PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Officials with the State Medical Examiner’s Office have confirmed that a leg bone found Monday night at Dewey Lake is not human in origin, the Floyd County Coroner’s Office said on Tuesday. The discovery resulted in a social media uproar, after a transcript of a 911 call reporting a “human leg with shoe” had been found at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park was shared. Coroner Greg Nelson went to the scene to review the find and determined that the remains were biological but not human. He said he consulted with state officials Tuesday about the discovery and […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A hearing in the Amber Spradlin murder case that had been set for last Friday was abruptly canceled that morning. Now, we know why the hearing was canceled and when it will take place instead. In an order filed in the case on Monday, Special Judge Eddy Coleman said he was forced to cancel the hearing after being injured in a fall. He added that injury will require surgery, which has been scheduled for Tuesday. The hearing has now been rescheduled for 10 a.m., April 23, in Pike Circuit Court.

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LOUISA, Ky. — A Lawrence County woman has been arrested after police say she rented a truck and refused to take it back. Ironton, Ohio, Police Department contacted Louisa Police on Friday about the theft. They said they had received a report from U-Haul that Amber Lynn Mitchell, 39, of Louisa, had rented a truck from the company on March 21 and had not returned it. When the company contacted Mitchell about the truck, she allegedly told them she was not bringing it back. When a sheriff’s deputy went to Mitchell’s home to investigate, he found the truck sitting in […]

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