PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Michael Thompson has been named Chief Operating Officer for Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center, where he will bring experience he gained while serving as COO of Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center since May 2025. Before coming into health care, Thompson was the CFO of businesses ranging from real estate to restaurants under an umbrella company. The job involved traveling throughout Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, and Thompson realized in 2024 that he was ready for a change. Thompson’s prior experience centered around making systems work better, but the work was more abstract in nature. He wanted […]

The post Thompson named COO of Highlands ARH appeared first on Mountain Top Media.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — An Elkhorn City man has been arrested on DUI and felony charges, following a crash between his truck and a motorcycle. It happened just before 9:30 Wednesday night on old U.S. 460 near Indian Hills Liquor Store. Witnesses told Pikeville Police that the motorcycle collided with a truck, and the operator of the motorcycle was found unresponsive at the scene. The truck was found in the liquor store parking lot, and police talked with a woman sitting in the truck. After first telling police she had been driving, she later changed her story and said she was […]

The post Driver arrested following injury crash in Pike County appeared first on Mountain Top Media.

LONDON, Ky. — A Pike County woman who was recently ordered to spend 45 years in prison for producing child pornography has given notice that she plans to appeal that sentence. Pamela Denise Sargent,45, of Kimper, pleaded guilty back in March to two counts of producing child porn. In doing so, she admitted to producing a sexually explicit video of herself with a toddler-aged boy and another of two toddler-aged boys with each other.  Prior to her sentencing earlier this month, her attorney conceded that she could be sentenced to up to 60 years in prison, but said a 15-year […]

The post Sargent announces plans to appeal sentence in child porn conviction appeared first on Mountain Top Media.