
Results 1 - 20 of 271 in Perry County, KY
Eastern Ky. officials to host forums, discuss substance-abuse
Police, healthcare providers and others plan a series of community forums on the state's substance-abuse problem, including how to keep doctors safe in the wake of a fatal shooting at a Perry County clinic. Comment?
Opponents urged to wait for 'end result' to judge mining's effects on land
CHAVIES, Ky. - Viewed from the air, vast stretches of Perry County seem like the Desert Southwest, with sharply angled mesas punctuating cratered brown expanses, contrasting with the gentle, leafy mountain slopes nearby. Comment?
Policy Deals With School Lunch Debt 2hr
... Kentucky district will soon have limited options for school lunch if they owe $50 or more on their lunch bill. Perry County school officials tell WYMT-TV in Hazard that 236 students at nine of their schools owe a total of $37,000 in lunch money to ... Comment?
Policy deals with school lunch debt
... Kentucky district will soon have limited options for school lunch if they owe $50 or more on their lunch bill. Perry County school officials tell WYMT-TV in Hazard that 236 students at nine of their schools owe a total of $37,000 in lunch money to ... Comment?
Judge cancels hearing for murder suspect's mental evaluation request
The Perry County District Judge cancels a hearing on a murder suspect's request for a mental evaluation. Comment?
Perry judge cancels shooting suspect's hearing for mental evaluation
A Perry County judge has canceled a hearing on a murder suspect's request for a mental competency evaluation and ruled that she does not have jurisdiction over the question. Comment?
Bio-energy plant could bring hundreds of jobs
... and with it, hundreds of jobs. Officials with a new company called ecoPower Generation want to build a plant in Perry County at the Coal Fields Industrial Park, and plan to use wood for energy. Executives with ecoPower Generation say the materials ... Comment?
Mental evaluation requested for suspect in doctor shooting
... client to get a mental evaluation. John Combs' attorneys made that request this morning during a hearing in Perry County. They say they want to know his mental state because he's now also accused of attacking correctional officers in the jail. The ... Comment?
Attorneys seek mental evaluation for suspect in Perry slaying
A Perry County district judge is considering an agreement between John Carles Combs' defense attorneys and prosecutors seeking a psychiatric evaluation to determine his competency to stand trial. Comment?
Suspect in doctor killing to appear in court
... hearing if the judge allows a competency evaluation. John C. Combs appeared for the hearing Tuesday morning in Perry County District Court in Hazard with two new attorneys who requested that their client be evaluated at the Kentucky State ... Comment?
Clinic Where Doctor Was Shot To Death Re-Opens
... State police say John C. Combs shot Dr. Dennis Sandlin last Tuesday at the Leatherwood-Blackey Health Center in Perry County. Investigators say Combs pulled the trigger after being denied drugs. Sandlin was pronounced dead at the scene and Combs was ... Comment?
Popular Perry Co. Doctor Laid To Rest
A popular Perry County doctor was laid to rest Saturday afternoon. Dr. Dennis Sandlin was shot and killed Tuesday in front of his clinic. Comment?
Killing pain in Perry Co.
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... shot and killed by a patient seeking pain pills at the Leatherwood/Blackey Clinic in a remote area of southern Perry County. The man became angry, clinic employees said, after he was asked to take a drug test as a requirement for a prescription. ... Comment?
Funeral Scheduled for Perry County Clinic Doctor
A funeral service has been scheduled for Saturday for the doctor who was shot to death inside his Perry County clinic. Comment?
Funeral set for doctor shot inside clinic
A funeral service has been scheduled for Saturday for the doctor who was shot to death inside his Perry County clinic. Comment?
Combs pleads not guilty in shooting death of Perry County doctor
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John Charles Combs pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder charges in the shooting death of Perry County doctor Dennis Sandlin. Comment?
Ky. man pleads not guilty in rural doctor shooting
... guilty. Forty-six-year-old John Combs entered the plea to a murder charge during his arraignment Wednesday in Perry County District Court. He is accused of killing 57-year-old Dr. Dennis Sandlin on Tuesday at a medical clinic in Cornettsville, near ... Comment?
Family of doctor shot to death at clinic speaks out
... doctor inside his clinic answered to the charge in court Wednesday. John Combs pleaded not guilty to murder in Perry County. Police say he gunned down Dr. Dennis Sandlin yesterday after the doctor refused to give him prescription medicine. Sandlin's ... Comment?
He was shot in the head. He had a pen in his hand.
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coroner in Perry County, Kentucky, on the death of Dr. Dennis Sandlin, who was killed while standing outside the exam rooms in his clinic; the patient charged in the shooting pleaded not guilty on Wednesday Source: Associated Press Comment?
Man pleads not guilty in doctor's shooting
... held on $10 million bail in the death of Dr. Dennis Sandlin, 57, at the Leatherwood-Blackey Medical Clinic in Perry County. Authorities said Sandlin, who had worked at the clinic for almost two decades, was shot in the head while he stood in a ... Comment?