Before U.S. withdrawal - Rows of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles are staged to be issued to units in Afghanistan (Stock photo by Jason Schulz)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks Tuesday on the Senate floor regarding Afghanistan: 

"Providing for the common defense. Protecting the American people. It's one of the fundamental responsibilities our founders entrusted to the federal government.

"It's a core obligation of the Commander-in-Chief.

"Yet, to a deadly degree, a parade of mistakes in Afghanistan tells us President Biden and his team have failed this most basic test of competence.

"For twenty years, the United States has successfully kept terrorists from staging another major attack on our homeland.

MANCHESTER, KY - Clay County Sheriff Patrick Robinson is reporting that on September 14, 2021 at approximately 4:00 AM Clay County Sheriff K9 Deputy Wes Brumley arrested Dennis Smith, 57 of Morgan Branch Road.

ASHLAND, KY (September 15, 2021) — The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Electronic Crime Branch has arrested Jonathan Taylor Breeding, 23, on charges related to child sexual abuse material.

MANCHESTER, KY - The Clay County Sheriff's Office is reporting that on Sunday, September 12, 2021 at approximately 1:30 PM Clay County Sheriff Deputy Kendric Smith along with Sheriff Patrick Robinson arrested Terry Hendrix, 31 of Wooton.

LONDON, KY— A Belfry, KY man, Brian Keith Wells, 45, was sentenced on Monday to 197 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine.

MIDDLESBORO, KY (September 14, 2021) - The Kentucky State Police is reporting that on September 14, 2021 KSP was notified at approximately 11:00 A.M. by a member of the Bell County Rescue Squad that they located a female in the woods.