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By Jeff Ledington The Mountain Advocate Once pardoned from a murder conviction that saw him serving 19 years behind bars, Patrick Baker will spend the next 39 and a half years in federal prison. Baker’s federal sentencing Tuesday by Judge Claria Horn Boom saw him receive 42...

A Knox County man, who was convicted of the 2008 murder of a man he testified was his best friend, is one of several people who received pardons for their crimes as former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin left office Monday. Daniel Scott Grubb was sentenced to life in prison for the...

It was standing room only as United States Congressman Hal Rogers and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, along with Senate President Robert Stivers, Judge-Executive Mike Mitchell, KCEOC President Paul Dole, and Mayor David Thompson took to the stage Saturday morning. The event,...

Vice President Mike Pence met with supporters at the London Corbin Airport where he landed Thursday while en route to meetings in Manchester. Mr. Pence landed at approximately 11 p.m. and was greeted by Governor Matt Bevin, and Congressman Hal Rogers, R-KY, who represents...

Republican party faithful got to hear from Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, U.S. Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers and Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers during Saturday’s 81st Annual Fifth District Lincoln Day Banquet, which was held at The Corbin...

Danielle Stansberry Matlock was sitting at home on Sunday night, Nov. 3 when her phone rang and Gov. Matt Bevin told her that he had approved her application for a pardon. “It came up as a private number and it was 9:45 at night. At first I wasn’t going to answer,” Matlock sai...

Gov. Matt Bevin announced Thursday that fiscal courts in 29 counties, including Whitley, Knox and Laurel, will receive refunds totaling $149,425 from mining permit and acreage fees. The amounts of refunds are based on acreage fees paid by coal companies. The Kentucky Department...

Local honored for service with AmeriCorps Governor’s Service Awards presented at State Capitol ceremony Lori Shea Fuson of Williamsburg was honored at the Governor’s Service Awards ceremony recently in Frankfort in recognition of her service in the AmeriCorps Kentucky Colleges...