We’ll see partly sunny skies today but the pop-up shower and thunderstorm is also in the mix because of an upper level event that will be around and as a result we will see cooler temperatures today ranging from 63-68 degrees across most of the region, we’ll have your latest forecast in a few moments.
Police searching for a wanted woman found her and arrested her friend too, after allegedly finding them with a large amount of meth. Breanna Jean Hall, 24, of Jenkins, was wanted for flagrant nonsupport and Whitesburg Police got a tip Tuesday afternoon that she could be found at a game room adjacent to a pizza place in Whitesburg. Police found her sitting at a game and placed her under arrest, then searched the purse sitting on the game in front of her. When they found nearly 35 grams of meth inside the purse, Hall then said the purse wasn’t hers, but belonged to her friend, Brittany Looney, 35, of Whitesburg, who was sitting next to her. Looney reportedly admitted that the purse belonged to her but said Hall had been using it for the past week. Both women were arrested and charged with meth trafficking. They are each being held in the Letcher County Jail on $35,000 cash bonds.
Several groups recently came together to work on the hiking trails and picnic areas at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. The Friends of Jenny Wiley Nonprofit group and staff at the park installed much needed new picnic tables in the area. According to a statement from the park, 27 park naturalists, parks maintenance supervisors and their staff, central office trail crew, parks central office staff, KHLCF/Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves staff and Perry County Kentucky Trail builders came together at Jenny Wiley to learn new trail maintenance skills by applying them to the trails. Crews built two new sets of staircases on the overlook section of the Jenny Wiley Trail, eight new bridges on the Lake Shore Trail and more than 40 new steps on the Steve Bracket Trail.
Kentucky State Police seized a half pound of suspected methamphetamine along with drug paraphernalia in a traffic stop in Salyersville. Kentucky State Police troopers and Post 9’s Criminal Interdiction Unit conducted the traffic checkpoint April 25 and arrested two individuals from West Van Lear. Nicholas Barnett, 36, and Tony Endicott, 58, face charges of trafficking-controlled substance (methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia. Barnett also faces other traffic-related violations. KSP Post 9 encourages residents to report drug tips to investigators by calling (606) 433-7711. Callers can remain anonymous.
Mountain Comprehensive Health Cooperation will receive $2.5M in General Assembly funding to open a transitional recovery housing facility in Letcher County at the old Whitesburg High School. Letcher County was named a recovery-ready community by Governor Andy Beshear, and officials said this is a motivating factor in getting the facility up and running.
Do you know where to go, or what to do in the event a tornado touches down in our region? At one point I remember hearing that “it can’t happen here, too many mountains and valley’s etc., that was before March of 2012 when catastrophe happened in our back yards costing several people their lives. We were on the air that day with every breath trying to direct people to what ever form of safe we could find, and we don’t want to wait until tragedy happens again. So WQHY FM and WDOC 1310 is begin proactive in information that can save the lives of you and those you love. First off, let’s know the difference between a watch and a warning. A Watch means conditions are favorable and it could occur at any given moment, a warning means it is imminent or is happening at the moment. In the event of learning of a tornado warning be prepared to seek shelter in the lowest possible level of shelter away from windows and surround yourself with pillows and blankets and items that can protect you from debris. A watch means we’re asking everyone to be on the highest alert and to be prepared to seek that shelter within a moment’s notice. Items don’t matter in a situation like this, lives do, they’re all that matters. Don’t go back seeking possessions, keep as safe as possible, and remember the eye of the storm can be volatile, that’s the calm before the rage continues, simply wait for further instructions and information before proceeding. You can find more information online at Q95 dot net, we want you and those you love listening for a long and healthy lifetime.
