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May 25, 2012 6:16 AM
Kentucky State Police say they made an arrest in connection with a murder in Laurel County.
Last March, Teresa White, 50, was found dead inside her burning home along Waterworks Road in London. Investigators determined White died from blunt force trauma.
On Thursday, police arrested Jeffrey Wade Sweeney,...
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May 14, 2012 5:45 AM
Family members rescued four teens trapped by high water in Laurel County Sunday night.
Officials say the group was four-wheeling off road north of East Bernstadt, and their truck got stuck on a rock in the middle of a creek as water rose. The group was later located safe...
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May 1, 2012 4:48 AM
Weeks after an automobile accident in southeastern Kentucky, an Ohio family will reunite with their lost dog Tuesday.
Hundreds of volunteers spent three weeks walking the woods around Corbin and setting out bait, hoping to find the big black Lab named Bear.
"He covered all the mountains and...
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April 23, 2012 5:02 AM
Federal marshals arrested a Clay County doctor on child pornography charges late last week.
Authorities say Kishore Jadhav, 50, faces charges of producing pornography involving a minor.
A website lists Jadhav as a specialist in internal medicine with an office in Manchester.
Officials say the investigation remains...
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March 28, 2012 8:57 AM
CORBIN (AP) - Officials in a community recently hit by tornadoes are working to get more storm sirens and shelters. The Times-Tribune reports that Laurel County Judge-Executive David Westerfield says he is working on a grant that would help pay for the devices. Public Safety Department spokeswoman Abby Hale says...
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March 27, 2012 9:35 AM
FEMA says the Disaster Recovery Center in Laurel County will close Thursday, March 29 at 6 p.m. but disaster assistance will be only a toll-free phone call away.
If you have questions after the Laurel County recovery center closes or have not registered for assistance, call 800-621-FEMA (3362) from...
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March 9, 2012 8:45 AM
The East Bernstadt Fire Department is requesting volunteers for an organized mass tornado damage clean-up Saturday.
Sign in for volunteers will start at 8 a.m.at the East Bernstadt Fire Department, located at the intersection of Highway 490 and North 25. Parking for volunteers will be provided at New Salem...
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March 8, 2012 8:51 AM
Kentucky State Police report they plan to shut down US-25 in Laurel County north of London for storm damage repair and cleanup.
Police will shut down the highway between the 19 and 19.5 mile markers between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.Thursday through Sunday. The road will reopen during evening...
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March 8, 2012 8:26 AM
LONDON (AP) - Police have arrested four men who were found taking metal from storm-damaged property in southeastern Kentucky. Kentucky State Police said Roger D. Smith of McKee, Roger Smith of Big Creek, Ricky Trenton of Manchester and James Arnett of Lexington had been allowed into a damaged area of...
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February 27, 2012 8:52 AM
Laurel County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a woman after a homeowner caught her in the act Sunday afternoon.
Deputies responded to a home along Roy McHargue Road, about six miles south of London, at around 2 p.m. Investigators say the homeowner came home from church and saw a woman...
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February 15, 2012 5:16 AM
Visitation for a Laurel County teen killed in an ATV accident is scheduled for Wednesday night.
Nathaniel Gregory, 16, was with friends near London when he took off on his own and crashed. His friends later found him pinned under the ATV. Officials say he died at the scene....
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January 23, 2012 6:18 AM
Police arrested two men in Laurel County on drug charges during a traffic stop Sunday night.
Kentucky State Police say troopers pulled over an SUV along I-75 just outside London around 11:30 p.m. Investigators say the troopers smelled a strong odor of marijuana and searched the vehicle. Police found...
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January 20, 2012 6:57 AM
A Laurel County woman accused in a Christmas day murder is scheduled for sentencing Friday.
Roi Lynn Collett, 23, was supposed to face sentencing last month, but the hearing was delayed.
Police say Collett stabbed and killed her boyfriend Christopher Allen on Christmas day 2010. She initially pleaded...
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January 18, 2012 7:06 AM
Crews from three different fire departments battled a blaze in Laurel County early Wednesday morning.
Officials say the fire broke out inside a house along Cypress Way around 1:15 a.m. Everyone made it out safely.
There was no information released on the cause of the fire.
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January 11, 2012 6:23 AM
Friends of a Laurel County soldier killed in Afghanistan plan a memorial service in his honor this weekend.
Defense Department officials say Dustin Napier, 20, died Sunday when a man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on a group of Americans in southern Afghanistan.
Friends set up...
