Martin City Police Department

01/01/2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

TRAFFIC SAFETY/DUI/NARCOTICS CHECKPOINT PUBLIC NOTIFICATION:

The Martin City Police Department will be conducting Traffic Safety/DUI/Narcotics Checkpoints on various dates and times between Thursday, January 1, 2026-Tuesday, March 31, at or around the locations listed below which have been designated as checkpoint locations by the Martin City Police Department. Officers will have their emergency equipment active and will be clearly visible while conducting the checkpoints.

Designated locations are as follows:

1.) Kentucky Route 122.

2.) Kentucky Route 1428.

3.) Kentucky Route 1210.

4.) Kentucky Route 2030.

5.) Kentucky Route 3381/3382.

6.) Kentucky Route 80.

7.) Kentucky Route 3188.

8.) Kentucky Route 777.

9.) Hite Road.

10.) Warco Road.

11.) John’s Branch Road.

Martin City Police Department may also assist other agencies at locations that are approved by their administration.

12/08/2025

There are no words in existence to accurately describe the low-life piece of trash it takes to do something like this. These heroes shine a light for us each and every day, and for something like this to happen to their memorial is heartbreaking. Rest assured, all law enforcement agencies within the county are working to identify the perpetrator of this cowardly act, and they will be brought to justice.

Please contact Prestonsburg/Floyd County 911 at 886-1010 if you have any information or message us here. Your name will not be released, but will be held in high esteem for helping us right this terrible wrong. Remember these heroes, their families, and all First Responders, as this is an attack on all of us.

Signed,
Christian Stidham
Chief of Police

11/05/2025

‼️UPDATE‼️
JUVENILE HAS BEEN FOUND

10/18/2025

RED WHITE AND BLUE FESTIVAL REMINDER!!!

All event parking is in the US Bank, and old Bank parking lots. You may also park in the grass field between the old bank and the shopping center. THERE IS NO EVENT PARKING AT ANY BUSINESS. Anyone caught parking at any business will be towed by the business at the owner’s expense. We want to support our local businesses, so please do not take up their parking.

10/18/2025

Everyone come out and join us a great day of fun. The Parade will start at 2:00, and will travel down Main Street from Ice Plant Hollow to KY-122. KY-1428-Main Street, will be closed down completely to all Non-Emergency traffic from 1:45 until the end of the parade. After the parade we will be back at the Festival Grounds from 3:00-11:00. All rides are free, and concerts are free, but we encourage you to bring a chair as there is limited seating for the concerts. At 9:30 tonight, Pyro Shows will start the fireworks show from the middle of the large field on Main Street. You may park and watch in the field on the right side of the Main Street and Ice Plant Hollow intersection. Emergency personnel will be on scene to assist with this. KY-1428-Main Street will also be closed down to all non emergency personnel during the fireworks show. We hope everyone has a great time at the festival.

09/11/2025

On this day 24 years ago our Nation suffered an unimaginable tragedy. We will never forget the sacrifices made that day.

09/06/2025

We want to give a huge thanks to this amazing team at BB’s for their hospitality to us. They make each and every person feel like family. If you haven’t visited their Restaurant, believe me, you are missing out. We cannot recommend them enough!!!

🌟 We want to take a moment to give a big shoutout to some of our favorite customers and our incredible local law enforcement officers! Our regulars that close us down every friday night💙🖤Thank you Floyd County Sheriff's and Martin City Police Department , your hard work and dedication mean the world to us. After hours we let bear in just for a picture! Thank you for everything you do to keep our community safe and thriving! We appreciate you! 💙

08/13/2025

🚨SAFETY REMINDER🚨

Tomorrow is the big day that all our kids go back to school. We want to ask everyone to remain safe and vigilant when driving in any school zone, around any pickup/dropoff area, and around any school bus. Please help us all to make this the safest, and best school year yet!!!

08/08/2025

🚨UPDATE🚨

The owner of the truck and trailer has reached out to the owner of the car and is arranging to have the car fixed. Although he was not driving when this accident occurred, he is making things right, and we commend him for that.

We also want to give a huge thank you to everyone that shared this post. We could not have done it without you.

07/31/2025

‼️⚠️🚨WE SWEAR THIS IS IT🚨‼️⚠️ 🆘🆘SHARE THE SNOT OUTTA THIS🆘🆘

WE KNOW we changed the date once because of conflicts, and we vetted that date with everyone involved. Long story short, the majority of the PHS baseball team also plays Football, and Sunday is the Media Day for all fall sports. So, PHS was rendered basically auto forfeit.

We have verified the new date with US STRATCOM, the young veterinarians club, the Canadian Scuba Diver’s Association and anyone else who may come up with a conflict.

⏱️⏱️SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 6:00⏱️⏱️

LISTEN GUYS. IT IS SET IN STONE AND HAS N O T H I N G to do with our team needing more practice or that we will have some more very capable players able to attend……

It’s worth it. We promise. If you want a sneak peak, we’re having a scrimmage against ourselves Sunday night.

There will be plenty of ambulances there…

BE THERE!!! 23rd!!!

07/29/2025

⚠️⚠️⚠️EDITED FOR ANOTHER CHANGE DUE TO FALL SPORTS MEDIA DAY⚠️⚠️⚠️
‼️‼️SHARE SHARE SHARE‼️‼️
🚨🚨DATE CHANGE!!!🚨🚨

DUE TO AN UNREALIZED CONFLICT the greatest softball game you’ll ever see has been pushed back one day, from this Saturday the 2nd to Saturday the 23rd - STILL AT
6 PM.

Saturday is the last show of Billy Jean Osborne’s Kentucky Opry - and we don’t want you to have to choose! Both will be very entertaining…a different kind of entertainment, but nonetheless entertaining. We originally moved the game to Sunday, but we learned that Sunday is media day for all fall sports, and all but three of the PHS baseball players also play Football. So that came about after we moved it. So here we are.

These guys and gals have been stretching and pulling muscles like they’re about to chase Pablo Escobar up Left Beaver and stock shares in Icy Hot have skyrocketed. We’re a 125 batting average one round and a 350 the next. What’re ya gonna get? Who knows. But once one of us gets four home runs, every one after that is an out. And we’re selling mulligans…is that a softball thing? Oh well.

C’ya then!

07/18/2025

If anyone recognizes this truck, or knows who drives this truck, please message us. We will greatly appreciate any information given to us.