Video summary
A Floyd County man named Joshua Jagger Bevans is facing a series of new charges following a high-speed chase involving a stolen dirt bike last week. After fleeing on the vehicle and crashing into another car before attempting to escape on foot, Bevans was eventually apprehended by a K-9 unit. Authorities have now added counts for receiving stolen property and criminal mischief due to the damage caused during the crash, while also serving him with unrelated warrants for identity theft and possessing forged instruments. Currently held without bond in the Floyd County jail, Bevans is already out on bail for separate cases involving autotheft in Pike County and meth possession in Floyd County, though prosecutors are seeking to revoke his bond in both instances.
This weekend, Remote Area Medical will return to Eastern Kentucky to offer free medical, dental, and vision care at Eastridge High School in Lick Creek. The clinic will feature twenty-five dental bays, ten medical bays, and ten vision bays, providing services ranging from general checkups and fillings to on-site eye exams and custom glasses. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early, as the parking lot opens at midnight on Friday, with doors officially opening at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 29th. While everyone is welcome regardless of insurance status or income, patients are asked to choose between dental or vision services due to high demand, though they may return the next day for the other service if availability permits.
The broadcast also covers local sports updates and features an open forum on the use of artificial intelligence in rural businesses held in Whitesburg. The event aimed to help local employers and educators understand how AI can improve efficiency and handle routine tasks while addressing concerns about resource consumption like water usage. Experts emphasized that while there are risks to consider, utilizing AI properly can significantly benefit organizations, provided that users evaluate whether every prompt is truly necessary or if the information could be found through traditional research methods. The discussion highlighted the importance of balancing technological advancement with responsible usage in Appalachian communities.
The program concludes with a reminder for viewers to stay tuned to Mountaintop TV and their digital platforms for live coverage of upcoming volleyball games and other local news. Viewers are encouraged to visit local retail locations to upgrade their devices to 5G networks, ensuring they do not miss out on faster speeds and exclusive features. As always, the show provides a comprehensive look at community issues, from legal developments and healthcare initiatives to technological advancements and sports highlights, keeping the audience informed about what matters most in the region.
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A Floyd County man arrested after a
chase last week now faces additional
charges and we'll give you a preview of
this weekend's Ram Clinic in Pike
County. I'm Nick Colum and this is the
Mountaintop Daily.
A Floyd County man arrested last week
after leading police on a chase
involving a stolen dirt bike is now
facing additional charges.
21-year-old Joshua Jagger Bevans was
questioned at his Harold home about a
dirt bike stolen from McCoy Motorsports
when police say he fled on the bike and
crashed into a vehicle before running
from officers. He was later located by a
K-9 unit and charged with fleeing
police, wanted endangerment, and other
offenses. Floyd County authorities have
since charged Bevans with receiving
stolen property for possessing the dirt
bike and criminal mischief for causing
more than $1,000 in damage when he
crashed it. Police also served Bevans
with an unrelated warrant accusing him
of identity theft and two counts of
possessing a forged instrument.
Bevans was already out on bond in a Pike
County autotheft case and a Floyd County
meth possession case. His bond has been
revoked in the meth case and prosecutors
are seeking to revoke it in the
autotheft case. He is currently being
held without bond in the Floyd County
jail.
Remote Area Medical will be back in
Eastern Kentucky this weekend offering
free medical, dental, and vision care to
anyone who shows up. Robin tells us more
about it.
Remote Area Medical, better known as
RAM, is holding a free clinic this
weekend at Eastridge High School in Lick
Creek. We're offering free medical
services, dental services, and vision
services. With dental services, we will
have just your typical hygiene services,
so cleanings, um, fillings, and
extractions.
Medical, we've got general medical
services. So if you need like a yearly
checkup, if you need to check in with a
doctor, um think if anything you would
go to your your normal PCP for, you can
get your vision exams and we will be
making glasses on site. Most most of the
time we can make glasses on site. Uh
every now and then we have some special
circumstances in which we would do a
mail out service that is actually mailed
directly to the patient, but uh for the
most part you can come and pick out
frames and have those glasses made there
on site. The clinic will feature 25
dental bays, 10 medical bays, and 10
vision bays.
