Oh, this is cute. Look:

PIKEVILLE — Appalachian News-Express Editor Jerry Boggs said he will not press assault charges against Pikeville Mayor Frank Justice II.

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On Tuesday night, Boggs said in a document filed with the Pike County attorney’s office, “I was a customer at Champs Bar and Grill on Main Street when Mr. Justice entered the business and asked the employees if they had seen the editor of the Appalachian News-Express.”

Boggs said in the complaint, filed Wednesday, that Justice confronted him about a story that appeared in Wednesday’s newspaper. Boggs said he asked to discuss the matter civilly, but Justice refused.

The story in question named Justice’s business, K.J.C. Restaurant Co. Inc., which operates Jerry’s Restaurant, as having donated $2,000 to a political group that ran a racy television ad attacking Pike magistrate Chris Harris before the May primary election.

“When I confirmed the information would be in print, Mr. Justice punched me, striking me on the left eye and cheekbone,” Boggs said in the criminal complaint.

This is not the Eastern Kentucky I know. Civilized adults don’t behave like this.

Oh, and who wants to tell me why Utility Management Group seems to show up every single time there’s a problem in Pike County?

The mayor needs to resign and apologize to the folks he allegedly serves. What an embarrassment.