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Sheriff’s Office holding backpack drive
The Perry County Sheriff's Office is conducting its first backpack drive and will be collecting backpacks to distribute to school children in Perry County. According to Perry County Sheriff Joe Engle, a small token of generosity goes a long way. “This is the first time we have done a backpack...
READ ABOUTS MONDAY JULY 1ST 2024
A beautiful day is on tap we’ll have details in a few. One Perry County community is back to normal after a man barricaded himself from police Saturday evening. For several hours, the man barricaded himself in an apartment. Witnesses said the suspect threatened a woman and her kids, adding he felt sorry for her. After several hours, the man turned himself in and was taken to the Kentucky River Regional Jail and is facing several charges. This was on Combs Road in Airport Gardens.
REGIONAL NEWS PODCAST MONDAY JULY 1ST 2024
One Perry County community is back to normal after a man barricaded himself from police Saturday evening. Over 75 years ago a Prestonsburg High School Cheerleader was murdered and to this day this case remains unsolved. Two Prestonsburg men are facing eight counts of second-degree cruelty to animals after, Kentucky...
Tennessee teen charged with kidnapping after eastern Kentucky girl goes missing for a day
During a recorded interview, the Kentucky 14-year-old said she met the Tennessee 18-year-old online, and they made a plan for him to pick her up and take her away from her father's home, according to authorities.
Kidnapping arrest made in missing teen case
PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - On Tuesday, around 5:30 p.m. officials with the Perry County Sheriff’s office received a report of a missing 14-year-old girl in the Delphia community by the teen’s father and sole guardian. During an investigation, officials discovered that Thomas Charles Lange, 18, of Lebanon,...
Fatal overdoses fall in Kentucky in '23, rise in Perry
While Kentucky is recognizing that, for a second year in a row, overdose deaths fell in the commonwealth, Perry County is not experiencing the same trend. According to the Kentucky Overdose Fatality Report for 2023, released earlier this month, the county experienced the loss of 24 individuals to fatal overdoses. That number is down from the 35 who died in 2021, but up from the 16 who died in 2022.
Kentucky River Animal Shelter operations come under fire; officials answer allegations
The Kentucky River Regional Animal Shelter is facing allegations of inhumane treatment and negligent operations following the end of its relationship with Starfish Animal Rescue of Illinois. The shelter, which serves Perry, Knott, Breathitt and Letcher counties, has become the center of a heated debate, primarily centered around the shelter allegedly committing illegal mass acts of euthanasia.
18 Year Old Charged With Perry County Kidnapping After Being Pulled Over in Bell County
Wednesday night June 26th, a short time before 7:00pm, Bell County Dispatch was informed of a vehicle involved in a missing Perry County juvenile search heading into the Straight Creek community. A be-on-the-lookout had been issued by the Perry County Sheriff's Department and KSP for a gray 2016 Jeep Renegade....
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