Ashland Blazer’s Sweet 16 run ended in a 64-48 loss to Warren Central at Rupp Arena on Friday afternoon. Rheyce DeBoard fired in a game-high 21 points as the Tomcats year ended at 23-12. Zander Carter followed with 14 points. The Dragons, now 34-1, were led by Chappelle Whitney’s 20 points. At Lexington (Sweet 16 […]

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ROCKHOUSE, Ky. — A Pike County man faces felony charges over a report that he fired a gun into a house with people inside. Police were called to a home on Marrowbone Creek Road over the incident. When they arrived, Jason Phillips told police that Jordan Damron, 33, of Peter Fork Road, had come to his house and began arguing with him from the road. Phillips told police that told Damron to leave, but he continued approaching him, so Phillips threatened him with a baseball bat to get him to leave. Phillips said Damron then backed away, but then reached […]

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BIG STONE GAP, Va. — A southwestern Virginia man is facing child porn charges in federal court. Shannon Michael Gatlin, 20, is charged with one count of sexual exploitation of minors through child pornography in U.S. District Court in Big Stone Gap. According to the indictment, Gatlin possessed sexual images of a child younger than 12 on a phone and tablet. Gatlin is currently being held in the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Duffield, after being convicted of arson. He is scheduled to appear in court April 4 to answer the new charge.

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