SALYERSVILLE, Ky. – Magoffin County Judge-Executive Matt Wireman shared with residents on Facebook yesterday evening that he will retire from his office effective Wednesday making January 1 his first official day of out of office. “This decision is about timing and doing things the right way,” Wireman said in his statement. “including taking the required twelve-month break in service before I can return to the same office.” He later addressed what he said was “how things work in a small town.” “There will be talk,” he said. “A few local ‘political experts’ will get together over coffee and come up […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man faces a number of charges after being accused of assaulting several children. Pikeville Police were called to an apartment on College Street over a report of a domestic violence incident between a man and child. When they arrived, they were met outside by five children and a woman carrying a baby. The woman told police Deshaun Lemar Gwyn, 34, shoved her out of the way while she was holding the baby in order to attack their sons. One boy was holding a large clump of hair which he said his father pulled out. […]

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WHITESBURG, Ky. — We now have a good idea about what prompted the cancellation of the most recent court hearing in the case against the former Letcher County sheriff accused of murdering a district judge. Former Letcher Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines is charged with murder for shooting and killing Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins while the two talked in the judge’s chambers. The shooting was captured on video, but Stines’ attorneys have said they plan to pursue an insanity defense. The case had been set for a pretrial conference on Dec. 18, but Special Judge Christopher Cohron canceled the hearing […]

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