RIPLEY — A Kentucky man was jailed after an altercation with officers from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department Oct. 18.

Deputy J.A. Pinson responded to a disturbance at McCoy’s Inn and Conference Center in Ripley early Saturday morning. Hotel staff explained that several people in the lobby were upset due to a domestic dispute that had taken place at the hotel earlier in the evening. Pinson spoke with the people in question, asking them to calm down and return to their rooms, and all except one complied. Read the full story

COTTAGEVILLE, WVa. — Two Cottageville residents have been jailed on drug charges.

Officers from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department raided the residence of Robert Dallas Sayre, 51, and Melody Jane Sayre, 46, at 156 Lone Oak Road in Cottageville on the afternoon of Oct. 3.

Melody Sayre was taken into custody at the scene; Robert Sayre was not at home and was arrested the next day. Read the full story