L to R: Laurel Special Deputy Elizabeth Sparks and Murray State University’s Training Resource Director Crystal Palmisano-Dillard

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff’s Special Deputy Elizabeth Sparks attended Murray State University’s 2022 Youth Empowerment Conference as a guest speaker/trainer at Northern Kentucky University on Friday, June 24, 2022 in Covington, Kentucky.

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OR (June 27, 2022) - The Oregon State Police is reporting that on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at approximately 6:45 A.M., A semi-truck with a crane boom and a flatbed trailer was traveling eastbound on I-84 near milepost 42 when a tire blew.

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (June 27, 2022) - The Oregon State Police is reporting that on Sunday, June 26, 2022 at approximately 9:23 PM, OSP Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 99E at SE Jennings Avenue in Milwaukie.

MOUNT VERNON, KY – The Kentucky State Police is reporting that KSP Post 11, London was notified by Rockcastle County 911 at approximately 6:08 PM on Saturday, June 25, 2022, of a single vehicle injury accident on Interstate 75 northbound at the 72-mile marker. The collision resulted in one fatality.

FRANKFORT, KY) – “As Kentucky’s 47th Auditor of Public Accounts, the oath that I took for this office was to uphold the U.S. and Commonwealth’s constitutions and be ‘…faithful and true to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.’ I believe that oath includes supporting and upholding the law of the land in our nation and our Commonwealth.

Historic 125 year old Hoskins Cemetery on Island Creek Hill in Clay County, Kentucky

Editorial by Brent Willoughby

Recently my wife, Thresa Willoughby, posted an apology for not being involved sooner in the efforts to preserve the Hoskins cemetery. Truthfully the blame is mine and I should be the one apologizing.