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updated: Tue Jul 01, 2008 05:19 am

Pike County News

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Tuesday Jul 1 | WCHS

Man Shot And Killed Along Route 23

A body is found along Route 23 in Pike County Kentucky. The man, who has be identified as 39 year old Phillip Hickman, was found around 10:00 a.m. Monday morning.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

Pikeville man found shot to death

A Pikeville man was found shot to death Monday alongside U.S. 23 in Pike County, according to Kentucky State Police.

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Related Topix: Pikeville, KY

Sat Jun 28, 2008

WKYT-TV Lexington

Flooding Leaves Many Without A Main Road

Flash flooding in one Eastern Kentucky county leaves several families without a main road to and from their homes.

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Related Topix: Eastern, KY, Stopover, KY, Weather

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Independent

A four-day week -

With the costs soaring for keeping buses on the road, heating and cooling buildings, and even serving lunches, a number of Kentucky school districts apparently are giving serious consideration to following the ...

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Jenkins, KY, Webster County, KY, Opinion

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

Pike County begins demolition of dilapidated buildings

Pike County authorities have begun demolishing dilapidated houses after owners failed to respond to notices to fix them.

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Related Topix: Shelbiana, KY

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

Man dies in single-car crash in Pike County

An Eastern Kentucky man died Wednesday after his car went off a road and struck a tree, Kentucky State Police said.

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Related Topix: Eastern, KY, Ashcamp, KY

Sat Jun 21, 2008

WLEX-TV Lexington

Officials Release ID Of Man Killed In Fire

Officials have released the identity a man killed in a house fire Wednesday morning in Pike County.

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Related Topix: Robinson Creek, KY

Thu Jun 19, 2008

The Courier-Journal

Schools trying to cope with busing costs

Kentucky school districts are searching for ways to combat the rising cost of bus fuel -- including considering four-day school weeks.

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Related Topix: Pikeville, KY, Kentucky, Education Etc., Webster County, KY, Jenkins, KY

Tue Jun 17, 2008

District Administration

Kentucky Schools Trying to Cope with Busing Costs

Kentucky school districts are searching for ways to combat the rising cost of bus fuel -- including considering four-day school weeks.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Kentucky, Pikeville, KY, Jenkins, KY, Letcher County, KY

Thu Jun 12, 2008

Appalachian News Express

Saved from drowning, man later dies

A News-Express Staff Report The Pike County Coroner's Office is investigating the death of a 20-year-old pulled from Elkhorn City Pool on Friday.

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Related Topix: Elkhorn City, KY, Pikeville, KY

Tue Jun 10, 2008

Appalachian News Express

Man arrested for DUI while driving son

A News-Express Staff Report A Pikeville man was charged with second-offense DUI Saturday after allegedly driving with his three-year-old son unrestrained in his vehicle.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Drug Testing, Virgie, KY, Sanders, KY, Shelby Gap, KY

Sun Jun 08, 2008

WOWK

One Dead After Accident in Kentcky

One person is dead after an accident involving a car and a motorcycle in Kentucky Saturday.

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Related Topix: Dorton, KY

Fri Jun 06, 2008

Appalachian News Express

Veteran Special Education teacher retires after forty years

By Terry L. May Staff Writer PHELPS - After four decades of teaching children with special needs, a distinguished educator with numerous accolades is retiring from Phelps Elementary School.

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Related Topix: Phelps, KY, Kids, Family

Wed Jun 04, 2008

Appalachian News Express

Could a four-day school week work?

By Carrie Moore Staff Writer J.C. Chaney may be the only Pike County School Board member who thinks the board should investigate a four-day school week, but officials in school districts that have already made ...

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Education Etc., Jenkins, KY, Webster County, KY

Mon Jun 02, 2008

Appalachian News Express

One arrested for DUI, two to hospital after crash

By Russ Cassady Staff Writer A Pikeville man was jailed Thursday night following a wreck at the intersection of U.S. 23 and Island Creek Road that sent three people to the hospital.

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Related Topix: Pikeville, KY

Sat May 31, 2008

Appalachian News Express

Rehabbing: Abstinence vs. methadone

By Carrie Moore Staff Writer It's not a news flash that Pike County has an above average percentage of drug abusers, nor is it a revelation that opiates are the drug of choice for most of the area's addicts.

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Related Topix: Pikeville, KY, Drugs

Thu May 29, 2008

Appalachian News Express

Four-day school week could save money

By Carrie Moore Staff Writer At Tuesday's Pike County School Board meeting, one board member suggested the board should investigate a four-day school week, as a solution to state funding cuts.

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Related Topix: Dorton, KY, Pikeville, KY

Tue May 27, 2008

WKYT-TV Lexington

Teens Die In Separate ATV Accidents

We have new information about an ATV accident in Pike County late Sunday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Virgie, KY, Pikeville, KY, Floyd County, KY

Mon May 19, 2008

TheTimesTribune.com

KSP remembers its fallen

Special to The Times-Tribune On Thursday, starting at 10 a.m., the Kentucky State Police Post 11 London honored two fallen troopers buried in the London Post area during the National Police Memorial week May ...

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Related Topix: London, KY, Kentucky, Weather

Sun May 04, 2008

Lexington Herald-Leader

Man in serious condition after train wreck in Pike Co.

An Eastern Kentucky man was in serious condition at University of Kentucky Hospital on Thursday following a train wreck in Pike County. via Lexington Herald-Leader

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Related Topix: Eastern, KY, Pikeville, KY

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