LONDON, KY (September 16, 2020) - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Joseph L. Benge, the suspect in a double murder off Tomcat Trail in Laurel County has been taken into custody.

UPDATE- Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Joseph L. Benge, the suspect in a double murder off Tomcat Trail in Laurel County has been taken into custody.

The suspect, Joseph L. Benge age 40 has no beard or mustache now

LONDON, KY (September 15 2020) - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: A suspect in a double murder off Tomcat Trail in Laurel County is being sought by the Laurel County Sheriff's office. The discovery was made on Tuesday afternoon September 15th.

MANCHESTER, KY - Clay County Sheriff Patrick Robinson is reporting that on September 14, 2020 at approximately 8:30 AM Clay County Chief Deputy Clifton Jones along with Deputy Paul Whitehead and Detective Jeff Kelsey arrested James Ashton Brown, 21 of North Highway 66.

LONDON, KY (September 15, 2020) - Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reporting that: Laurel Sheriff's Deputy Justin Taylor along with Deputy Landry Collett and Deputy James Fox arrested three individuals early Tuesday morning September 15, 2020 at approximately 5:25 AM.

ASHLAND, KY (September 15, 2020) - A Dayton, Ohio man, Robert Amos, 33, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to 140 months in prison, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for possession with intention to distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Senator McConnell welcomed Benjamin Beaton to his Leadership Office in the U.S. Capitol in 2013.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) submitted the following introduction on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 to the members the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of President Donald Trump’s nominee, Benjamin Beaton, of Louisville, to serve as a district judge for the Western District of Kentucky: