INEZ, Ky. — A Martin County man is in jail, after being accused of forcibly raping a woman. The woman told police that a man she didn’t know had picked her up in Inez Tuesday morning and offered to give her a ride. After they drove around for a while, he stopped in the senior citizens center parking lot and asked her if she had heard about two women from a local drug treatment center who had been raped and killed, instantly putting the woman in fear for her life. She said he then grabbed her head and forced her […]

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A judge has lowered the bond for a man charged with vehicular homicide in a DUI crash that killed two Prestonsburg teenagers last year, despite opposition from the victims’ families. Marcus Logan Auxier, 21, of Nippa, is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, three counts of wanton endangerment, three counts of assault, DUI and failure to render aid. He is accused of being impaired last July when he crashed his vehicle with five other people in the car.Two of those passengers, 16-year-old Kendra Jade Moreno and 13-year-old MaKenna Reese Barnett, died of their injuries. Auxier’s bond […]

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VERSAILLES, Ky. — Two Eastern Kentucky colleges have new temporary leaders, as the Kentucky Community and Technical College System appointed interim presidents to oversee them until permanent leaders are selected. Dr. Todd Brand has been chosen to serve as interim president of Big Sandy Community and Technical College, following the announcement last month of Dr. Scott Rule’s departure. Brand has 20 years of experience working with community colleges and currently serves as chief academic officer of Ashland Community and Technical College. Meanwhile, Dr. Patsy Jackson has been selected as interim president of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College. Jackson has […]

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PHELPS, Ky. — A Phelps man is in jail for arson, after allegedly setting a home on fire and documenting it in pictures. Court records accuse Bruce Hurley, 41, of setting fire to a mobile home owned by his wife and in-laws on Saturday. The arrest warrant says that he sent pictures of himself setting the trailer on fire to his wife. Police attempted to arrest him on Saturday, but he allegedly fled into Virginia. He was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with second-degree arson and fleeing police.

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VIRGIE, Ky. — A Pike County man is dead, following a crash between a motorcycle and a commercial vehicle. Anthony Burke, 46, of Virgie, was operating a Harley Davidson along Route 122 Monday afternoon, when he collided with the rear of a Mack truck. He died at the scene. The incident remains under investigation by Kentucky State Police.

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