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Brock pleads guilty to charges stemming from WCDC escape attempt

The second of three men who attempted to escape from the Whitley County Detention Center last year has entered a guilty plea to charges stemming from the incident. Paul Brock, 42, faced charges of attempting to escape from a penitentiary, first-degree persistent felony offender...

Rucker enters guilty plea in murder, escape attempt

Nicholas Rucker has entered a guilty plea to numerous charges, including murder, in the 2019 death of Vicki Conner and a subsequent failed attempt to escape from jail. Following case mediation, Rucker, 42, entered the plea in Whitley Circuit Court on Tuesday afternoon. Rucker...