SOMERSET, KY - Tammie Wilson now leads the effort to clean up the environment and promote good stewardship across more than one-third of Kentucky counties.

The Board of Directors of Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, Inc., selected Tammie Wilson to serve as the President/Chief Executive Officer of the nonprofit organization, which promotes environmental cleanup and education in 42 counties of southern and eastern Kentucky.

(LONDON, KY.) – Sunday, May 12th through Saturday May 18th has been designated as National Peace Officer's Memorial Week for 2013.

Laurel County, KY - Sheriff John Root is reporting that a London man was found guilty of Manufacturing Methamphetamine in Laurel Circuit Court on Wednesday (5-8-13) following a jury trial.

Laurel County, KY - Sheriff John Root is reporting that Laurel Sheriff’s Senior Sgt. Greg Poynter investigated a complaint that a person that was having their driveway sealed by 2 male subjects allegedly had noticed that there was a weedeater, and a leaf blower in the back of their truck that had been stolen from his residence several days earlier.

According to a WYMT News report, a former star player and head of the Clay County Tigers football team has been arrested on child porn charges in Lakeland, Florida.

(May 9, 2013) Gov. Steve Beshear - On May 9, I announced what I believe is the most important single decision for the health of Kentuckians in our lifetimes; the expansion of Medicaid coverage to the approximately 308,000 uninsured Kentuckians. This expansion, coupled with the creation of the Health Benefit Exchange under the Affordable Care Act, means that for the first time in Kentucky’s history, every Kentuckian will have access to affordable health care.

The warrant charges that a 14 year old minor
was subjected  to sexual contact while being with a person in authority.

(Molus, Ky.) – On May 9, 2013 Kentucky State Police, Post 10 Harlan executed an arrest warrant for a former Harlan County substitute teacher.

(Crab Orchard, KY)—On Thursday May, 9, 2013 at 6:16 am. EST the Kentucky State Police, Richmond Post was contacted by the Blue Grass 911 Center who requested assistance with a shooting investigation on Simpson Road.

Laurel County, KY - Sheriff John Root is reporting that Laurel Sheriff’s Deputy Robbie Grimes along with Constable Tim May were dispatched to a complaint of an individual operating under the influence on a tractor with a bush hog on CampGround School Road, 7 miles south of London, KY on Wednesday afternoon (5-8-13), at 3:05 P.M..

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) presented certificates of appreciation to four members of the Kentucky State Police Hazardous Devices Unit at KSP headquarters in Frankfort on April 29.

Shown left to right are ATF Special Agent Rich Putnam, KSP Hazardous Devices Supervisor Jackey Edwards, Hazardous Devices Investigator James Adkins, Hazardous Devices Investigator Hilton Hastings, Hazardous Devices Investigator Channce Dawdy and KSP Commissioner Rodney Brewer.