Kamal Yerra

Teen Prodigy earns Master’s Degree from University of the Cumberlands

WILLIAMSBURG, KYKamal Yerra, a 15-year old from Fort Mill, South Carolina, has completed a master’s degree program at University of the Cumberlands. It is his second college degree, and the prodigy is nearing completion of a third.

Deputies dispatched to an out-of-control male allegedly armed with an axe arrest man off Tom Cat Trail in Laurel County, Ky.

LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's K-9 Shift Sgt. Gary Mehler along with Deputy Travis Napier, Deputy Brent France and Deputy Dustin Saylor arrested Donald A. Elkins age 52 of London on Tuesday evening September 29, 2020 at approximately 5:29 PM.

McConnell Praises Judge Barrett and Denounces Attacks on Judicial Independence

‘Judge Barrett understands a judge’s only loyalties must be to our laws and our Constitution. She understands our system would collapse if judges do not leave politics aside. If the Democratic Party feels differently, if Democrats have decided that judicial independence is simply an inconvenience to their radical agenda, it just shows how little weight we should afford their criticisms of this outstanding nominee.’

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Judge Amy Coney Barrett with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court:

Two arrests during a Suspicious Persons complaint investigation in Laurel County, Ky.

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LONDON, KY (September 30, 2020) - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's K-9/shift Sgt. Gary Mehler along with Deputy Dustin Saylor arrested two individuals on Tuesday night September 29, 2020 at approximately 7:06 PM.

House Passes McConnell's Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act / Support Pours in for Bipartisan Legislation

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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) applauded passage of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act by the U.S. House of Representatives. Today's vote marks the first time legislation to federally recognize an independent horseracing regulatory authority has passed a chamber of Congress.

Chapin International Inc. to Locate in Rockcastle County, Create 100 Jobs

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FRANKFORT, KY (Sept. 29, 2020) – Chapin International Inc., a manufacturer of metal compressed air sprayers, plans to locate a production operation in Mount Vernon with a nearly $5.5 million investment creating up to 100 full-time jobs in the coming years, Gov. Andy Beshear announced today.

 

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