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Kentucky State Police responded to a first-degree criminal abuse complaint Oct. 24 at the Pilgrims Rest Ministry of Reconciliation, an Ohio County boys boarding school affiliated with the fundamentalist Baptist faith. Details of the incident are unclear. Both KSP and the state’s Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) have declined to provide information about the case — citing an ongoing investigation into the facility. “Premature disclosure of records generated in the course of this active investigation of alleged physical and sexual abuse of juveniles, at this early stage, would do irreparable harm to the investigation,” said KSP’s official custodian of...

OHIO COUNTY, W. Va. – (KDKA) – A couple from Washington County could be facing charges after a bizarre incident Tuesday morning. According to police, a naked man was allegedly being led around on a dog leash by a fully clothed woman on Route 40 around 9:30 a.m. in Ohio County, W. Va. When police arrived, the man was clothed. Police determined the two were “consenting adults” as well. Charges have not been filed at this time. However, it is likely that the couple will face charges in the future. Their names have not been released at this time.

WHEELING -- "Ud tiene el derecho de permancer callado." Those were the first words spoken by Ohio County Sheriff's Deputy C.R. Bise recently as he placed an illegal immigrant under arrest. The words are familiar to law enforcement here in the Northern Panhandle. "It means, 'You have the right to remain silent,' in Spanish," explained Ohio County Sheriff Tom Burgoyne, who worked for 27 years as an FBI agent before taking office in 2000. "It's the beginning of the Miranda Warning translated, and every one of our 26 active deputies have been given a copy." "We're covering all our bases...