CENTRAL CITY, Ky. – Police are searching for a Scottsville man who they say escaped from a Muhlenberg County prison. Kentucky State Police says the inmate, Charles Pedigo, 44, escaped from Green River Correctional Complex late Wednesday night. Pedigo has a goatee, is about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs approximately 230 pounds. Authorities say he has ties to…
(NBC News) Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday he believes “spying” against President Trump’s 2016 campaign occurred, but he has no evidence to support his claim. Barr made the comments during testimony before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. “I feel I have an obligation to make sure that government power is not abused,” Barr added, but went on to say he…
(NBC News) Scientists with the National Science Foundation revealed Wednesday the first ever images of a black hole. Black holes are the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars, with gravitational forces so powerful that no matter or even light can escape once it gets too close. Scientists used the Event Horizon telescope consortium to capture a silhouette of the black…
(NBC News) The Centers for Disease Control has issued a warning about a potentially deadly fungal infection that’s showing a troubling resistance to drugs. The superbug is called “Candida Auris.” it was first detected in the united states just three years ago. “This is an incredibly sticky, tenacious bug,” warns Dr. Scott Lorin of Mount Sinai Brooklyn. It’s able to…
(KGW) Doctors are calling a late Oregon woman a medical marvel. Rose Marie Bentley was born with her major internal organs on the wrong side of her body, but this wasn’t discovered until after she died. What’s even more remarkable: She lived much longer with this condition than anyone thought possible. Bentley was 99 when she died. She was a…
(KPRC) A Texas father is warning other parents after finding a shirtless man hiding a closet in his apartment…saying he was invited over by the man’s 12-year-old daughter for sex. Christopher Todd Leonard was found hiding in the closet on November 2 of last year according to investigators. The father lives at the apartment with his two daughters, but wasn’t…
(KGW) Sheriff’s deputies in Washington, County, Oregon cannot stop talking about a home burglary call Monday afternoon. A call for help came from a Beaverton home just before 2 p.m. Deputy Brian Rogers was one of the first on scene and was met by two men who were house-sitting for their nephew. “They had been out walking their dog and…
(WTLV/NBC News) An accused bank robber is in custody after his high-flying escape attempt was grounded by an observant airport employee. Investigators say the man robbed a Jacksonville, Florida bank around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday. Multiple sources confirmed the man then went to Jacksonville International Airport, where he tried to then buy a cash ticket out of town. An American Airlines…
Melissa Whitley joins us for this week’s VIP interview to discuss the success of the 9th Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event at Western Kentucky University. All money raised from the event was donated to Hope Harbor in Bowling Green.
(NBC News) President Trump once again lashed out at special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation Wednesday, calling it “an attempted coup.” “And this was an attempted coup. This was an attempted take down of a president. And we beat them, we beat them,” Mr. Trump said. Speaking to reporters on the White House South Lawn before departing for San Antonio,…
