U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement earlier this month after the President announced his intention to nominate Judge Claria Horn Boom to serve on the U.S. Sentencing Commission:

SHELBYVILLE, KY - On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 the Kentucky State Police reported that KSP Post 12 Detectives have been investigating a complaint of criminal abuse involving a thirteen-month-old child in Shelby County. 

Tyler V. Dyer (Photo credit: Henderson County Detention Center)

HENDERSON, KY — On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at approximately 4:43 P.M., the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch arrested Tyler V. Dyer, 22, on charges related to child sexual abuse material.

WASHINGTON, DC (May 20, 2022) – U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) has requested nearly $54 million for 15 community projects in southern and eastern Kentucky in fiscal year 2023 to revitalize the region. The earmark requests include medical training, flood control, expanding access to clean water and reliable sewer systems, roadway construction, bolstering substance abuse recovery and prevention efforts, and creating new economic development opportunities.

LEXINGTON, KY (May 19, 2022 — The U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Kentucky is reporting that a Lexington man, Christopher Paul Cavanaugh, 40, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison on Thursday, by U.S. District Judge Karen C. Caldwell, after pleading guilty to two counts of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. 

LINN COUNTY, OR (May 16, 2022) - The Oregon State Police is reporting that investigators of a double fatal crash are seeking witnesses to the crash or of the suspect vehicle immediately preceding the collision that OSP Troopers and emergency personnel responded to on Highway 20 near milepost 23 on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at approximately 4:45 PM.