WHITESBURG, Ky. — Special Judge Christopher Cohron will remain on the Shawn Mickey Stines murder case. Stines is the former Letcher County sheriff charged with murder for the Sept. 19, 2024, shooting death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers. Back in December, defense attorneys filed a motion asking the judge to recuse himself from the case, after they received information that Cohron and Mullins sat next to each other at a judicial conference just seven days before Mullins’ death. But on Friday, Cohron denied the motion and vouched for his impartiality in the case. “To be […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — The son of a former Paintsville doctor who pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge in 2024 now has a criminal conviction of his own, after a jury found him guilty of all charges in a federal drug trial. Jeremy Bryson was found guilty conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to use the DEA registration of another, monetary transaction derived from unlawful activity and six counts of distributing controlled substances on Wednesday, following an eight-day trial in Frankfort. Court records show Jeremy Bryson owned the Appalachian Family Medicine in Paintsville, while his father, Don Bryson, owned the […]

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by RODERICK MULLINS CLINTWOOD, Va. — Clintwood Fire Department personnel were notified on Wednesday of a reported apartment fire on Caney Ridge within the department’s first due area. The first arriving unit at the apartment fire located on DC Caney Ridge road reported moderate smoke showing from the second division of the apartment building and based on the conditions, countywide alert tones were activated to bring in additional manpower from surrounding agencies. Crews conducted primary searches of the structure, which proved negative for civilians but positive for one animal. Upon locating the animal, it was removed from the structure safely. […]

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