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Former Laurel County school employee gets pardon

A former employee with Laurel County Public Schools, who was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography and tampering with a witness, received a pardon from outgoing Gov. Matt Bevin. Charles “Doug” Phelps, who served as the school...

Outgoing Gov. Matt Bevin pardons Woodbine man convicted of 2008 murder

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...

Corbin woman pardoned by governor

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...