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UPDATE: Karr added to Laurel County Sheriff’s Office most wanted list

UPDATE: Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Keith Dinsmore arrested William Tyler Karr, 25, of Lily, at approximately 1 p.m. on Dec. 3 in Lily. Karr had been placed on the Sheriff’s Most Wanted list after he attempted to evade police trying to serve him a warrant for first-degree...

New Laurel County Correctional Center officially opens

More than two years of planning and work officially wrapped up Saturday night as the 500 inmates at the Laurel County Correctional Center were transported to the new $25 million facility. The new single-story facility is located on Hammock Road in the Fariston community between...

New Laurel County Correctional Center to open in September

After more than two years of work, construction on the new $25 million Laurel County Correctional Facility is expected to be completed in late September. Jailer Jamie Mosley said the facility located on Hammock Road in the Fariston community between London and Lily will have 668...

Traffic stop leads police to wanted man in stolen vehicle

A traffic stop Thursday morning led Kentucky State Police Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officers to a man wanted in North Carolina on assault and auto theft charges. Officer Steve Douglas arrested Michael Brandon Holmes, 40, of Tabor City following the traffic stop...