LONDON, KY (December 3, 2021) - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Travis Napier Along with CSO Walter Marker arrested Lawrence Edward Smith age 46 of Corbin on Wednesday evening December 1, 2021 at approximately 6:18 PM.

Friday, December 3, 2021 - A California man was sentenced to 82 months in prison for committing a federal hate crime in connection with attacking a Black man with a knife in Santa Cruz, California. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Edward J. Davila, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California.

LONDON, KY (December 3, 2021) - The Kentucky State Police, London Post which provides coverage for Clay, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and Whitley counties, will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints at approved by the Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual.

PINEVILLE, KY (December 3, 2021) – The Kentucky State Police is reporting that on Friday, December 3, 2021 at 1:00 A.M. Kentucky State Police, Post 10 Harlan received a call from Bell County Sheriff”s Department about an accidental shooting at the Bell County 911 Center. Troopers and Detectives from Post 10 Harlan responded and began an investigation.

POLK COUNTY, OR (December 3, 2021) - The Oregon State Police is reporting that on Thursday, December 2, 2021, at approximately 5:56 PM Oregon State Police and emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle head-on crash on Highway 22W near milepost 17.

LEXINGTON, Ky.— A Powell, Ohio, man, Syed Sheraz Ahmed, 40, was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison on Monday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after pleading guilty to traveling for sex with a minor and receiving a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.