PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WMDJ) – Today is the third anniversary of the tragic Allen shooting that claimed the lives of four officers and to commemorate the anniversary, a dedication ceremony will be held this evening for a new tribute in downtown Prestonsburg.

A new painting depicting Officer Jacob Chaffins, Capt. Ralph Frasure, Deputy William Petry, and K-9 Officer Drago is on display on the side of a building next to the downtown stage. All four lost their lives in an onslaught of gunfire while attempting to serve an emergency protection order at a home in Allen.

A dedication ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. this evening, followed by family members and law enforcement laying wreaths for the fallen at Gethsemane Gardens Cemetery.

*** UPDATE *** SUNDAY, JUNE 29TH at 10:28 p.m. - KSP released a statement saying Murphy has been located and is safe.

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WMDJ) - Kentucky State Police in Pikeville is requesting the public’s assistance in an ongoing missing person investigation.

On June 27, 2025, KSP Post 9 was contacted regarding a missing woman from Pike County. The initial investigation revealed that Tiffany Murphy, 38, of Pikeville, was last seen on June 23, 2025, in the Island Creek community of Pike County.

Tiffany is described as a white female, approximately 5’3” tall, weighing 132 lbs., with blonde hair and blue eyes.

If you have any information regarding her whereabouts, please contact KSP Pikeville Post at 606-433-7711.

NEW YORK – Good news for the Carl D. Perkins Job Corp in Prestonsburg.

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down Job Corps nationwide.

The injunction helps strengthen a temporary restraining order issued by a U.S. District Judge earlier this month, which directed the Labor Department to cease removing Job Corps students from housing, terminating jobs or otherwise suspending the nationwide program without congressional approval.

The Labor Department announced in May it was pausing operations at Job Corp centers, due to poor results from participants, which officials claim is a high cost to taxpayers.

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WMDJ) – A local music festival is moving to Prestonsburg.

The city of Prestonsburg has approved a contract to host AlleyFest in Archer Park on Labor Day weekend.

AlleyFest began in 2020 in downtown Paintsville in response to the Kentucky Apple Festival being cancelled due to COVID-19. This year, festival officials tentatively announced plans to host the event at the Combs Airport in Johnson County, yet the inability to sell alcohol outside Paintsville city limits has caused officials to seek a new site.

During this week’s city council meeting, Mayor Rick Hughes indicated the city accepted the festival’s offer.

The festival is scheduled to feature the band Old Crow Medicine Show, American Idol star John Foster, local singer/songwriter Nicholas Jamerson and other performers.

MARTIN, Ky. (WMDJ) – The city of Martin has announced that there will not be an Independence Day fireworks show this year.

Tourism officials expressed regret on social media blaming the rising costs of fireworks as the reason for not having a fireworks show this year.

The city of Martin also announced there are no activities planned for the 4^th of July, yet they are working on reviving the Red, White & Blue Festival in October.

SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (WMDJ) – A Floyd County pair are behind bars following a traffic stop in Salyersville on Monday that led authorities to drugs.

Jeremiah Mahan, 31, and Melinda Hurd, 30, were both arrested and charged with trafficking in meth and other drug-related charges.

A Magoffin County deputy noticed a truck with a loud exhaust, broken taillight and no license plate traveling on Restaurant Row in Salyersville, leading to the arrests.

Hurd, who confessed to hiding a bag of cocaine in a body cavity, was also charged with trafficking in cocaine, promoting contraband and tampering with physical evidence.

Both were lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center.

HUEYSVILLE, Ky. (WMDJ) – A Floyd County man died in a house fire Monday evening in Hueysville.

The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office was called to a home on Railroad Station Road at 6:30 p.m. after it was believed someone was inside the home where the fire was occurring.

Marvin Howard, 75, of Hueysville was identified as the victim.

No foul play is suspected. The cause of the fire is being investigated.

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Highway District 12, has announced that construction along KY Route 979, also known as Mud Creek Road, is scheduled to begin in September.

The project will cover the stretch between John M. Stumbo Elementary School and Branhams Creek. With school back in session during the construction period, a temporary detour near the school will be built to help reduce traffic congestion.

Crews will begin by widening the section between the school and nearby gas station. After that, work will shift to a new roadway segment that will bypass a dangerous curve near the Pilgrims Home Old Regular Baptist Church by Branhams Creek and connect to the new KY Route 680 connector.

Officials say the project is designed to improve safety and ease travel.

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – The Floyd County Fiscal Court has given $200,000 to the Floyd County Board of Education from the county’s opioid settlement funding to help combat the drug epidemic in the community.

The funds will be used by Floyd County Youth Service Centers to help families make ends meet, whether it’s purchasing food or school supplies or assisting in paying utility bills.

Floyd County is the first to distribute settlement funds to family resource centers.

