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12 Kentucky State Police troopers from Post 10 deployed to Louisville Thursday

Additional Kentucky State Police troopers from southeast Kentucky have been deployed to Louisville. Officials with Kentucky State Police Post 10 in Harlan, which also serves Knox and Bell counties, announced Thursday that 12 troopers were deployed. Troopers from Post 11 in London...

Appointment now required to take driver’s permit test

For those, who turned 16 years old in recent months and have been itching to go take their driver’s permit test but haven’t been able to do so because your local judicial center has been closed, you are now in luck. The Kentucky State Police Driver Testing Branch announced...
Posted On 03 Jun 2020

52 Children Died in ‘Hot Cars’ Last Year

During the first week of June, Kentucky State Police are sending a plea to parents and caregivers with ‘Keeping Kids Cool’, a statewide initiative to provide awareness about leaving children in hot cars. It may seem like common sense, but statistics show that these deaths are...
Posted On 02 Jun 2020

Local Kentucky State Troopers sent to Louisville in wake of riots

A group of Kentucky State Police Troopers from Post 11 in London departed Monday morning for Louisville where protests have turned violent in recent days. According to Louisville area media outlets, protests have been ongoing in the city since March 13 following the death Breonna...

Saturday night chase on I-75 reaches speeds of 183 mph

A high-speed pursuit Saturday night made Interstate–75 look like Kentucky Speedway as Kentucky State Police say the vehicle reached speeds of 183 mph. “We didn’t have anything that could keep up with him,” said Trooper Scottie Pennington, public affairs officer at Post 11 in...

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

Update: Missing woman located safe

Update: Kentucky State Police announced about 9:10 p.m. Wednesday that Cecily Mobley has been located safe and removed from NCIC (National Crime Information Center). The Kentucky State Police, London Post, is asking for the public’s assistance as part of an ongoing missing person...
Posted On 13 May 2020
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Kentucky State Police arrest Corbin man in connection with pawn shop burglary; searching for second man

Kentucky State Police have arrested one person and are searching for a second in connection with the burglary of a Corbin area pawn shop sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. The burglars were captured on surveillance video as they forced their way into Gotcha Back Pawn...

Corbin man who led police on two-high speed chases admits he smoked meth

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies say a Corbin man, who led law enforcement on one high-speed chase that began on Cumberland Falls Hwy., and then a second chase that ended on Paris Karr Road in Laurel County early Wednesday morning, admitted to smoking methamphetamine prior to...