This Week at the State Capitol

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Charles Young

FRANKFORT, KY (February 10 – 14, 2020) – Highlights of the legislative week typically occur in the historic Senate and House chambers, but this past week the Capitol Rotunda was the scene of an unforgettable moment for many in the statehouse.

Fatal Crash on I-75 / Tractor-Trailer vs. Pedestrian

KSP 275 height logoMount Vernon, KY. (February 13th 2020) – On Thursday, February 13th 2020 around 5:00 A.M. Officer Eric Stallsworth with Kentucky State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement responded to a commercial vehicle vs. pedestrian fatal crash located on I-75 near the 63-mile marker in Rockcastle Co Kentucky.

KSP Makes Human Trafficking Arrest in Knox County

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Barbourville, KY. (February 12, 2020) – The Kentucky State Police, Harlan Post has charged two individuals with sexual related offenses as a result of an investigation in Knox County.

Ft. Knox Selected for New Army Headquarters

Utilizing his role as Majority Leader, McConnell raised Kentucky’s priorities to the highest levels of the federal government. He led Kentucky’s Congressional representatives in urging the Army to locate the new corps headquarters at Fort Knox.

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This evening, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell welcomed to his office in the U.S. Capitol the Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy (on left) and the Chief of Staff of the Army General James McConville (on right). Utilizing his role as Majority Leader, McConnell raised Kentucky’s priorities to the highest levels of the federal government. He led Kentucky’s Congressional representatives in urging the Army to locate the new corps headquarters at Fort Knox.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) announced today that at their request the Department of the Army selected Fort Knox to be the home of the new corps headquarters that is urgently needed to fulfill National Defense Strategy requirements and support U.S. forces and operations in Europe.

KSP Telecommunications Academy Graduates Class #15

FRANKFORT, KY — Six Kentucky State Police telecommunicators from throughout the commonwealth were recognized on Friday, February 7, 2020 at graduation ceremonies for the fifteenth class of the agency's in-house telecommunications academy.

Graduates Class 15 KSP

The KSP Telecommunications Academy Class 15 graduated on February 7, 2020 in Frankfort. Shown left to right are: Kelli Ann Tackett, Post 7 Chad Spain, Post 1 Mayfield, Margaret Mollak, Post 5 Campbellsburg, Kaitlyn Vancleve, Post 6 Dry Ridge, Joseph Aubley, Post 12 Frankfort, and Dakota Durham, Post 7 Richmond.

McConnell Op-Ed: Thanks to the Senate, Voters Will Decide at the Ballot Box

‘As long as I am Majority Leader, I will never let Democrats’ short-term rage inflict permanent damage on our Constitution

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following op-ed by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was published in today’s Courier Journal:

 

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