>> So, we do everything first come, first
serve. Um, typically our parking lot
opens at midnight um the day before um
on Friday. So, at 11:59 on Friday
evening is when our parking lot
typically opens. We do sometimes have
folks that come earlier than that.
Dental services and vision services are
our two main um requests for services.
And um we do ask that patients choose
one or the other. Everyone can get
medical when they come in. Um but just
because of the demand and the time it
takes to get everyone through, we do ask
that patients choose dental or vision.
Now, they can also come back the next
day and receive the other service. And
if we're still um if we still have
availability after their one first
service is done, they can also jump in
um on that.
>> The doors open at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday,
August 29th, and everyone is welcome.
>> Never ask for the three eyes. We never
ask for identification, proof of
insurance, or proof of income. We're
never going to ask for those things. It
is completely free service as long as
you are in first come, first serve. And
when it comes to if you've got like a
long wait, please make sure that you
bring stuff with you that you might need
overnight, uh if you're waiting
overnight. So any medications that you
normally take, um snacks, water, things
of that nature, just to make sure that
you're comfortable and and healthy um
when you come through the doors.
>> Reporting from Mountaintop News, I'm
Robin Tilman.
>> Coming up after the break, Sor spoke
with businesses about how AI can address
some of their needs. We'll tell you more
about it when the Mountaintop Daily
continues. But first, sports and
weather. Bada bing, bada boom. Big guy
in the room.
How's it going, sports fans? Cody the
Professor Davis here with your
Mountaintop Sports Recap. And let's just
jump into it. Mountaintop Sports will
have live stream coverage of tonight's
Shelby Valley and Pikeville volleyball
game. Tune in on our Facebook page,
Mountaintop TV app, or our cable TV
channel to catch all the action. First
service 7:30. And in case you missed it
over the weekend, the Cassidy Road
Classic happened on Robinson Creek.
We've got photos thanks to Dodo Row on
our Facebook page. Go check them out.
That's your Mountaintop Sports Recap.
I'm Cody, the Professor Davis. And as
always, thanks for watching.
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>> AI or artificial intelligence is a hot
topic these days and is often the main
topic of many news stories and everyday
conversations. Today, SOAR was in
Whitesburg telling businesses how they
can use the powerful tool to meet their
goals. I sat in to learn more. On
Tuesday, August 25th, Shaping Our
Appalachin region hosted an open forum
discussing how local businesses are
implementing AI in their workflow.
Employers and business owners were
present to network with one another and
learn how to potentially use AI as a
tool meant for improving efficiency and
performing more remedial tasks. Director
of Tech Workforce Sheniku Corley Moore
gives us the details.
>> Today we are meeting in U Whitesburg
honestly to understand the rural aspects
of how employers and educators are
utilizing AI currently um knowing that
there has always been a national
presence um and an urban presence around
AI and how it's being used there. But
with the center on rural innovation,
because we focus primarily on rural
communities and helping them build their
economies, we are simply trying to
understand the use cases that we're
having in rural America and how um AI is
impacting maybe their business or their
employees and what skills they're trying
to gain or what skills they need to have
in order for the companies to be
successful and to move forward in
progress when it comes to AI. For those
who argue against AI being used in local
businesses, Corley Moore says there are
risks that should be assessed. Resource
consumption should always be considered
when using AI for any purpose.
>> When you're thinking about the worldwide
web and the internet and when Google
came out um of course there is going to
be an opportunity where um people are
against it but ultimately if you utilize
it properly and utilize it correctly, it
can ultimately help your company and
help your organization and help your
business. comes to AI and we're talking
about overwater usage and consumption
and things of that nature. It's truly
going to be around um what one of my
colleagues said earlier today is going
back to that whiteboard and thinking
about how is AI currently within my
organization being misused. How can we
actually use it for its efficiency? Um,
and then if let's say you're putting in
a daily prompt, um, I don't know what
the statistics say for every prompt that
goes into an AI source, um, for water
consumption, but let's say you're
putting in a prompt. Is this something
that actually needed to be a prompt, or
is this something that you could have
researched without utilizing AI?
>> That will do it for this edition of the
Mountaintop Daily. Be sure to check us
out at 6 PM every weekday on Mountaintop
TV, the Mountaintop TV app, and the
Mountaintop News Facebook page. With
your Mountaintop Daily, I'm Nick Colum
for Mountaintop News.