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Salyersville · SalyersvilleSALYERSVILLE – A Gunlock man was arrested last Thursday after a Head Start student kept falling asleep in class and had extensive bruising. According to the arrest citation, Kentucky State Police was called to North Magoffin Elementary on May 15, to a criminal abuse of a child complaint, with a 5-year-old male juvenile with extensive bruising over parts of his body. The school also advised KSP the student had not been to school in over a week, a…Read Article
child abuse arrest made after 5-yr-old shows up at school with bruising
Salyersville · SalyersvilleSALYERSVILLE – Several Magoffin County court cases were settled on May 16, with sentencings issued in multiple cases. On May 16, Circuit Judge Kimberley Childers signed a judgment and sentence on a plea of guilty from Matthew Carr, 37, of Merlin Taulbee Road, in Salyersville, who appeared in open court on May 1, pleading guilty to the charge of possession of a controlled substance, first degree, first offense, methamphetamine, admitting to commi…Read Article
A DAY IN COURT: Sentencings handed down in multiple Magoffin cases
Salyersville · SalyersvilleBrenda Sue Shepherd Pennington age 65 of Prestonsburg, Kentucky passed away Sunday, May 18, 2025 at the Highlands ARH in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. She was born June 13, 1959 in Paintsville, Kentucky to the late Aaron and Berta Moore Shepherd. Survived by her husband, James Pennington, Jr., one son, Shawn and his wife, Ashley Pennington of Portland, Tennessee, two brothers, Steve Shepherd of Alger, Ohio, Owen A. Shepherd of Eastern, Kentucky, four …Read Article
