PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — For the second time in a month, a clerk working in Prestonsburg has been accused of using credit card numbers she obtained at work to go on a spending spree. Katie Picklesimer, 38, of Tutor Key, has been employed as a clerk at the King’s Daughters Medical Center clinic on US 23 in Prestonsburg. Part of her duties in that role was to accept payment for patient co-pays, many of which were paid with credit cards. Prestonsburg Police Det. Dennis Hutchinson, who had been investigating a case in which a clerk at the Prestonsburg driver’s license office […]

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GRUNDY, Va. — Police fanned out across Buchanan County on Thursday, armed with arrest warrants for 38 people, 18 of which had been arrested by early evening. The effort was led by Commonwealth’s Attorney Nikki Stiltner and Sheriff Allen Boyd, with support from a number of law enforcement agencies in the area. “Let this be a clear message to anyone attempting to poison our community with drugs: We will relentlessly pursue you and ensure that justice is served,” Stiltner said. “We stand united with our law enforcement partners to eradicate drug trafficking from Buchanan County and will not rest until […]

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FALLSBURG, Ky. — Four people are in jail on drug charges, after the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office responded to an overdose call and found meth and heroin. Deputies were called to a discount store at Fallsburg, where a man was said to be overdosing in the parking lot. While they were on their way, firefighters let them know that one of the men with him was trying to flee because of an outstanding warrant. The firefighters also spotted a woman in the group toss a black box under the vehicle they were in. When they arrived on the scene, they […]

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