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Attorney General Russell Coleman

Attorney General Coleman Announces $14.4 Million Settlement with Eight Opioid Drug Makers

FRANKFORT, KY (July 14, 2025) – Continuing to combat Kentucky’s worst man-made crisis, Attorney General Russell Coleman announced today his Office had secured $14.4 million in additional settlement dollars from opioid manufacturers.

2025 Operation Summer Heat 2.0: https://www.clayconews.com/
Operation Summer Heat (Kentucky State Police)

KSP Arrest 197 in Statewide Drug Sting, Remove over $640,000 of Illegal Narcotics off KY Streets

FRANKFORT, KY (July 11, 2025) – Gov. Andy Beshear announced that a New Kentucky Home is being created with fewer illegal drugs on the streets harming our families. The Kentucky State Police completed a successful Operation Summer Heat 2.0, targeting suspected drug networks operating in the commonwealth and leading to 197 arrests.

Melissa Myers, 54 (Indiana State Police)

Indiana Statewide Silver Alert Declared on Woman Missing from Knox County

BICKNELL, IN — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the disappearance of Melissa Myers, a 54 year old white female, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 180 pounds, brown hair with brown eyes, last seen driving a black Mini Cooper with an unknown Missouri temporary plate.

KSP TROOPER SHOT, SUSPECT FLEES TO A CHURCH IN FAYETTE CO., MULTIPLE VICTIMS THERE, SUSPECT DEAD

LEXINGTON, KY - Kentucky State Police is aware of a trooper-involved shooting incident that occurred on July 13, 2025, at 11:36 a.m. in Fayette County.

Attorney General Russell Coleman

AG Coleman Releases Statement on Lexington Shootings

FRANKFORT, KY (July 13, 2025)Attorney General Russell Coleman released the following statement today after the shootings at Blue Grass Airport and Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington: