Magoffin County News

A man is arrested in Magoffin County in connection with a deadly drive-by shooting in Floyd County last year.

Relatives of a man charged in a Magoffin County sodomy case have pleaded guilty to charges related to the defendant's mistrial.

Lisa Lunsford became another victim of a faltering economy that has left thousands across the state and country unemployed.

A Magoffin County teacher accused of dealing drugs is now officially suspended from his job at school.

A drug dealer's business could now help fund the sheriff's department in Magoffin County.

As unemployment rates skyrocket in Kentucky, there may be hope right now in the job search.

While the unemployment rate for Laurel County went down in September, it was still significantly higher than for the same month in 2008.

Police say a teacher at North Magoffin Elementary School has been arrested on drug trafficking charges.

FRANKFORT, Ky. a ' Unemployment rates rose in all 120 Kentucky counties between September 2008 and September 2009, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

Health officials say the H1N1 flu is widespread in Kentucky and still spreading.

Unemployment rates rose in all 120 Kentucky counties between August 2008 and August 2009, according to a new report issued by the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training.

Crews have located two missing fishermen on Cave Run Lake in Rowan County. The families of the fishermen called authorities late Tuesday night, saying the men never returned home from their fishing trip.

Magoffin County Sheriff's Department employees say a drug bust led them to thousands of dollars worth of stolen property.

The Inez City Commission voted last Tuesday to approve an ordinance relating to the establishment of a joint sewer agency consolidating the Inez waste water system with the Martin County Sanitation District.

Close to 200 people crowded the Lakefront Church of God in Magoffin County on Thursday for a special presentation by officials from Highway District 10 of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Department of Highways regarding the proposed widening of the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway in three counties.

Some people in Magoffin, Morgan and Wolfe Counties attended a public hearing to discuss a project that will widen a portion of the Mountain Parkway.

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Jobless rates are continuing to rise in all 120 Kentucky counties. The Office of Employment and Training released a report on Thursday showing that the nation's economic woes cost Kentucky more jobs in July.

JACKSON a ' A section of the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway will be widened to four lanes, say state highway officials, who will hold a public hearing to discuss the project next week.

Walter Hardin, the former deputy judge-executive and son of the current judge-executive of Magoffin County, could be sentenced to life in prison for downloading hundreds of images of child pornography onto his office computer last year and for soliciting sex from a detective pretending to be a 14-year-old girl.