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W’burg man facing 27-count indictment related to Jan. 11 police pursuit

A Whitley County grand jury returned a 27-count indictment Monday against a Williamsburg man, who allegedly led police on a high speed chase from Tennessee into Kentucky last month in a stolen vehicle and allegedly tried to kill multiple officers during the pursuit. Read this...
Posted On 22 Feb 2023

Paradise released from hospital, jailed Wednesday for shooting at officer

A Corbin man, who was recently shot by a Kentucky State Police trooper after allegedly shooting at the trooper, is now out of the hospital and in jail. Jeffrey Parade was booked into the Laurel County Correctional Center on Jan. 25 charged with fleeing or evading police and...
Posted On 27 Jan 2022

Superseding indictment issued in attempted murder of a police officer case

A Williamsburg man, who allegedly tried to run over a Kentucky State Police trooper nearly 18 months ago before he was subsequently shot by another trooper, was indicted again Monday by a Whitley County Grand Jury. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe...
Posted On 23 Dec 2021

Florida man pleads guilty to attempted murder of a police officer

A Florida man, who shot at police during a high speed-chase in a stolen vehicle in 2017, agreed to spend 25 years in a Kentucky prison Tuesday morning rather than stand trial in Whitley Circuit Court. Thomas Earl Reynolds lead police on a high-speed chase and shot at an officer...
Posted On 20 Oct 2021

Sullivan indicted for attempted murder of a police officer

A Williamsburg man, who allegedly tried to run over a Kentucky State Police trooper in May, and was subsequently shot by another trooper, has been indicted by a Whitley County Grand Jury. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...
Posted On 22 Jul 2020

Williamsburg man wanted for shooting at law enforcement last week, arrested in Jellico

A Williamsburg man wanted for allegedly shooting at law enforcement during a foot pursuit last Saturday, was apprehended at a motel in Campbell County, Tennessee Thursday. Jordon Lee Ramey is facing one count of attempted murder of a police officer. Officials with the Campbell...

Whitley County man charged with attempted murder of a police officer

A Whitley County man allegedly struck a Kentucky State Police trooper with his vehicle late Tuesday evening, was subsequently shot by the officer, and had to be flown to the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries,...
Posted On 14 May 2020

Corbin man facing multiple counts of attempted murder of a police officer

A Corbin man was arrested Monday morning on charges that he held a woman against her will, and led police on a high-speed chase across the back roads through Gray, Lily and Corbin that almost proved fatal for several officers. Joshua K. Grigsby, 29, was taken into custody...

Gray man charged with attempted murder of police officer

A Knox County man has been charged with attempted murder of a police officer after state police say he shot law enforcement that had arrived at his residence to investigate an assault complaint Monday morning. Kentucky State Police Trooper Shane Jacobs, Public Affairs Officer at...

Stinnett pleads guilty to attempted murder of a police officer

A Williamsburg man is expected to receive a 15-year prison sentence after entering a plea agreement Tuesday morning to charges related to an Oct. 5, 2016, vehicle chase that resulted in a police officer shooting at the suspect’s vehicle in an attempt to end the pursuit. Read this...
Posted On 31 Jan 2018