News for Appalachia
(Information from KSP & APPCV reporter Ron Hamblin) Haddix, KY – January 7th, 2023 Personnel from multiple Kentucky Emergency Management regions participated in a multi-state, joint agency search for Vanessa Baker, the sole missing person from the devastating floods in Eastern Kentucky, in late July 2022. Saturday’s operations brought together over 160 searchers, covering 1067 […]
Clayhole, Ky. (January 6, 2023) – On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at approximately 1:06 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a structure fire on Cedar Hill Rd. in the Clayhole community of Breathitt County. Multiple surrounding fire agencies responded to the scene and extinguished the fire. During this time, human […]
Southfork, Ky. (January 6, 2023) – On Thursday, January 5, 2023, at approximately 8:32 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call of a single vehicle accident on KY 1098 in the Southfork community of Breathitt County. Preliminary investigation indicates that Chad Wesley Hardin, 31 of Ezel was operating a black 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt when the […]
On Saturday October1st, the remains of an unknown person were found in the Clayhole community of Breathitt County. Breathitt County Coroner Hargis Epperson confirmed that human remains were found. The remains were sent to the Kentucky State Medical Examiner’s Office and Dental Records & DNA are being used to attempt to positively identify the body. […]
Rumors have been flying about the possibility of someone’s remains being in the ashes of the Fire of an old building on Main Street in Jackson that was the home of two rental apartments upstairs and a business downstairs on September 17th 2021. The rumor mill was at it again today as APPCV received several […]
Richmond, Ky. (Feb. 23, 2022) –The Kentucky State Police, Richmond Post, is requesting the public’s assistance locating the suspect wanted in connection to a Murder that occurred on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at a home on Willis Branch Road in Madison County. The ongoing investigation alleges Shannon V. Gilday, 23 years old of Taylor Mill, KY, forced […]
SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (February 14, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police (KSP), Post 9 has requested the KSP Critical Incident Response Team to investigate a trooper-involved shooting that occurred at approximately 10:58 pm EST on February 13, 2022 on Lacey Creek Road in Magoffin County. The KSP Critical Incident Response Team responded to the scene, and the investigation […]
Kentucky State Police Investigates Fatal Collision in Pike County Aflex, KY. (February 11, 2022) – Kentucky State Police Pikeville Post received a call on February 9, 2022, at 10:17 a.m. reporting a single vehicle collision had occurred on State Highway 292 East in the Aflex community of Pike County. Troopers from Post 9 responded and began the investigation. The […]
Kentucky State Police Investigating Trooper-Involved Shooting in Powell County Stanton, KY. (February 7, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Critical Incident Response Team is investigating a trooper-involved shooting that occurred on Feb. 6 at approximately 11:30 p.m. EST in Powell County. The preliminary investigation indicates that KSP Post 8, the Powell County Sherriff’s Office, and the Stanton […]
Kentucky State Police Investigate Multiple Fatality Collision Pine Top, KY. (February 1, 2022) – On Monday, January 31, 2022, at approximately 6:11 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a single-vehicle accident in the Pine Top community of Knott County. Troopers responded to the scene and located a 1989 GMC pickup […]