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December 30, 2011 8:21 AM
A woman seriously burned in a Dec. 23 house fire in the Keavy community of Laurel County has died.
The Fayette County Coroner's Office says Ruth Baker, 76, died Thursday at UK Hospital.
Investigators say a cigarette likely sparked the blaze.
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December 30, 2011 7:52 AM
Deputies in Laurel County continue the hunt for a man who robbed a gas station Thursday night.
Officials say a masked man armed with a knife walked into Mac's Fillin' Station on US-25 in North Corbin and demanded cash. He got away with an undisclosed amount of money.
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December 23, 2011 6:54 AM
A man fought off two would-be robbers in Laurel County early Thursday morning.
Deputies say a man knocked on the door of a home along Locust Grove Road, just west of London, around 1:30 a.m. When Richard Lawson opened the door, the man stuck a gun in his face....
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December 21, 2011 6:05 AM
Whitley and Laurel County voters elected to replace their former state representative with his wife Tuesday.
Regina Bunch ran unopposed in the special election to replace her husband, Dewayne Bunch, who resigned earlier this year to continue rehab after suffering a head injury. The Whitley and Laurel County Democratic...
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December 6, 2011 6:33 AM
A fire in Laurel County heavily damaged a home late Monday night.
Officials say the fire broke out on O W Lane around 10 p.m. A woman and child who lived in the home were not injured, but officials say they lost most of their possessions.
Fire investigators...
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November 29, 2011 6:54 AM
Officials in Laurel County say pepper spray likely caused the chemical scare at St. Joseph Hospital in London Sunday night.
A family of five from Jackson County drove to the hospital suffering from symptoms including throat irritation, shortness of breath, headache and burning skin. Shortly after the family arrived,...
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November 23, 2011 6:25 AM
Wind toppled a shed in Laurel County Tuesday afternoon, trapping a man underneath.
Rescue workers found Gary Ray pinned underneath a 20-foot outbuilding used to store the family's lawn equipment.
"First thing I thought, they said the building fell on him, and I thought he was dead -...
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November 22, 2011 7:05 AM
EMS took three people to the hospital after a crash involving a school bus in Laurel County Monday afternoon.
Laurel County Sheriff's deputies say the bus pulled out in front of a car driven by Audra Turner, 22, at the intersection of KY-30 and Haley Road just before 4...
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November 11, 2011 6:43 AM
Police arrested a woman in Laurel County after she allegedly tried to hire a hitman to kill her husband.
Kentucky State Police say Amber M. Hursey, 24, promised a man she would cash out her husband's insurance and give it to him in exchange for the murder. But the...
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November 8, 2011 5:22 AM
One woman died and two suffered serious injuries in a head-on crash in Laurel County Monday evening.
The Laurel County coroner says Brenda Creech, 59, was driving a van along a winding stretch of HWY-192 between London and Somerset around 6:45 p.m. when she crossed the center line and...
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October 13, 2011 10:38 PM
The Laurel County Sheriff's Department says a medical condition caused a man to crash his pickup truck into a house on Thursday.
Deputies say Charles Fredericks was trying to turn off Highway 25 onto Robinson Road when he passed out. The pickup traveled off the left side of the...
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October 13, 2011 9:06 AM
CORBIN (AP) - Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet have decided to restore an 89-year-old bridge in Laurel County instead of replacing it. The 205-foot bridge that carries Kentucky 490 across the Rockcastle River between Laurel and Rockcastle counties was built in 1922. The structure is a historic Pennsylvania Petit...
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October 10, 2011 7:10 AM
Deputies in Laurel County put a dent in a prescription pill ring over the weekend.
Deputies working a minor car accident in a parking lot off Cherry Avenue Friday discovered Jason E. Collins, 22, was under the influence of illegal pills. Further investigation led authorities to a dealer in...
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September 16, 2011 9:09 AM
A man suffered injuries in an explosion at a Laurel County plant late Thursday night.
Fire officials say there was an explosion and fire inside a silo at the Sara Lee bakery plant as where a worker was cleaning around 11 p.m. The injured worker, who is not an...
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September 16, 2011 7:03 AM
There was an explosion at a Laurel County plant late Thursday night.
Dispatchers confirm the explosion happened just after 11 p.m. at the Sara Lee bakery plant in London.
Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.
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September 16, 2011 5:25 AM
A Laurel County man charged with driving a transportation van while under the influence with three developmentally challenged adults riding inside is scheduled to appear in court Friday.
Dustin Bice, 19, drove the van for Independent Opportunities. On Wednesday, police say officers noticed him driving erratically. When they pulled...
