Heather Oney

SALYERSVILLE – A Magoffin County grand jury released the following indictments, handed down on September 3 and released in the past week:

LEXINGTON – The Magoffin County Special Olympics coach was honored earlier this month with the community service award at the annual convention for the Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency (KCCD).

SALYERSVILLE – A Magoffin County grand jury released the following indictments, handed down on September 3 and released in the past week: Anthony Shane Dobbins, 40, of Coon Creek Road, in Salyersville, was charged with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, first offense, fentanyl (a Class C felony). According to the indictment, on or about […]

SALYERSVILLE – The Magoffin County Fiscal Court met in special session on Friday, September 18, discussing road funding and potential opioid- abatement funding projects.

BLOOMINGTON – A Magoffin County man was arrested on an attempted murder charge on Monday. Magoffin County Sheriff Bill Meade reported in the arrest citation that Garland D. Elsea, 57, of Salyersville, and another person had went to court earlier that day to have a protective order dismissed and have seized firearms returned. Sheriff Meade reported that after court the two went to Elsea's residence on Bloomington, but their conversation turned hostile.

MOUNTAIN PARKWAY – A Floyd County man was arrested early Wednesday morning after a traffic stop yielded a significant amount of methamphetamine.

SALYERSVILLE – A Magoffin County grand jury released the following indictments this past week, issued on October 1:

Somerset, Kentucky, October 13, 2026 — Eastern Kentucky PRIDE (Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment) at The Center for Rural Development announced recently that it has opened applications for the Homeowner Septic Program, thanks to funding secured through Community Project Funding by U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers.

SALYERSVILLE – The Salyersville City Council met in regular session on Monday, October 19. During the meeting, councilmen Paul Montgomery and Tex Holbrook asked Mayor Stanley Howard about the resurfacing at Coal Branch, with Mayor Howard noting they were resurfacing all but two spots of Coal Branch. They asked about getting the price for the […]

For years the playground at Ramey Memorial Park was in the flood zone, taking a hit every spring when the park would inevitably flood, again, with no solution in sight, with the county keeping it on a wish list of projects. One family with local ties was able to make the wish a reality, bringing an all-inclusive and easily accessible playground above the floodplain at the far end of the park, set to serve Magoffin County's youth for years to come.