LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Shift Sgt. Travis Napier arrested Dakota W. Smith age 26 of London early Friday morning October 20, 2023 at approximately 6:01 AM.

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) invited his own pastor Rev. Ryan Coffey, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Somerset, Kentucky, to offer the morning prayer on Friday as the U.S. House of Representatives reconvened to take a third vote to elect a new House Speaker. 

HYDEN, KY - According to the Leslie County Sheriff’s Office: On Friday, October 13, 2023 at approximately 12:20 AM Deputy James Begley was patrolling Greg Wells Road when he noticed a black GMC Sierra parked at the Leeco Firefighters Memorial Park.

The scheme involved a fraudulent transfer of nearly $4 million in City funds.

LEXINGTON, KY— The U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky is reporting that Nana Kawabena Amuah, 31, a native of Ghana, was sentenced to 86 months in federal prison on Wednesday, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for conspiring to commit money laundering. Amuah was also ordered to pay $4,743,443.60 in restitution.

LEXINGTON, KY — According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky: Oxygen Plus, Inc., a provider of durable medical equipment based in Floyd County, Kentucky, has agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid for respiratory devices that patients did not need or use, in contravention of those programs’ requirements.

SOMERSET, KY - According to the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Bobby Jones is reporting that on Sunday, October 15, 2023, a Rockcastle County, KY man was arrested following a call for service at a residence.