FRANKLIN, KY (April 24, 2025) – At just after 10:00 A.M., the Kentucky State Police Post 3 in Bowling Green received a call from the Simpson County Jail about an escaped inmate.

MANCHESTER, KY — Dr. Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), received a 2025 EKLF leadership award for Eastern Kentucky natives whose public service contributes to the betterment of the region. Dr. Thompson was honored at an awards banquet on April 24 as part of the 37th Annual East Kentucky Leadership Conference in Manchester.

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Op-Ed by Aaron Wells – Chairman, Breckinridge County Republican Party

With Republicans holding the House, Senate, and White House, our party has a real opportunity to make meaningful progress—securing the border, cutting wasteful government spending, and ensuring economic growth.

Pursuit —northern Laurel into Rockcastle County

LONDON, KY — Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's drug interdiction unit Justin Taylor arrested one individual and is seeking another subject following a pursuit which occurred on I–75 originating at KY 909 approximately 10 miles north of London.

FRANKFORT, KY — The Kentucky State Police (KSP), Post 12 Frankfort, which provides coverage for Shelby, Spencer, Franklin, Anderson, Scott, Woodford, and Fayette counties, will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints at approved locations in accordance with Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual.

LEXINGTON, KY – A Detroit, Michigan, woman, Chanel Lashae Logan, 25, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves to 360 months in prison, for one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.