Varney News

By Carrie Moore Staff Writer A single vehicle collision Wednesday night caused a woman to be arrested for driving intoxicated, and her 2-month-old baby to be flown to a nearby hospital for injuries suffered.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. A 45-year-old Pikeville man has been charged with being a persistent felony offender, first degree, after failing to register relative to sexual offense.

“We have had one Soldier utilize this fund in the last month”

KY Military assistance available up to $5,000 Military Family Assistance Trust Fund available to Kentucky Servicemembers. via Columbia Magazine

“This allows to see how fire behaves in a real structure”

If you were traveling near the intersection of U.S. 60 and Ky. 180 on Saturday morning, you may have noticed a lot of emergency vehicles parked on the shoulder of the road, near a small, green building that had ... via Independent

“The evidence is mostly in the form of written statements, spoken statements, there's no forensics, as far as I understand, no eyewitnesses”

A Pike County teacher is out of jail on bond after a female student accuses him of an inappropriate proposition. via WKYT-TV Lexington

“Everybody's allowed one mistake in their life.”

Two teens convicted of attacking and shooting several horses in eastern Kentucky have been sentenced to six months in jail. via Lexington Herald-Leader

PIKEVILLE, Ky. The November Pike County Grand Jury has released another list of persons indicted for various offenses in this county, among them two men from Lexington who were captured shortly after allegedly ... via Williamson Daily News Online

“We'll serve about 350 or 400 biscuits this morning. Easily”

Paula Varney says, "People want home-cooked food. And this is home-cooked food. It's like eating at home, and we do all the work. via WDRB-TV Louisville

“It was hard reliving the nightmare but they (parole board) made us feel better.”

A former Williamson, W.Va., attorney indicted in 2006 by a Pike County Grand Jury and convicted in February 2007 for causing the death of a Mingo County woman was denied parole Thursday. via Appalachian News Express

“The material question is whether the machines are capable of making a person eligible to win money or property, not whether the activity actually took place”

Staff Writer The Pike County Attorney's Office has filed a motion asking that the eight video poker machines seized during an investigation earlier this month not be returned to the owner. via Appalachian News Express

“Kentucky Rules of Criminal Procedures requires a written application for bond on any capital charge”

Thirty-one year old Billy Dwayne Reed of Varney, Ky. currently is lodged in the Pike County Detention Center facing murder and driving under the influence charges stemming from a fatal automobile accident ... via Williamson Daily News Online

“He had the maximum suspension”

Police name victim; suspect had two DUI cases pending By Russ Cassady Staff Writer A Varney man charged with DUI and murder stemming from a Monday accident was awaiting trial on two other DUI cases when the ... via Appalachian News Express

“He will get out but Wirleen will never come back. I want the public to remember Wirleen and what a wonderful person she was.”

Staff Writer A Kentucky woman who was injured in an automobile accident, which claimed the life of her friend, is appealing to the court system not to let the man responsible out on parole. via Appalachian News Express

“One victim passed away subsequent to that charge”

Staff Writer A Pike woman originally charged with assault after an alleged DUI accident has pleaded not guilty to a new murder charge. via Appalachian News Express

“I don't understand what kept her from flipping”

A Varney, W.Va., woman was taken to a local hospital yesterday morning after spending the night in her wrecked truck on a bank of the Tug River. via Appalachian News Express

A Varney, W.Va., man died Saturday night after he lost control of a motorcycle in Pike County. via Lexington Herald-Leader

Kentucky State Police report a 12-year-old Pike County boy died yesterday afternoon following a motorcycle accident in the Pike County community of Varney. via WKYT-TV Lexington

Posted Saturday, September 29, 2007 ; 06:58 PM Updated Saturday, September 29, 2007 ; 08:14 PM Pikeville boy struck a tree after losing control of his Yahama dirt bike, Kentucky State Police said. via WOWK-TV