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September 13, 2011 8:13 AM
LONDON (AP) - The chief of an eastern Kentucky volunteer fire department has been charged with drug trafficking. Anthony Slusher, 38, was still held at the Laurel County Correctional Center on Tuesday morning after his arrest Monday at his bait shop near London. The 38-year-old Slusher was charged with a...
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August 31, 2011 6:09 AM
A marijuana bust turned into a bomb scare in Laurel County Tuesday.
Kentucky State Police say troopers were investigating a marijuana grow operation at the abandoned CTA plant when they discovered a suspicious device. Police called in a hazardous response unit. Witnesses say more than 20 black Suburbans and...
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August 17, 2011 5:43 AM
Police in Laurel County continue the search for two inmates who walked away from work release.
Police say Jimmy Martin and Mark Turner asked to use the restroom, then ran from the London recycling center around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. The two men were wearing black and white jail uniforms....
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August 12, 2011 10:27 AM
Deputies in Laurel County arrested a man Thursday evening, and charged him in connection with the theft of $4,000 worth of cigarettes.
The Laurel County Sheriff's Department says Gabriel Carmical, 34, of Harlan County, took three cases of cigarettes from Murphy Oil in North Corbin while employees were inside...
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August 12, 2011 5:34 AM
Officials have released the name of the man killed in a Laurel County accident Thursday evening.
Police say William Bolgar, 35, was driving south along KY-363 in a Ford SUV around 6 p.m. when he lost control and crossed the center line. The SUV side-swiped a Chevy Malibu driven...
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August 3, 2011 6:01 AM
A cashier injured when a car with a child behind the wheel crashed into a Laurel County truck stop Tuesday afternoon has been released from the hospital.
Police say a 4-year-old child was behind the wheel of the black Honda when it slammed through a window at the 49'er...
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July 22, 2011 9:10 AM
Laurel County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man after discovering marijuana growing behind a residence on Thursday morning.
Deputies pulled up 12 cannabis plants growing behind a home along Richland Drive, about 7 miles south of London.
Deputies arrested Lionel D. Medley, 59, and charged him with felony cultivating...
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June 22, 2011 9:49 AM
A grand jury has indicted the Laurel County father who deputies say left his five-year-old daughter in a car while he went to play video games earlier this month.
Ryan Matthew Segraves, 25, of London is charged with first-degree criminal abuse and first-degree wanton endangerment. Police say they received...
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June 1, 2011 9:11 AM
A train struck a man in a wheelchair in Laurel County Tuesday night.
Laurel County Sheriff's deputies say a CSX train hit Donald Karr, 58, as he was riding his motorized wheelchair along the tracks at Tackett Road in Lilly. Karr suffered serious injuries and broken bones. He was...
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May 31, 2011 9:46 AM
A Laurel County judge sentenced a mother convicted of killing her own son to 45 years in prison Tuesday.
Earlier this month, a jury found Amanda Johnson, 23, guilty of murder and criminal abuse in connection with the death of Stephen Troy.
Johnson made an emotional appeal to...
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May 31, 2011 5:53 AM
A woman convicted of killing her 23-month-old child will learn her sentence in a Laurel County courtroom on Tuesday.
A jury found Amanda Johnson, 23, guilty of murder and criminal abuse in connection with the death of Stephen Troy.
The child was discovered unresponsive in her home back...
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May 27, 2011 8:54 AM
A man suffered injuries when he crashed his ATV while fleeing police in Laurel County Thursday afternoon.
Kentucky State Police say troopers attempted to pull over an ATV operated by Kenton Jackson, 55, along KY-80 around 2:40 p.m. Jackson refused to stop and turned into the path of a...
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May 27, 2011 7:21 AM
Four people, including an 11-month-old, were hospitalized after a crash in Laurel County Thursday afternoon.
Police say Heather Blackwood, 18, was driving her Grand Am along HWY-312 when she pulled out in front of a car driven by Branson Johnson, 39. Blackwood's car t-boned the other vehicle, which flipped....
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May 26, 2011 6:48 AM
A man was injured in a motorcycle accident in Laurel County Wednesday evening.
Sheriff's deputies say Roderick Evans, 53, lost control of his motorcycle when a rabbit ran across KY-552, about eight miles west of London. Evans ended up in a ditch with the bike on top of him....
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May 19, 2011 10:04 AM
Part of northbound I-75 was shut down Thursday morning after a wreck that left a pickup truck turned over on its roof.