EASTERN, Ky. (WMDJ) – The Floyd County Board of Education has voted to once again purchase basic school supplies for every student attending Floyd County Schools for the upcoming school year.

Each child will receive supplies such as pencils, notebooks and more based on their grade level.

Students in grades 5-12 will also receive a backpack and laptop to be distributed the first week of school.   

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WMDJ) – A woman accused of murdering her father has been released to home incarceration following a hearing Monday in Floyd District Court.

Summer Adkins, 22, of Prestonsburg, was released on a $5 million unsecured bond after Judge Tyler Green ruled there was probable cause to send the case to a grand jury.

Prestonsburg City Police shared details of Adkins’ arrest, saying she admitted to shooting her father, Jimmy Harvey, last week because he sexually abused her as a child and had been abusing her young niece.

A detective also said that Adkins called 911 herself, had no criminal history and was cooperative with authorities at the scene of the murder.

One of Adkins’ sisters testified that Summer reported incidents of sexual abuse as a child by her father, but nothing was done. The sister also noted Harvey’s previous conviction in the murder of a previous wife and jail time he served.

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WMDJ) – A Pikeville attorney is being accused in a lawsuit of engaging in a scheme to swindle the 3M Company through lawsuits filed regarding the company’s dust masks.

The Appalachian News-Express is reporting that attorney Glenn Martin Hammond along with two other attorneys in Texas and Mississippi, were working together with others to cheat 3M, exploit coal miners and burden the courts with cases that should have never been filed in the first place.

According to the lawsuit, defendants solicited coal miners to join cookie-cutter complaints claiming that 3M was to blame for the black lung disease and other injuries and coached them to lie about those allegations.

3M is requesting that the court rule against the attorneys for compensatory damages and financial gains.

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – Increased overnight patrols by the Floyd County Sheriff’s department has led to a pair of separate arrests in the McDowell area.

On June 8^th, deputies attempted to stop Christopher Hall of Printer, who was wanted on several warrants, on KY Route 3680 in Frasure’s Creek. Hall fled on foot but was later located and taken into custody with help from K9 “Bear”.

Two days later, on June 10^th, around 1:20 a.m. deputies attempted to stop Nicholas Moore, also wanted on outstanding warrants. Moore fled, crashed into a creek, then ran into the woods where K9 “Bear” again tracked and helped take Moore into custody.

Both men face multiple charges and are currently lodged in the Floyd County Detention Center.

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WMDJ) – A Floyd County Sheriff’s deputy has been named School Resource Officer of the year for Kentucky’s 5^th region.

Sergeant/SRO Kevin Shepherd was honored during ceremonies Monday in Georgetown.

"Your dedication, hard work and commitment does not go unnoticed," said Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt. Sgt. Shepherd demostrates, "Great commitment to the safety of our schools and our communities."

Shepherd serves as SRO at Renaissance Learning Center in Martin.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WMDJ) – The trial for suspended Pike County Circuit judge Howard Keith Hall has been postponed until November.

An attorney for Hall filed a motion last month asking for a delay to prepare for the trial, claiming that the case was too complex to possibly present to a jury by July 14^th. The defense was presented 3,800 separate documents of evidence by prosecutors to review.

Hall faces theft and mail fraud charges, accusing Hall of paying an unnamed county assistant attorney $440,000 over a 10-year period for, “almost no work.” Hall was also a partner with the unnamed attorney and paid “distributions” of nearly half a million dollars over a nine-year period.  

Hall’s trial was postponed until November 10^th.  

Floyd County School District Summer Feeding Program

The Floyd County School District will be providing Free Meals for all children from ages 1 through 18 years of age. Parents have the choice of bringing their children to any of our school sites listed below or they can receive free meals at any of our mobile site locations. School Sites and Mobile Site locations are open to any child from 1 year of age up to 18 years of age no matter where you live or go to school.

• School sites will be open for children to come in for breakfast between the hours of 8:00am till 10:00am. A child will receive 1 breakfast per day.

• School Sites will be open for children to come in for lunch between the hours of 11:00am till 1:00pm. A child will receive 1 lunch per day.

• Mobile sites will provide a lunch and breakfast meal to children each day.

• Meals are FREE to any child from ages 1 to 18 no matter where you live or go to

school.

School Sites Open Monday-Friday June 16th until August 1st

Breakfast and Lunch Served Daily

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – A woman is in custody after she allegedly shot and killed her father Monday night in Floyd County.

According to Prestonsburg City Police, 911 received a call of a shooting at a home on KY Route 321 in Prestonsburg. The caller, later identified as 22-year-old Summer Adkins of Prestonsburg, told dispatchers that she shot her father.

Authorities found Jim Harvey, 62, of Prestonsburg, sitting in a chair dead from multiple gunshot wounds. His body has been sent to Frankfort for an autopsy.

Summer Adkins was arrested on scene and charged with one count of murder.

Prestonsburg City Police continue to investigate.

