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**UPDATE** Missing child, Lela Black, has been located safely. Byron Black has been taken into custody. PRINCETON, KY – (January 29, 2024) – On Sunday, January 28, 2024, at approximately 2 p.m. Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 2 received a call from the Princeton Police Department requesting assistance with a death investigation on Center Street in

HENDERSON, Ky. – Kentucky State Police are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Henderson County Detention Center his weekend. KSP Post 16 received a call from the Henderson County Detention Center in Henderson at approximately 9:10 p.m. Friday regarding an escaped inmate. Preliminary investigation reveals Tylee Thompson, 33, of Cincinnati, escaped on foot

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 24, 2024) – Attorney General Russell Coleman joined a multistate coalition calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to stop online censorship from Big Tech companies. The attorneys general from 18 states submitted an amicus brief supporting a pair of Texas and Florida laws that protect their citizens from censorship on social media platforms such

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky gun shop that sold an assault weapon to a man who used it to kill five co-workers and wrote in his journal the gun was “so easy” to buy is facing a lawsuit filed Monday from survivors and families of the victims. The civil suit filed in Louisville alleges

PRINCETON – Kentucky State Police Post 2 Madisonville are investigating a fatal collision that occurred over the weekend in Caldwell County. The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Department requested state police to investigate a fatal collision that occurred on Cannon Road in Princeton at approximately 8:58 p.m. Friday. A preliminary investigation revelated that a 17-year-old was operating

HENDERSON, Ky. – Henderson Community College will host its second annual Legislators and Elected Officials Appreciation Breakfast on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, beginning at 8 a.m. in the Stagg Room of the Preston Arts Center on HCC’s campus. HCC President and CEO Dr. Jason Warren will update attendees on important current and future initiatives at

HENDERSON, Ky. – Henderson Community College recently announced the promotion of Mike Knecht to Chief Academic Officer effective Dec. 16, 2023. Knecht is a tenured professor who has worked at HCC for 29 years, most recently as HCC’s Interim Dean of Academic Affairs. During his tenure, Knecht has held several leadership positions including the Director

MADISONVILLE, Ky. (January 16, 2024) — Kentucky State Police have arrested a Madisonville man on charges related to child sexual abuse material. Henry Winston Strader, 46, of Madisonville, was charged with one count of first-degree official misconduct and one count of distribution of obscene matters to minors. Both charges are Class-A misdemeanors and punishable by

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in the Kentucky House unveiled a three-strikes measure on Tuesday that would keep people locked up after being convicted of a third violent felony. The proposal is part of a much broader anti-crime bill designated as a priority for Republicans in the 60-day session. The measure surfaced during the

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky newspaper has sued the state’s biggest city to get access to police records cited in a federal investigation. The Courier Journal reported on Monday that it filed a lawsuit against Louisville Metro Government after the city’s police department failed to respond to a request for search warrant applications cited in a Justice

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Access to medical marijuana in Kentucky should expand to include a longer list of severe health conditions, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday in advocating a change that would make hundreds of thousands more people eligible for treatment when the program begins next year. The measure passed by the GOP-led legislature in

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams called on Bluegrass State policymakers to promote a “tolerant and welcoming society” as he joined four fellow Republicans for their public swearing-in ceremony Tuesday as they started their terms as statewide officeholders. A crowd that included U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell looked on as the five

LA GRANGE, Ky. (Jan. 1, 2024) – Russell Coleman was sworn-in as the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s 52nd Attorney General in a private ceremony just after midnight. He took the Oath in Commonwealth’s Attorney Courtney Baxter’s office in Oldham County, where he previously served as a prosecutor. Coleman, who was joined by his wife Ashely and

DENVER (AP) — First, Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump wasn’t eligible to run for his old job in that state. Then, Maine’s Democratic secretary of state ruled the same for her state. Who’s next? Both decisions are historic. The Colorado court was the first court to apply to a presidential candidate

Wednesday, Dec. 27th’s Powerball drawing produced a $50,000 winning Powerball ticket sold at a Henderson retailer. According to the Kentucky Lottery, the winning ticket was purchased at Newt’s Tobacco Mart, 302 U.S. Highway 41 South, in Henderson. Last night’s winning Powerball numbers were: 4 – 11 – 38 – 51 – 68 Powerball 5. The