FRANKFORT, KY – Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Friday June 11, 2021 filed a lawsuit in Laurel Circuit Court on behalf of Kentucky crime victims.  The lawsuit, filed jointly with Commonwealth’s Attorney Jackie Steele, seeks to invalidate a Parole Board directive that limits the Board’s ability to order a prisoner to serve out a life sentence at an initial parole eligibility hearing.  The directive grants a new parole hearing to more than 40 Kentucky prisoners whom the Board previously ordered to serve out their life sentences for charges including murder, rape, and kidnapping.

LEXINGTON, KY (June 15, 2021) — The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Carlton S. Shier , IV, joins the entire Department of Justice in observing the 16th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and joins the international voices condemning elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides

Incident Period Feb. 27 through March 14. President Biden declared a Major Disaster for the Commonwealth of Kentucky on April 23, 2021. Typically, the registration deadline is 60 days from the date of the declaration date unless an extension is requested and approved.

The agency's 37 troopers, officers, and highway patrolmen who died in the line of duty.

FRANKFORT, KY – On Thursday June 10, 2021 Kentucky State Police (KSP), along with Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman and Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary Mary Noble, held the annual memorial ceremony honoring 37 fallen troopers, officers and highway patrolmen who have died in the line of duty since the agency's inception. This ceremony has previously been held in May during National Police Week, but was rescheduled to ensure family members of the fallen officers could safely gather together.

MANCHESTER, KY (June 14, 21) - Clay County Sheriffs Office is reporting that: On June 14, 2021 at approximately 10:00 AM Clay County Sheriff Patrick Robinson along with Det. J Kelsey and PAO Trent Baker arrested Shawn Shoupe, 34 of Curry Branch Road.