FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked a second court-ordered mental-health evaluation for former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines, who is charged with murdering District Judge Kevin Mullins. In an order granting emergency relief, Chief Appellate Judge Larry Thompson stayed the portion of an Aug. 11 Letcher Circuit Court order authorizing prosecutors to have Stines undergo another mental-health evaluation. The second evaluation had been scheduled for Oct. 14 with Indiana psychiatrist Dr. George Parker. In his ruling, Thompson indicated the stay is required because otherwise Stines would undergo the second evaluation before the court could […]

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The City of Jenkins has adopted a resolution banning the construction of data centers within city limits for at least the next two years. In an interview, Jenkins Mayor Todd DePriest stated, “In talking with the city council, we decided there isn’t a good place to put a data center here. A lot of people were talking against it, so we decided to get ahead of it and make sure we don’t have one.” The resolution lists the concerns of the city and citizens; high power usage that could strain the electrical grid, high water usage that could strain supply, […]

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LOUISA, Ky. — A Virginia man and woman traveling between two states where marijuana is legal ran out of luck as they drove through Kentucky early Thursday morning, when they were arrested after police found duffel bags filled with marijuana in their trunk. A state trooper pulled over a rental car driven by Abigail Dickenson, 29, of Castlewood, Va., after clocking it traveling 56 mph in a 55 mph zone on U.S. 23 near Louisa. Ja’juan Calis Williams, 30, also of Castlewood, was a passenger in the car. The officer detected the scent of marijuana while talking to Dickenson, so […]

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