WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan stop-gap funding bill on Saturday to avoid a government shutdown, providing an additional 45 days for Congress to finalize funding bills for fiscal year 2024. The Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 5860) passed by a vote of 335-91, funding the government through November 17, 2023. 

IRVINE, KY – The Kentucky State Police is reporting that: KSP Post 7, Richmond was contacted just before 12:15 P.M., Wednesday, September 27, 2023, in reference to a single-vehicle collision on Dug Hill Road in Estill County.

PIKESVILLE, MD – Maryland State Police (MSP) are reporting the investigation of a fatal two-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck that occurred Saturday morning in Baltimore County.

LEXINGTON, KY — The U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky is reporting that: Two men who participated in a far-reaching conspiracy to launder drug proceeds were sentenced on Friday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves.  Anthony Scott Cossu, 29, of Olympia, Washington, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $204,265.00 in money that was proceeds of drug trafficking.  Felipe Martinez, age 25, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $347,828.00 that was drug proceeds.

300 Individuals Connected to Fair Chance Employment After Academy For Business Leaders

FRANKFORT, KY — The Kentucky Chamber Foundation has announced the fourth graduating class of its “Fair Chance Academy,” an ongoing initiative to address Kentucky’s workforce challenges by hiring individuals in need of a second chance. 19 business leaders from across the Commonwealth, representing a wide range of industries, completed the program in September.

LEXINGTON, KY — The U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky is reporting that, a Lexington, Ky., man, Charles E. Johnson, Jr., 62, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison on Friday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for making materially false statements to the United States Probation Office and for failing to appear for a hearing while released on bond pending trial.