A bit cooler today but it heats back up…
A Pike County husband and wife are dead, after their bodies were discovered Tuesday morning.Kentucky State Police was called to a report of a shooting at a home on Kelly Mountain Road. When they arrived, they found the bodies of Rickie Potter, 57, and Sabrina Potter, 51, dead from gunshots.Police say the initial investigation has concluded that Rickie Potter’s wounds were self-inflicted, and there is no active search for any other suspects. This remains under investigation.
The Floyd County Fiscal Court allocated additional funding to Sheriff John Hunt’s office during its regular meeting June 19. Like they did at this time last year, court members approved a total of $400,000 for the sheriff for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, including $200,000 from the county’s portion of the federal opioid settlement and $200,000 from the general fund. A resolution concerning the opioid money said the sheriff will invoice the fiscal court “as needed for funding to be included in the regular claims list.” The money will be used by the sheriff’s office to “continue combating the opioid epidemic,” the resolution says. The other funding was appropriated to “provide additional support for the safety and protection of the citizens of Floyd County,” the resolution says.
A familiar face in education was named the interim superintendent of the Paintsville Independent Schools District during a special meeting of the board of education June 19. Tom Salyer, a former superintendent of the Johnson County Schools District, was given a three-month contract as acting school chief. Salyer will serve until Sept. 30 or “until a superintendent is named and under contract,” according to school board chairman Kay Hall. Salyer will officially begin his duties July 1, when Superintendent David Gibson’s retirement takes effect, with a transition period that began June 20, Hall said. Salyer said in an interview that he is “thankful and grateful that the board has shown confidence in me and asked me to be their acting superintendent.”
A Paintsville man was arrested as part of an undercover Kentucky State Police drug investigation, according to court documents. A search warrant obtained by the KSP Drug Enforcement Special Investigations (DESI) unit as a result of an investigation by Detective Dustin Thompson was executed June 18 at the 8th Street residence of Edward Carl Ramey, 45, by members of DESI, the KSP K9 unit and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
Prestonsburg’s summer carnival is on the schedule a week earlier than usual, at Archer Park. The carnival, which usually happens in in timing with Star City Day, but it opened last night with food, games, a motorcycle acrobat, and other things. The city addressed the change in dates, citing a scheduling conflict on the carnival’s end. That had nothing to do with the city at all, but some were concerned about the price of admission, which is 2 dollars, and one person, Sheena Maynard saw a lot of people were upset about the timing, which usually runs with July 4th, and she decided to do something about it. She went to city offices and local businesses and was able to get the costs of last covered for the kids to get in and have a free food item. She said a lot of good can happen when a community comes together.
