Laurel County, KY - Sheriff John Root is reporting that Laurel Sheriff’s Detective Jason Back along with Deputy James Sizemore conducted a drug investigation on Tuesday afternoon (4-30-13), on Barbourville Road, 4 miles south of London.

LONDON, KY – Dan Smoot, who has been part of the Operation UNITE team since its inception a decade ago, will step up to lead the organization effective May 15.

In just a single day, citizens across southern and eastern Kentucky have doubled the amount of unwanted or unused medications returned for safe disposal.

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Preliminary statistics* indicate that five people died in five separate crashes on Kentucky’s roadways from Monday, Apr. 22 through Sunday, Apr. 28, 2013.

(Murray, KY) – Kentucky State Police Trooper David Dick has charged a juvenile in reference to a bomb threat that occurred at Calloway County High School yesterday (04/29/2013).

On Monday, April 29, 2013, at approximately 12:55 p.m., the KSP post 1 Mayfield was contacted by the Calloway County Sheriff's Office in reference to a bomb threat at Calloway County High School located at 2108 College Farm Road, Murray. A threat indicating that there was a bomb in the school had been discovered in a girl's bathroom.

McConnell Legislation Would Target EPA Permit Approval Process

PIKEVILLE, KY – During stops Monday in Pikeville and Hazard, Kentucky, U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced his plans to introduce The Coal Jobs Protection Act. The legislation targets the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) coal-mining permit approval process, which is negatively impacting coal-mining jobs in Kentucky.

Laurel County, KY - Sheriff John Root is reporting that Laurel Sheriff’s Detective Jason Back, along with Deputy James Sizemore conducted a drug investigation on Saturday morning (4-27-13)

(Murray, KY.) – The Kentucky State Police is investigating a bomb threat at Calloway County High School.

Laurel County, KY - Sheriff John Root is reporting that Laurel Sheriff’s Deputy Mickey Ashurst was dispatched by Laurel 911 to an injury crash involving a vehicle that apparently struck a pedestrian on Ky1223, 9 miles south of London early Saturday morning (4-27-2013) at approx. 12:46 A.M.

(FRANKFORT, Ky.Thursday, April 25, 2013)— Eleven Kentucky State Police telecommunicators from throughout the commonwealth were recognized today at graduation ceremonies for the second class of the agency’s telecommunications academy.