FRANKFORT, KY — Kentucky's seasonally adjusted preliminary July 2024 unemployment rate was 4.7%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet.

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Zach Allen arrested William Barnes, age 44, of County Farm Rd., London on Wednesday evening August 14, 2024 at approximately 5:36 PM.

FRANKFORT, KY – Attorney General Russell Coleman announced today that action from the Attorney General’s Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Special Prosecutions Unit resulted in the indictment of Zachary King, 47, former executive pastor of LexCity Church, on seven felony counts, including rape.

CAMP SPRINGS, MD – Maryland State Police (MSP are actively investigating a fatal crash that claimed the life of a 16-month-old Virginia Beach infant in Prince George’s County. 

JACKSON COUNTY, OR – The Oregon State Police (OSP reports that a traffic stop by an OSP K-9 Unit netted 60 pounds of fentanyl-laced pills destined for Portland. 

PIKEVILLE, KY –  The U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky is reporting that a Vest, Ky., man, Lee Rose, 37, was sentenced on Wednesday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, to 216 months, for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.