The accident happened at about 9 a.m. near mile marker 40 in London. So far, there are few details being released and there is no word of...
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April 25, 2011 3:17 PM
State Police in Laurel County are searching for a hit and run driver who struck a man who was roller blading over the weekend.
The incident happened at about 10 p.m. Saturday on Kentucky 229, about 2.5 miles south of London in Laurel County. Police say the victim, Joshua...
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April 13, 2011 11:33 AM
Police in Laurel County said Wednesday that preliminary autopsy results on a woman found dead in a London home Tuesday afternoon revealed no trauma.
Police were called to the home, located on Scott Cemetery Road, at about 2 p.m. Tuesday. The victim, Rebecca Shorter, 52, was found by her...
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April 11, 2011 8:18 AM
The Laurel County Sheriff's office says an elderly man found dead outside of his home Saturday died of a heart attack and hypothermia.
Deputies say a neighbor discovered the body of Kenneth V. Keney, 84, outside his home on Keney Lane, one mile west of London, around 5:15 p.m....
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March 25, 2011 12:59 PM
Kentucky State Police arrested a Corbin man and charged him with failing to register as a sex offender.
Police say they received an anonymous report on Tuesday that a man was living in Laurel County who had failed to register as a sex offender. A trooper responded to a...
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March 24, 2011 9:30 AM
On Wednesday, police named two suspects in the robbery of a London store earlier this year.
The Laurel County Sheriff's Department says a man armed with a pistol robbed the H and S Store on KY-80 back on Jan. 31. Witnesses saw the suspect escape in a car driven...
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March 18, 2011 5:50 AM
Deputies in Laurel County re-captured an escaped jail inmate early Friday morning.
Jail deputies say Dustin Blake Williams, 19, escaped the Laurel County Detention Center around noon on Thursday. He made his exit through a roof panel and out through a visitation door in a lower security area of...
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March 15, 2011 10:49 AM
Police in Laurel County are searching for a suspect they say harassed a group of students waiting for their school bus to take them to school Tuesday morning.
The incident happened around 7:20 a.m. in the vicinity of Ky 638 just outside of the city limits of London. Police...
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March 2, 2011 11:43 PM
After nearly four days of searching, rescuers finally located a London man missing in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Laurel County Wednesday afternoon.
Ryan Larke, 24, wandered away from his campsite Saturday evening. He spent the next 96 hours in the woods, through heavy rains and freezing temperatures....
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March 2, 2011 5:53 AM
Crews will resume searching for a man missing in the Daniel Boone National Forest Wednesday morning.
Ryan Larke disappeared on Saturday evening while camping in Laurel County with his girlfriend and three other friends. He left the campsite, apparently hoping to get a signal on his cell phone. He...
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February 24, 2011 12:47 PM
Two men have been arrested in Laurel County after police say they were caught on surveillance video burglarizing a home of jewelry and a gun earlier this week.
According to the Laurel County sheriff's department, Adam Stone and Frederick O'Donnell broke into a home on Echo Valley Road on...
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January 28, 2011 5:30 AM
Laurel County Sheriff's deputies say they believe they have a second man responsible for stealing from two difference churches and a pastor's home in custody.
Deputies arrested Joshua Woods, 26, on Thursday and charged him with theft over $10,000.
They arrested Jordan Woods, 25, back on Jan. 18....
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January 25, 2011 12:15 PM
The trial of a Laurel County mother charged with killing her toddler got underway Tuesday.
Amanda Johnson is charged with murder in the October 2009 death of her 23-month-old son, Stephen Troy. The toddler was found unresponsive at her home.
Johnson's boyfriend reported to police seeing her throw...
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January 17, 2011 3:17 PM
Laurel County police are investigating after they say two area churches had heating units stolen.
The Laurel County Sheriff's Department is investigating the theft of three heating units stolen from New Harvest Church on Kentucky 192 in the Cold Hill area of Laurel County. The department is also investigating...
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January 11, 2011 5:17 AM
A deadly Laurel County shooting remains under investigation Tuesday morning.
The Laurel County Sheriff's office says Ernie McKnight, 54, died Monday after he was shot in the chest. Deputies say McKnight drove to Emory Hibbitt's home along Hibbitt's Lane and an argument led to the shooting. Investigators recovered a...
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January 7, 2011 9:08 AM
Laurel County Sheriff deputies arrested a man after an undercover meth lab investigation Thursday afternoon.
Deputies say they discovered 95 one-step meth labs and 11 HCL gas generators in a home along Waterworks Road, two miles west of London.
