PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The primary suspect in the Amber Spradlin murder case is asking that his bond be lowered and he be granted work release, arguing that newly examined DNA evidence has weakened the case against him. Attorney Steven Romines filed a motion for bond reduction and work release on Tuesday. In it, he asks that 26-year-old M.K. McKinney’s bond be lowered from $5 million cash and property to a property bond or $1,005,000 that has already been posted. He also requests that McKinney be granted work release from home incarceration, with the hours and location to be approved by […]

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CLINTWOOD, Va. —Two students of Ridgeview Elementary reportedly made “serious threats” against teachers, the school district is reporting. Supt. Haydee Robinson announced the incident over social media Wednesday afternoon. Her full statement follows: “We want to inform you about a serious threat made today by two students toward teachers at Ridgeview Elementary School. The situation was promptly addressed by the school’s administrative staff with assistance from law enforcement. No weapons were involved The parents of the students involved were quickly informed. Dickenson County Public Schools has initiated its disciplinary procedures per policy. “We want to recognize our students who heard […]

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ELKHORN CITY, Ky. — A Pike County couple has been charged with child abuse after police say their three children were living in a home described as heavily cluttered, unsanitary and in a state of significant disrepair. A Kentucky State Police trooper was called to a home on Regina Belcher Highway Tuesday evening to investigate a report of alleged environmental neglect. According to the police report, the trooper knocked on the door and waited several minutes before a child partially opened it. The trooper asked to speak with the child’s parents but was told that 41-year-old Timothy MacDonald was not […]

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