LEXINGTON, KY - A Los Angeles woman, Katherine E. Matthews, 41, was sentenced in federal court on Friday, to 168 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana, along with conspiring to commit money laundering offenses.
LEXINGTON, KY- A Detroit, Michigan, man, Dayquan Dejon Johnson, 23, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 148 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
LONDON, KY (October 2, 2020) - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's detectives, deputies, and bailiff's arrested 14 individuals overnight October 1, 2020 while conducting drug investigations all over Laurel County.
WILLIAMSBURG, KY – Kamal Yerra, a 15-year old from Fort Mill, South Carolina, has completed a master’s degree program at University of the Cumberlands. It is his second college degree, and the prodigy is nearing completion of a third.
LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's K-9 Shift Sgt. Gary Mehler along with Deputy Travis Napier, Deputy Brent France and Deputy Dustin Saylor arrested Donald A. Elkins age 52 of London on Tuesday evening September 29, 2020 at approximately 5:29 PM.
‘Judge Barrett understands a judge’s only loyalties must be to our laws and our Constitution. She understands our system would collapse if judges do not leave politics aside. If the Democratic Party feels differently, if Democrats have decided that judicial independence is simply an inconvenience to their radical agenda, it just shows how little weight we should afford their criticisms of this outstanding nominee.’
Judge Amy Coney Barrett with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court:
- Two arrests during a Suspicious Persons complaint investigation in Laurel County, Ky.
- House Passes McConnell's Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act / Support Pours in for Bipartisan Legislation
- Chapin International Inc. to Locate in Rockcastle County, Create 100 Jobs
- Lexington, Ky. Man Sentenced to 240 Months for Large-Scale Drug Trafficking
- Alabama woman charged with Manslaughter after allegedly giving Heroin/Fentanyl to a victim in Southeast Ky.