MANCHESTER, KY (October 29, 2020) - UPDATE: Clay County Jailer Linda Smallwood is reporting that: The Clay County Detention Center now has more employees and an inmate that have tested positive for Covid-19.

Seventh-highest overall rate, third-highest female rate point to need for serious action from state lawmakers

LOUISVILLE, KY — New data from the federal agency charged with tracking criminal justice statistics around the nation again highlights Kentucky’s grim per capita imprisonment rate. For the second year in a row, Kentucky had the seventh-highest ranking in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics Prisoners in 2019 annual report released on Oct. 22, 2020. The Commonwealth’s rate declined by 1.5%, compared to a decline of 2.3% nationally.

LEXINGTON, KY - A Cynthiana, Kentucky, man, William Michael Fields, Jr., 37, was sentenced to 420 months on Wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for the production of child pornography.

LONDON, KY - Sheriff John Root offers the following safety tips for Halloween and Trick or Treating this year, which is Saturday, October 31, 2020.

LEXINGTON, KY. - A Richmond, Ky., man, Terry Smith, 44, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to 72 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 10 grams or more of acetylfentanyl and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.  

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root along with Laurel Sheriff's K-9 Deputy Jake Miller arrested Paul Thurmond age 44 of Parker Road, London on Tuesday afternoon October 27, 2020 at approximately 2:29 PM.