Opinion Submission
By Josh Crawford

Josh Crawford, J.D. is the executive director of Pegasus Institute whose mission is to provide public policy research and solutions that help improve the lives of all Kentuckians.

In his 1958 essay I, Pencil, Leonard Reed described the life of a humble #2 pencil. Reed’s chief insight was to point out that no one person could make even a lowly pencil. At the time, the wood for the pencil would have come from Washington state, the graphite center would have come from mines in South America, and the rubber eraser likely came from Indonesia. Thousands of people cooperated to get to the point at which you could hold a pencil in your hand and write with it.

INEZ, KY (April 05, 2022) – Kentucky State Police Pikeville Post received a call on April 3, 2022, at 5:11 A.M. requesting assistance on a single vehicle fatal collision on Rockcastle Road in the Inez community of Martin County. Troopers from Post 9 responded and began the investigation.

 These two individuals were found with approximately 3,000 counterfeit Xanax pills

LONDON, KY (April 5, 2022) - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's interdiction unit Justin Taylor along with Deputy Tommy Houston, Deputy Bo Harris, Deputy James Sizemore with assistance from London City Police Officer Joey Robinson arrested two individuals early Tuesday morning April 5, 2022 at approximately 3:12 AM.

BRODHEAD, KY (April 5, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police is reporting that: KSP Post 11 received a report of a robbery at the Tobacco Barn in Brodhead, KY in Rockcastle County on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at approximately 9:44 P.M.

COLUMBIA, KY (April 5, 2022) - The Kentucky State Police is reporting that: KSP Post 15 will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 15 area, which includes Washington, Marion, Taylor, Green, Casey, Russell, Adair, Metcalfe, Monroe, Clinton, and Cumberland counties.

MANCHESTER, KY (April 4, 2022) - The Enterprise, a local news publication in Manchester, KY. reported earlier today that a Paw Paw man is facing a host of charges after a theft at the Heritage Inn Motel.