SOUTH WILLIAMSON, Ky. — What began as a youthful prank that would have probably resulted in a traffic ticket at most turned into more serious charges for a West Virginia man. Police received a complaint just after midnight Saturday morning that someone was doing donuts in a Chevy Camaro at the…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — Two Indiana residents were arrested in Magoffin County, after police say they found numerous drugs in their car after they were pulled over. Kentucky State Police had set up a roadblock at mile marker 70 on the Mountain Parkway Wednesday night, when they spotted a car with…
Read MoreSTAFFORDSVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man has been arrested, after police looking at him as part of a drug investigation allegedly found him with fentanyl in his possession. The Kentucky State Police Drug Enforcement Special Investigations East unit had been investigating Kevin Douglas Clay,…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man is facing a felony theft charge, after police found five rolls of telephone wire in the back of his truck. Kentucky State Police received a report from AT&T that someone had stolen the wire from Route 1428 in Allen. What the thief didn’t realize,…
Read MoreFentanyl in Kentucky may be now laced with an animal tranquilizer called Xylazine, in what drug officials are calling the “third wave” of the opioid epidemic. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, Xylazine has so far shown up at DEA labs in the Florence/Covington area and in…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man was arrested for drug trafficking, after police witnessed him enter an apartment they had under surveillance. Pikeville Police had been monitoring an apartment on Owens Drive, when they spotted Larry Robinson, 37, of Pikeville, enter the home. Officers knew Robinson…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man who allegedly fled from police by using his daughter as a human shield nearly seven years ago has finally been arrested. Jonathan Morrow, 44, of Nippa, walked into the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office back in May of 2016 to try to obtain an emergency…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Lawrence County man has been sentenced to prison, after pleading guilty to federal drug and gun charges. Phillip Jude, 58, of Louisa, pleaded guilty back in November to possession of meth, fentanyl and oxycodone with the intent to distribute and using a gun in a drug trafficking…
Read MoreMILWAUKEE, Wis. – The “Cocaine Bear” craze is coming to the world of bobbleheads. On Friday, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in conjunction with KY for KY unveiled the first Cocaine Bear Bobblehead. The limited-edition statuette features the 175 lb. black bear who…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Whitesburg man has been ordered to remain in jail as he awaits his trial on a federal drug conspiracy charge. Mark Wayne Adams, 54, was indicted last month on a charge of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. The indictment accuses him of distributing oxycodone pills for nearly…
Read More
