Owingsville, Ky (April 30, 2020) On April 29, 2020, Kentucky State Police, Post 8 Morehead received a call for assistance from Bath County 911 Center at 5:45 pm. They advised they had received a complaint around 4:25 pm of multiple individuals being swept away in a swollen tributary crossing a low water bridge.
MANCHESTER, KY (April 29, 2020) – The Kentucky State Police, London Post, was contacted just after 2:30 pm yesterday afternoon in reference to a shooting that took place on Crane Creek Road in Clay County. KSP Post 11 Troopers responded to the scene, and learned that two family members were involved in altercation, which led to one person being injured by a gunshot.
Manchester, KY (April 27, 2020) - As of 4:00 PM, April 27th CVDHD reports one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Rockcastle County and one new confirmed case in Jackson County.
Funding will ‘Help these Brave Kentuckians and UK Fight the Virus and Keep their Communities Safe’
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today that the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health will receive $3,878,582 to bolster the healthcare efforts of 46 rural hospitals in combating the coronavirus pandemic. These federal funds, distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, were made available by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Senator McConnell introduced the CARES Act, which became the largest economic relief package in history, and led it to enactment in about a week.
MANCHESTER, KY - Clay County Sheriff Patrick Robinson is reporting that on April 27, 2020 at approximately 4:00 PM Clay County Sheriff Detective Jeff Kelsey along with Sheriff Patrick Robinson, Deputy Paul Whitehead, CSO Supervisor Dewey Grubb, CSO Deputy Darrell Goins and CSO Deputy Shawn Curry arrested Jeremy Smith, 36 of South Highway 421.
Five others pleaded guilty, prior to trial, for crimes related to nationwide drug trafficking and money laundering scheme
LEXINGTON, KY - A Los Angeles woman was convicted on Thursday, by a federal jury sitting in Lexington, of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana, along with conspiracy to commit money laundering offenses.
