal on the eve of his second trial that saw him enter an Alford plea to one count of evidence tampering in exchange for the murder charge and a second count of evidence tampering being dropped. An […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is asking the public to report wild pig sightings around Printer and surrounding areas in Floyd County, after a group of wild pigs was found and reported to the department in April. Wild pigs displace game species like deer and turkey, negatively affecting hunter harvest. They also destroy crops and food plots, and they consume an ample amount of acorns in the fall, which many wildlife species heavily rely on as a food source. Wild pig populations did not naturally expand into Kentucky. Populations are the result of the illegal […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly 25,000 students at Job Corps centers around the country, including those at the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center in Prestonsburg, face an uncertain future, after the U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday it is “pausing” operations at 99 contractor-operated centers, effectively eliminating the programs. The announcement brought immediate change, with the Perkins center’s website now redirecting to a page of education, employment and military resources for former students. The department says the decision is in line with President Donald Trump’s proposed budget. It comes following the release of the “Job Corps Transparency Report” last month, […]

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