NASHVILLE, TN (December 25, 2020) - MNPD, FBI, and ATF are investigating today’s intentional 6:30 A.M. explosion of an RV outside 166 2nd Avenue North downtown. Vehicle and pedestrian traffic downtown is restricted as the investigation continues.

KLAMATH FALLS, OR - The Oregon State Police is reporting that: On November 27, 2020, at approximately 3:58 P.M., OSP Troopers were dispatched to a multiple vehicle crash at the intersection of South 6th Street and Crater Lake Parkway. The driver that caused the crash, later identified as, Thomas Dwayne Reif (27) was driving a silver 2013 Dodge Avenger.

For the information of all Senators, and for the information of the American people, we can finally report what our nation has needed to hear for a long time: More help is on the way. Moments ago, in consultation with our committees, the four leaders in the Senate and the House finalized an agreement. There will be another major rescue package for the American people. As our citizens continue battling the coronavirus this holiday season, they will not be fighting alone.'

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks Sunday, December 20, 2020 on the Senate floor regarding COVID-19 relief:

FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Montgomery County, Ky., man, Scotty Allen Jones, 48, was sentenced on Thursday, December 10, 2020 to 268 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, for distributing a fentanyl and heroin mixture, possessing acetylfentanyl with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and being a felon in possession of firearms.

Ode to Christmas
by Dr. James M. Davis

Tis' the day before Christmas,
Everyone awake throughout the house,
Momma is busy cooking everything but the mouse,

LONDON, KY (December 23, 2020) - Laurel County Sheriff John Root along with the Southeast Regional Special Response Team (SRT) led by Team Leader Detective Richard Dalrymple and Lieut. Chris Edwards, Crisis Negotiator for the Laurel Sheriff's office along with LSO deputies & multiple police agencies successfully and safely arrested Robert Brandon Gray age 39 of Keavy, KY on Wednesday afternoon December 23, 2020 at approximately 3:15 P.M.