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Keavy woman charged with shooting man along roadway

What began as a call to investigate a prowler complaint in Keavy Friday night ended with the arrest of the property owner after she allegedly shot a man who was sitting in his truck while his friend urinated on the side of the road. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

Texas man adds charges in Laurel County stemming from 2018 chase down I-75

A Texas man facing numerous charges, including attempted murder, in connection with a high-speed chase down Interstate 75 and into Tennessee last October, is facing three additional counts of attempted murder in Laurel County. A Laurel County grand jury returned the indictment...

Gray man charged with assault in connection with Saturday night shooting

A Gray man is facing a first-degree assault charge after admitting to police that he shot a man in the neck Saturday. Kentucky State Police arrested Dennis R. Medlin, 58, at his residence on Hazel Fork Road at 10:48 p.m. Police were called to the scene in response to a complaint...

UPDATE: Infant child of Saturday shooting victim has died

UPDATE: The Fayette County Coroner reported Tuesday night that the infant daughter who was successfully delivered after her mother was shot Saturday has died. The child, listed as Amelia Johnson in the the coroner’s report, according to WYMT, died just before 7 p.m. The...

Investigation continues into Saturday shooting at Lily veterans club

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies will be taking the results of an investigation of a shooting at a veterans club in Lily to the grand jury. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo said the grand jury will determine whether criminal charges are warranted against William Helton of Corbin. Helton...

Man, who shot vehicles on I-75, arrested after long police chase

A police vehicle pursuit that started Sunday evening in Whitley County and involved a Texas man, who allegedly shot into vehicles, ended when the suspect’s vehicle came to rest against a cable barrier in Tennessee about 30 miles south of the Kentucky state line. The man was also...
Posted On 24 Oct 2018

State police investigating drive-by shooting in Woodbine

UPDATE: Kentucky State Police have identified the second victim in a drive-by shooting on Ky. 6 in Woodbine Sunday morning. Trooper Shane Jacobs, public affairs officer at Post 10 in Harlan said the individual is Rick Mitchell, 50, of Corbin. Mitchell, who suffered a gunshot...

Laurel deputies investigating domestic dispute that ended with gunshots

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies were called to West City Dam Road Thursday night to investigate a domestic dispute that ended with one individual being shot. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said the victim was taken from the scene off of Ky. 770...

Update: KSP releases new details in Gray man’s killing

New details have been released about the Sept. 19 shooting that claimed the life of a Gray man, and resulted in a brief barricade situation with another man, who remains hospitalized because of a gunshot wound. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...
Posted On 26 Sep 2018

Wednesday shooting claims life of Gray man

A Wednesday afternoon shooting claimed the life of a Gray man, and resulted in a brief barricade situation with another man, who is now hospitalized because of a gunshot wound. Glenn Edwards, 57, of Gray, was pronounced dead at the scene by a Knox County deputy coroner after...
Posted On 20 Sep 2018