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Rucker sentenced to 65 years in prison for murder, jail escape attempt

Nicholas Rucker has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for the 2019 death of Vicki Conner, as well as his role in an April 2022 escape attempt of the Whitley County Detention Center. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...

Rucker pleads guilty to murder, other charges following mediation Tuesday

Nicholas Rucker has entered a guilty plea to numerous charges, including murder, in the 2019 death of Vicki Conner and a subsequent failed attempt to escape from jail. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...

Rucker enters guilty plea in murder, escape attempt

Nicholas Rucker has entered a guilty plea to numerous charges, including murder, in the 2019 death of Vicki Conner and a subsequent failed attempt to escape from jail. Following case mediation, Rucker, 42, entered the plea in Whitley Circuit Court on Tuesday afternoon. Rucker...

Rucker wants 2019 murder charge dropped

A Corbin man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend in May 2019 and eluding police for more than a month has had a motion filed on his behalf to dismiss the charges against him. Nicholas Rucker, 41, faces charges of murder, tampering with physical evidence and possession of a...

Vicki Conner’s family raising reward money for capture of Nicholas Rucker

The family of the woman who was shot and killed at a Woodbine residence on May 22, is asking for the public’s help to raise reward money in the hopes of enticing someone to give up the location of the man that police say killed her. Vicki S. Conner’s cousin, Nancy Wagner, has...