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 12 will begin two major paving projects in Floyd County on Monday, June 9^th. Work will take place on more than eight miles of roadway along KY Route 3 and KY Route 321.

On KY Route 3, paving will run from mile point 0.954 near Bays Branch bridge to the Johnson County line. On KY Route 321, the project extends from the KY Route 1428 intersection near Prestonsburg High School to mile point 5.07 at the Johnson County line.

Crews will work between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Drivers should expect delays.

Also beginning Monday, the entrance to Town Branch Road on U.S. 23 in Prestonsburg will be closed as grade work begins following utility work in the area.

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – Floyd County Schools’ District Health Coordinator Annette Harris has been named the 2025 Lucille Ross Kentucky School Nurse of the Year.

The award, presented by the Kentucky School Nurse Association, honors a school nurse who demonstrates excellence in delivering a comprehensive health program. Harris was chosen from a pool of statewide nominees based on her professional merit and alignment with nursing standards.

She will be recognized during the KSNA Annual Conference on July 15^th in Lexington.

ELKHORN CITY, Ky. (WMDJ) – Kentucky State Police have opened a death investigation after a Virginia man was found dead in a creek in Pike County.

Adam Stanley, 48, of Haysi, VA, who had previously reported missing to law enforcement in Virgina, was discovered in a creek in Elkhorn City near Big Branch Road on Wednesday.

Stanley was last seen on May 31st. 

Stanley was pronounced dead at the scene by the Pike County Coroner’s Office. His body was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. The cause of death remains under investigation.

HAZARD, Ky. (WMDJ) – A former assistant Pike County commonwealth attorney has been sentenced to five years in prison in connection to the death of his wife.

Donald Kyle Deskins, 54, of Kimper, was convicted for evidence tampering Thursday after he entered an Alford Plea last month to have a murder charge dismissed without prejudice. An Alford Plea means Deskins maintains his innocence, but admits a guilty verdict is likely.

Judith Deskins died on April 24^th, 2021 at her residence.

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WMDJ) – Employees at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps in Prestonsburg have received their Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications this week.

Workers were informed the center would be closing between June 11^th and June 25^th.

Some employees spent Thursday picketing along Lancer-Watergap road drawing support to keep Job Corps open.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week that Job Corps center across the country would be closing as part of federal cuts.

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – The rockfall mitigation project on KY Route 321 in Johnson County is nearing completion.

Crews with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet have wrapped up the major slope stabilization and barrier installation. They’re now focused on clearing the roadway and repairing the shoulders. Barring weather delays, the highway is expected to reopen on Friday, June 6^th.

Motorists are urged to continue to use caution in the area.  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WMDJ) – Gov. Andy Beshear has announced a new education initiative, aimed to advance Kentucky’s public education system and job growth.

Beshear says the new initiative, “Pre-K for All,” will provide pre-Kindergarten outreach to every Kentucky child to ensure that they don't fall behind from day one of school.

According to statistics, more than half of Kentucky’s children – 53.8% – are unprepared when they show up for their first day of kindergarten. Also, nearly two-thirds of Kentucky counties don’t have access to enough childcare to serve every family who needs it, with the majority of those located in Eastern Kentucky.

MANHATTAN (WMDJ) – The Trump administration was hit with a lawsuit this week, seeking to block it from eliminating Job Corps, the largest U.S. job training program for low-income youth.

A trade group representing contractors that operate Job Corps centers claim the U.S. Department of Labor is violating federal law and its own regulations by abruptly shuttering the program, a plan the agency announced last week.

The announced closures affect the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps in Prestonsburg.

The program currently serves about 25,000 people at 120 Job Corps centers run by contractors.

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – WMDJ is sadden to learn of the passing of a member of our radio family.

Randy Issac Humble, 65, of Printer, passed away early Tuesday morning at his residence after a prolonged illness.

Randy came to WMDJ in 2002 and has been a long-time fixture of our radio station. He was the host of the Sunday Morning Gospel Show from 6-9 a.m. Sundays and would also be heard filling in on various air-shifts over the years.

Randy served as a deacon of the Faith Independent Freewill Baptist Church. He loved the Lord, his wife and family, bluegrass music and the Detroit Lions. You could hear Randy singing, “Homegrown Tomatoes”, on-air when Randy was working, and he’d always like to talk football.

Randy was born April 4^th, 1960 in Belleville, Michigan. He was the husband of Martha Ann Mullins Humble. He is survived by his sons Brent Mullins of Printer, Larry Gene Mullins of Prestonsburg and Brody Mullins of Printer. Daughters Natalie Moore of Pilgrim and Savannah Mullins of Richmond, Ky. He also had 13 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the Faith Independent Freewill Baptist Church in Prestonsburg, with burial to follow in the family cemetery in Printer. Visitation is after 4 p.m. Wednesday at the church with Nelson Frazier Funeral Home in care of the arrangements.