Pikeville pitcher Isaac Duty kept the Panthers within striking distance, but Cabell-Midland held on late for a 2-1 win in a game played at StoneCrest Sports Complex on Saturday. Jeb Wilkerson doubled in Bash Ryan in the seventh inning as Pikeville dropped to 1-2. Ryan had singled. At StoneCrest SCORE BY INNINGS: R-H-E PK (1-2)….…000   000  1 […]

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ABINGDON, Va. — Two Wise County men have been sentenced for selling fentanyl pills that resulted in two overdoses. Paul Mason Perkins, 21, of Big Stone Gap, and Austin Jeremiah Lane, 23, of Norton, each pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. A third person charged in the case, 20-year-old Cheyenne Cassie Carico, also pleaded guilty and will be sentenced next month. Perkins previously admitted purchasing thousands of pills from a source in California. He reportedly would buy 1,000 pills every few weeks and then […]

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PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Paintsville dentist was arrested Friday night, after police said he impersonated an officer and offered marijuana to a young patient. Paintsville Police were called to Mayo Plaza just before 9 p.m. over a report that Richard Connelley, 69, of Salyersville, had tried to convince to the girl to come to his truck to smoke “Hawaiian pineapple express.” When police found Connelley, he told the officer he was a Magoffin County deputy sheriff and showed them a badge. Police contacted Magoffin County Sheriff Billy Meade, who said Connelley was not a deputy and that he had no […]

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