BARBOURVILLE, KY - Sheriff Mike Smith is announcing that the Knox County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting monthly periodic traffic safety checkpoints through the county, which are approved by KCSO Policy and Procedure Manual.

FRANKFORT, KY - This Financial Aid Awareness Month, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education is emphasizing the importance of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, to keeping college affordable for Kentuckians.

UNION COUNTY, OR - The Oregon State Police is reporting that on October 1, 2022, the opening day of the rifle deer season, deer hunters contacted Oregon State Troopers to advise they had located a deceased bull elk.

CATLETTSBURG, KY (February 24, 2023) — The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Electronic Crime Branch located and arrested Ryan E. Armstrong, 35, on charges related to a child sexual abuse material investigation.

Seized fentanyl

KNOX COUNTY, TN (February 24, 2023) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is reporting that a multi-agency investigation by special agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Knoxville Police Department, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, and the 5^th Judicial District Drug Task Force has resulted in the arrest of five people and the seizure of more than two pounds of fentanyl in connection to a Detroit, Michigan drug trafficking ring.

Below is a statement from Kentuckians Against Illegal Gambling (KAIG) in support of Rep. Killian Timoney’s House Bill 594 to ban gray machine gambling in Kentucky. The statement should be attributed to Mark Guilfoyle, Executive Director of Kentuckians Against Illegal Gambling.

“Illegal gray machine gambling poses a significant threat to our Commonwealth, our families and our communities.