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Agents seize over $2 million, more than 10,000 diverted Oxycodone pills

Investigators from the DEA Criminal Diversion Group, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, the Barbourville Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and the Manchester Police Department arrested 12 people, and seized approximately 10,000 diverted oxycodone pills and...
Posted On 12 May 2022
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Lincoln County man flees police through four counties Saturday

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies showed Saturday that, even when driving more than 120 mph, you can’t outrun the police radio, arresting a Lincoln County man who had fled from Madison County Sheriff’s deputies. Calain A. Myers, 18, of Crab Orchard, was arrested after Kentucky...

State legislator, who ran for governor in 2019, charged with strangulation, domestic violence

A state legislator, who ran for governor in 2019, was arrested Tuesday morning in Laurel County for allegedly strangling a woman and threatening to kill her. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Robert S. Goforth, 44, of East Bernstadt, following an investigation into a...

High speed chase spans four counties, 78 miles

An attempted traffic stop for speeding on Interstate 75 in Madison County, ended 78 miles and three counties later in Knox County Monday morning. Kentucky State Police Vehicle Enforcement arrested Teonte White, 19, of Lexington on charges of speeding – 26 mph or greater over the...

Corbin man dies in crash in Madison County

A Corbin man died Saturday in a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 75 in Madison County. Madison County Coroner Jimmy Cornelison pronounced 36-year-old Robert Salyers dead at the scene of the crash on north-bound I-75 near the 82-mile marker. According to Madison County Sheriff’s...