Deputies arrested William Robert Rutherford, 34, after a short...
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January 6, 2011 11:48 AM
A Laurel County man was arrested early Thursday morning after police say a meth lab fire started in a mobile home in which two children were in.
The incident happened at about 1:30 a.m. at a home on Kentucky Family Drive, located about 10 miles south of London. Police...
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December 9, 2010 8:21 PM
Destiney's family says they don't want her to be remembered by what happened, but how she touched their lives while she was alive. Her Aunt Angel says Destiney was her world. When she got the call that world was taken away she wasn't sure what she would do. "I was...
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December 6, 2010 9:18 AM
Police have charged the man driving the car in a Laurel County crash that killed a 13-year-old with murder.
The wreck happened around 4:30 p.m.Sunday at the intersection of Kentucky 192 and 229 in London.
The Laurel County Coroner's office says Destiney Hammons was pronounced dead at the...
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December 3, 2010 7:31 AM
Officials say one person died in an accident in Laurel County early Friday morning.
The single car accident happened around 1:30 a.m. at the intersection of HWY-1224 and HWY-2392.
Officials have not released any details on the crash or the name of the victim.
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November 23, 2010 11:24 AM
An elderly Laurel County woman was killed Tuesday morning after she lost contol of her car and went down into a ravine.
The accident was reported to police at about 10:30 a.m. on Twin Branch Road. Police say the woman, whose name has not yet been released, went off...
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November 2, 2010 12:53 PM
Laurel County Sheriff's Deputies arrested four people in a meth lab bust in East Bernstadt Monday night.
Deputies say they responded to reports of a meth lab in a residence along Love Road. When they arrived, deputies smelled a strong meth odor. Upon entering the home, they found an...
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October 28, 2010 9:33 AM
Police in Laurel County say they have arrested two juveniles in connection with a Wednesday night gas station robbery.
The robbers hit a gas station along HWY-229 in London.
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October 28, 2010 8:07 AM
Officials in London say there was another robbery overnight, after a string of three violent robberies last week.
Dispatch confirmed a gas station on HWY-229 was robbed Wednesday night.
Officials have not released any details.
Police say there have been a string of robberies in the area....
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October 20, 2010 2:54 PM
At least one person was killed Wednesday afternoon in a crash involving a coal truck, a commercial vehicle and a passenger van in Laurel County that left at least one of the vehicles on fire and sparked a fire in a nearby wooded area.
The crash happened at around...
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September 29, 2010 10:09 AM
A six-month old baby girl hurt in a bad wreck in Laurel County Monday that also left the 19-year-old driver hospitalized has died.
The wreck happened on Johnson Road. The Laurel County Sheriff's Department says Mercedee Brown lost control of her car and went down an embankment, hitting a...
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September 28, 2010 10:33 AM
A six-month old baby girl is in critical condition at UK Hospital after a bad wreck in Laurel County Monday that also left the 19-year-old driver hospitalized. The wreck happened on Johnson Road. The Laurel County Sheriff's Department says Mercedee Brown lost control of her car and went down an...
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September 24, 2010 11:01 AM
Officials in Laurel County have a bizarre death investigation on their hands. Police say they were called to a wreck on Highway 770 between Corbin and London early Friday morning but they say the victim was suffering from more than just wounds related to the crash. Investigators say Kyle David...
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September 16, 2010 8:03 AM
Laurel County Sheriff's deputies say they found children living inside two homes with meth labs on Wednesday. Deputies say they received a call complaining about meth manufacturing going on at a home along Byble Road in southern Laurel County. When deputies searched the residents, they found numerous meth manufacturing components,...
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September 3, 2010 6:03 AM
A woman was hurt when a tanker truck rear-ended her van in Laurel County late Thursday night. Police say the tanker, owned by Petro Haulers of London, Ky., was traveling westbound on KY-30 when it collided with a Chevy van.The impact spun the van off the shoulder and over an...
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September 1, 2010 6:39 AM
A dog attack landed a toddler in the hospital in Laurel County Tuesday. Now, authorities are working to find the animal in order to test it for rabies. The attack happened at a home along Whitley Road. A witness says 18-month-old Landon Moore was playing outside when a large brown...
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August 31, 2010 6:02 PM
A toddler was rushed to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after reportedly being mauled by a dog in Laurel County. The incident happened at around noon not far from the Aisin automotive plant. Animal control officers confirm to LEX 18 that they went to that scene to investigate a dog bite....
