Category Archives: Kentucky News

Rise in Food Insecurity Affects over 176,000 Kentuckians in the Heartland
The latest Map the Meal Gap data from Feeding America reveals a troubling surge in food insecurity across Kentucky's Heartland. In 2022, 176,270 people in Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland's (FAKH...
Mark Buckles Aug 08, 2024
10 Year Old Dies in Accident on I-75 in Whitley County
The Kentucky State Police, London Post was notified by Whitley County 911 at approximately 11:18 PM of an injury accident involving two vehicles on interstate I-75. The Corbin City Police was on scene...
Mark Buckles Aug 06, 2024
Lexington Brothers Sentenced for Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Luxury Cars
Two Lexington men, Hussein Qasim, 34, and Ibrahim Qasim, 29, were sentenced on Monday, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, to 57 months and 45 months, respectively, for their roles in a money laund...
Mark Buckles Aug 06, 2024

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3 Traffic Impact Report for August 5 through August 9
The expected traffic impacts in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3 area for Aug. 5 through Aug.9 are listed below. All work is subject to change. Interstate 165 A project to resurface and ...
Mark Buckles Aug 05, 2024
Cincinnati Man Sentenced for Role in Conspiracy to Sell Machine Guns in Kentucky
Isaiah M. Smith, 24, of Cincinnati, Ohio was sentenced on Friday, August2, 2024, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to 72 months in prison, for possession and transfer of a machine gun. In pleading...
Mark Buckles Aug 03, 2024
The 63rd annual United States Senate Youth Program applications are now being submitted
A press release from the Kentucky Department of Education: Applications are now open for the 2025 United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP), a merit-based program that takes the most outstanding high...
Mark Buckles Aug 02, 2024
Tompkinsville Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Attempted Online Enticement of a Minor
Matthew Warren Burkhard, 36 of Tompkinsville, KY was sentenced this week to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor. U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the ...
Mark Buckles Aug 01, 2024

Louisville Pediatrician Sentenced to 12 years in Federal Prison on Attempted Murder-for-Hire
Stephanie M. Russell was sentenced today on two counts of a federal indictment charging her with using a facility in interstate commerce, or causing another person to travel in interstate commerce, in...
Mark Buckles Aug 01, 2024

Kentucky State Police Arrest Logan County Man after Multi-County Pursuit
Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 2 troopers have arrested a Logan County man following a multi-county pursuit. Muhlenberg County dispatch received a call from the Central City Walmart in reference to ...
Mark Buckles Jul 31, 2024
Reward offered in Lexington, Kentucky, for information on litter of puppies set on fire
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case of a litter of puppies who were intentionally burned in Lexington, Kentuck...
Mark Buckles Jul 31, 2024