WOOTON, KY (July 20, 2020) – A Leslie County man and woman were arrested following a traffic stop early Friday evening.  Trooper Darrell Hicks, with Kentucky State Police Post 13, stopped a GMC pickup for traffic violations on Highway 699 in the Wooton community. 

Laurel County Sheriff John Root stated that drug investigations will be ongoing

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root And Detective Taylor McDaniel along with Sheriff's detectives and deputies arrested seven individuals off Morentown Road, approximately 1 mile north of London on Friday afternoon July 17, 2020 at approximately 2:05 PM.

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Hunter Disney along with Deputy Daniel Reed investigated a single vehicle single traffic fatality which occurred on Winding Blade Road approximately 10 miles north of London on Saturday evening July 18, 2020 at approximately 6:11 PM.

LONDON, KY- Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Daniel Reed along with Sgt. Greg Poynter and Lieut. Chris Edwards are investigating a single vehicle single traffic fatality which occurred on Hopper Creek Road approximately 10 miles southeast of London on Friday afternoon July 17, 2020 at approximately 4:51 PM.

Josh Eugene Preece/Rowan County Detention Center

FRANKFORT, KY – Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Friday, July 17, 2020 announced that a Bath County Grand Jury had indicted a former Bath County Deputy Sheriff for sexual crimes against a minor.

FRANKFORT, KY – Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday announced that the Kentucky Supreme Court has kept in place all executive orders related to the fight against COVID-19, including the mask order, until the court can hear full arguments from the Beshear administration and the attorney general’s office and issue a final ruling.