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August 26, 2010 11:49 AM
A man was taken from a Laurel County marina to the hospital Thursday morning after a bad accident involving a boat propeller. The incident happened at about 7:45 a.m on Laurel River Lake. According to witness Rick Kuchlee, the victim, Jeff Mayne, 49, of Berea, was found screaming on Craig's...
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August 25, 2010 8:16 AM
Laurel County Sheriff's deputies arrested two people on multiple charges, including manufacturing meth, after a short chase in Laurel County Tuesday morning. Police say two deputies were on patrol along KY-1956, about five miles west of London, around 6 a.m., when they spotted a 1990 Nissan pickup approaching in their...
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August 19, 2010 12:52 PM
Several more women have come forward to claim a Laurel County doctor crossed the line during female examinations. The Sentinel Echo reports that 15 more women have been added to a potential class action lawsuit against Dr. Jackie Maxey. The women say the doctor performed unnecessary pelvic and vaginal exams...
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August 4, 2010 3:43 PM
A Kentucky National Guardsman who was the passenger in a small Cessna was forced to land the plane at a Laurel County airport when the pilot suffered a medical emergency Wednesday. Sergeant First Class Marshall Hehl was the only passenger in the plane when the pilot, Walt Binkley of Somerset,...
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June 16, 2010 8:39 AM
Kentucky State Police are trying to track down a man who escaped from the KSP Post in Laurel County Tuesday night. A trooper arrested Christopher Michael Sams, 30, of Somerset, across from the post on KY-80 on an outstanding bench warrant. Police say the suspect escaped from a commercial vehicle...
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June 10, 2010 9:05 AM
Laurel County Sheriff's deputies say a London man staged a robbery and set his own home on fire in a scheme to collect insurance money. Deputies say Jonathan Johnson, 30, called Wednesday morning and reported that someone broke into his mobile home and stole a digital camera and several guns....
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June 2, 2010 4:25 PM
Police say a southeastern Kentucky man drove himself to the hospital early Wednesday morning with serious stab wounds. The Laurel County drove himself to Baptist Regional Hospital in Corbin at about 5 a.m. He was eventually taken to UK Hospital for treatment. Police say a few hours later, his wife...
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June 2, 2010 2:07 PM
Police in Laurel County are investigating after two people showed up at a hospital with stab wounds Wednesday morning.
Police say the first victim arrived at Baptist Regional Hospital at about 5 a.m. with stab wounds. That person was then transported to UK Hospital.
Then, about two hours...
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May 25, 2010 5:10 PM
The family of a toddler who was believed to have drowned in her grandparents pool overnight said Tuesday that the coroner told them that the girl was actually killed when she hit her head before falling into the pool. Deputies say 2-year-old Chloe Collier girl was playing with other kids...
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May 25, 2010 11:16 AM
The Laurel County Sheriff's Department has released the name of a toddler who drowned in her grandparents pool overnight. Deputies say 2-year-old Chloe Collier girl was playing with other kids in the Lily Community, near Line Creek Road, Monday evening when she wandered away from the group. Officials say the...
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May 25, 2010 8:34 AM
London police say they have located a missing elderly Laurel County man. Officers found 77-year-old John Kircher walking outside of the London police station. The retired veteran, who speaks eight languages, disappeared Monday afternoon after he left his home in North Corbin for a walk.
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May 25, 2010 5:19 AM
Authorities continue to search for a missing elderly Laurel County man. The Laurel County Sheriff's Department says 77-year-old John Kircher was last seen Monday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. when he left for his daily walk along HWY-1223. Officials described Kircher as a white man, about 5-foot-8. He weighs about 125...
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May 24, 2010 4:08 PM
A Laurel county woman who entered a guilty plea to killing her cousin in a DUI car wreck last year was sentenced in the case Monday. Miranda Knowles plead guilty to second-degree manslaughter, wanton endangerment and driving drunk. Police say she caused a three-car accident in April 2009 that killed...
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April 30, 2010 4:49 PM
A Laurel County teenager died at UK Hospital Friday, one day after he was hit by a car while riding a motorcycle in Laurel County. The accident happened at about 3:30 p.m. on Sim Smith Road. Police say Brandon Lee McWilliams, 16, of London pulled out onto the road from...
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April 14, 2010 5:28 AM
Investigators in Laurel County continue to try to figure out exactly what happened to a man found shot to death inside his home Tuesday evening. Laurel County Sheriff deputies say Charles Daugherty's wife found his body with at least one gunshot wound inside the home located along Sibert Lane, a...
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