LONDON, KY - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Brent France along with K-9/shift Sgt. Gary Mehler investigated a two vehicle serious injury traffic crash which occurred on US 25W approximately 11 miles South of London on Monday afternoon March 8, 2021 at approximately 4:34 PM.

LONDON, KY - A Williamsburg, Ky., man, Amos Sparkman, 25, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, before U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, to the production of child pornography.

Richard Scott Smith / Laurel County Correctional Center

LONDON, KY - A Manchester man, Richard Scott Smith, 45, was sentenced on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 to 196 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, for one count of distribution and one count of possession of child pornography. Smith was further ordered to pay $31,000 in restitution to his victims. 

MANCHESTER, KY - The City of Manchester, Kentucky City Hall is reporting that: The City of Manchester is advising residents of Lower Beech Creek and the area near the Bert T. Combs Dam that a small breech has been found at the dam.

BIG CREEK, KY (March 7, 2021)- On March 6, 2021 at 6:49 PM, Kentucky State Police Post -11 London received a complaint of possible human remains located in the Big Creek Community of rural Clay County.

Op-Ed: Auditor Mike Harmon

FRANKFORT, KY – Governor Beshear, thousands of Kentuckians are counting on you.  It's hard when you don't have all the answers.  I get it.  We all face challenges in life that you just cannot figure out. It's painful and frustrating, and you let your pride get in the way of asking for help.  In the case of Kentucky's unemployment system, it's been almost a year trying to untangle the mess, and eventually you just have to figure it out.