Pineville News

One man walks away with a minor wound afteri crashing into a rock bank on Varilla Curve.

Brad Franklin and Matt McCoy from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet were present at Pineville High School to teach the students about driving while being distracted.

Filing deadlines have passed, and there will be no local races on the primary ballot in the spring.

An Evarts man has been charged with first-degree robbery for his alleged connection in a home invasion that occurred around 1 a.m. on Monday at Jenson on KY 221 in Bell County.

The Bell County Grand Jury handed down the following indictments recently: Dustin L. Overton, 38 of Middlesboro, was indicted on the charge of receiving stolen property .

The Pineville Utility Commission, who supplies water to the Green Hills Water District, said on Friday, water is now being pumped to the Green Hills Water District.

According to Kentucky State Police, officers were called to US 25E, about one mile south of Pineville, just after 7 am Thursday morning.

ANDERS ELD/Harlan Daily Enterprise Magistrate David Kennedy said a new bill in Frankfort, which would guarantee funding for the University of Pikeville with coal severance money, would hurt Harlan County.

The following individuals recently entered guilty pleas in Bell County Circuit Court: a Linda Lou Smith, 45 of Pineville, pled guilty on the charges of facilitation to commit utter false/forged prescription and facilitation to commit theft of identity of another without consent.

On January 12, 2012, Kentucky State Police troopers from Post 10, and Drug Enforcement Eastern Section/Special Investigations conducted a drug round-up in Bell and Harlan counties.