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KSP Trooper gives details about 110-mph chase involving stolen vehicle

The case of an Ohio woman accused of leading Kentucky State Police on a high-speed chase on Interstate 75 near Corbin last Tuesday will be presented to a Whitley County grand jury. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...

Nicholas Rucker case bound over to grand jury after Tuesday hearing

There were six other people inside the home with Vicki S. Conner when she was fatally shot on May 22, but only Nicholas Rucker was inside the bedroom with her when the fatal shot was fired from close range. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get...
Posted On 19 Jul 2019

Victim ran out of house with bloody head yelling, ‘Help me! Help me!’ officer testifies

An R-Tech driver, who was at Wanda Richardson’s home on June 21 to pick her up for a doctor’s appointment, saw Richardson run out of her home with her head bloody yelling, “Help me! Help me!” Michael Worley is charged with murder in the death of his aunt, Wanda Richardson. The...
Posted On 10 Jul 2019

Judge finds probable cause in McFadden homicide case

The couple accused of murdering Sherry Rose and the two men accused of tampering with evidence appeared in Laurel County District Court today for a preliminary hearing. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...

Attorney: Shot that struck man in ear was self defense

A Whitley County Grand Jury is expected to decide next month whether to indict a Williamsburg senior citizen, who allegedly shot a man more than 50 years his junior during a March 4 alleged road rage incident. At the close of a nearly 32 minute preliminary hearing Monday morning,...
Posted On 15 Mar 2018

Murder victim shot in back of head, chest detective testifies

The case of a Corbin man accused of fatally shooting his wife will be presented to a Laurel County grand jury in April. Joshua Tate Davenport is charged with murder in the death of his wife. Following a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Laurel District Court, Judge Wendell “Skip”...

Details about trooper-involved shooting emerge during court hearing

A preliminary hearing was held Tuesday for Billy Barnhill, who was shot by police last month after allegedly driving towards a state trooper on an ATV. A Kentucky State Police investigator officially identified the trooper that shot a man in Rockholds on July 18 as Trooper Jeremy...
Posted On 04 Aug 2017

Testimony: Woman hid in closet while duo shot to death

Paul Parsons is guided to a waiting jail vehicle after his preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon in Whitley District Court. A woman, who was inside the trailer where a double homicide occurred on Fred Nash Lane early last Wednesday morning, apparently hid in a closet while the...
Posted On 14 Jun 2017

Taylor allegedly shot husband over spending $264,000 cash settlement, detective testifies

Courtney Taylor told police that she shot her husband on Jan. 13 because he had spent the majority of a cash settlement she received last year and she shot her two daughters because she didn’t want them growing up without a mother and feeling unloved like she was. This was part...
Posted On 01 Feb 2017