Salyersville News

After hearing about the high price being paid for scrap metal, Brian Kelley of Pine Top took his four-wheel-drive truck into the mountain hollows.

Salyersville attorney Grover Arnett recently endowed a $10,000 scholarship for students at Big Sandy Community and Technical College .

Two women who escaped last Saturday from the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville were arrested Tuesday night in Magoffin County.

Motorcycle enthusiasts throughout the region are invited to rev up their bikes and ride in Morehead State University at Prestonsburg's annual fundraiser to benefit scholarships for students attending classes on ...

Choosing to walk the 6,915 yards at the Country Club of Paducah rather than take a cart, Greensburg's Tyler Sharpe said he feels as though he became familiar with the Robert Trent Jones-designed course quickly.

Like many Eastern Kentuckians of her generation, Lorean Gardner left Magoffin County in search of a better life.

Chris Bailey, a longtime meteorologist at Lexington's WKYT-27, will be leaving the television station at the end of June.

Indiana police call it one of the most bizarre cases of sexual misconduct they have ever seen, and it involves a couple formerly from Magoffin County. via WLEX-TV Lexington

An eastern Kentucky man is dead after flipping his ATV in Magoffin County. Police say 51-year old David Stephens of Salyersville ran off the road on his ATV, hit an embankment, then flipped the ATV back onto ... via WKYT-TV Lexington

A Magoffin County man died Sunday evening after he flipped his all-terrain vehicle on a paved road. via Lexington Herald-Leader

Morehead State University at West Liberty's Small Business Development Center will be conducting a workshop on "Starting Your Own Business" on Wednesday, April 30, in Salyersville. via WMKY-FM Morehead

“It's scary going on a BreakOut and not knowing what to expect, but if you step outside your box, it can be the most rewarding thing you will ever do.”

While some UD students were lying on a beach relaxing during spring break, more than 150 of their peers chose to spend their spring breaks doing service projects in various domestic and international locations. via Flyer News

“It's also an opportunity to feature alumni, outstanding seniors and soloists.”

More than 230 Eastern Kentucky University music majors will perform Friday during the 17th annual Prism Concert. via Richmond Register

The father of a young pregnant woman killed in a freak accident on the side of an icy Johnson County highway last month has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a coal truck driver and the companies that operated the truck.

Brian Brown, who is the administrator of his daughter's estate, is seeking damages from coal truck driver Leslie Spence of Tomahawk and the company that owns the truck, M&R Trucking Inc. of Salyersville. The suit also names Rifle Coal Company Inc. of West Liberty, which was involved in a joint venture with M&R. Read more

“Had the truck been going in first gear, as slow as it should have been going, this would not have happened”

The teenage daughter of a paramedic who was killed in a freak accident last month has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against a coal truck driver and the company that owns the truck. via Lexington Herald-Leader

“I remember praying to God that it wasn't one of ours”

Hundreds of emergency responders gathered in Lawrence County on Sunday to pay their respects to a fallen comrade. via Independent

“She loved what she did. That's all she ever thought about was helping someone else”

The freezing rain that coated parts of Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday morning is being blamed for a bizarre series of accidents that killed a young pregnant woman and the paramedic who was trying to help her.

Just after 9 a.m., Paintsville Emergency Medical Services received a call of a pregnant woman needing an ambulance on U.S. 460 in Johnson County, near the Magoffin County line, said Jim Williams, a spokesman for Paintsville EMS.

The mother-to-be, Erica Brown of Salyersville, had lost control of her car on the icy road and crashed into a rocky cliff 5 miles west of Paintsville. She was not injured, but she wanted a paramedic to make sure her unborn baby had not been harmed in the jarring crash, Williams said. Read more

“It was one of those types of snows this morning that was deceptively slick”

Icy roads were blamed for two crashes Tuesday morning that killed three people, including an emergency official and a pregnant woman in eastern Kentucky. via Independent

An Eastern Kentucky church is broken into for the second time since Christmas. Magoffin County officials tell us the Lake Front Church of God is now missing three television sets after Friday night's break-in. ... via WKYT-TV Lexington

“They saw what looked like lightning inside the vehicle”

Family members of Brandi Rowe -- whose bullet-ridden body was pulled from a Magoffin County creek nearly a year ago -- sobbed loudly last night and hugged each other as a jury convicted the man accused of killing her.

The jury deliberated nearly six hours before finding Don Reed, 63, of Salyersville guilty of murder, tampering with physical evidence and abusing a corpse in the death of Rowe, 28.

His sentencing is set for 2 p.m. Jan. 30.

Authorities began searching for Rowe in December last year after she was reported missing. Nearly a month later, her body was pulled from Quicksand Creek, off Ky. 542 near the border of Breathitt and Magoffin counties. Read more