FRANKFORT, KY - (April 9, 2022) – On Friday, April 8, 2022 Secretary of State Michael Adams released the following statement on Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of Senate Bill 216, which passed with wide bipartisan support.

PADUCAH, KY  – The Kentucky State Police is reporting that: Troopers with KSP Post 1 are currently searching for a McCracken County inmate who walked away from work release detail in Lone Oak.

SALEM, OR (April 9, 2022) - The Oregon State Police Is reporting that: On Friday, April 8, 2022, at approximately 8:50 A.M., OSP was notified of a shooting on Interstate 5 southbound near MP 258 (Portland Rd. NE) in Salem.

GRUNDY COUNTY, TN – An ongoing drug investigation by special agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, with the assistance of other law enforcement partner agencies, has resulted in the arrest of 24 people in Grundy County, Tennessee on various drug-related charges.

EAST BERNSTADT, KY (April 8, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Electronic Crime Branch located and arrested Donald Ray Gilbert, 59, on charges related to a child sexual abuse material investigation.

It’s a President’s responsibility to fix this crisis. But this President is taking major steps to make it even worse… Senate Democrats have taken every meaningful opportunity to back the Biden Administration’s border policies and vote down Republican efforts to improve security. Their votes have helped create this crisis. We’ll see if they finally change course and begin voting to help Republicans end the crisis instead.’

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 7, 2022) – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the crisis at our southern border:

“Here’s a quote from Candidate Biden’s campaign website in 2020: ‘The U.S. has a right and a duty to secure our borders and protect our people against threats.’