Source: (Photo: Grayson Co. Emergency Management Deputy Director Blake Schroerlucke speaks to Grayson Co. Fiscal Court regarding a FEMA grant application to install tornado shelters throughout the county). GRAYSON COUNTY, Ky. (K105) – Grayson County could have a dozen tornado shelters pending FEMA’s decision to award a grant, according to a report by K105. The report states that on Thursday…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – On Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that more than $105 million in FEMA disaster funds have been secured to reimburse six Kentucky hospitals and Kentucky Emergency Management for expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials say hospitals receiving the funding include AdventHealth Manchester, Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Baptist Health, Pikeville Medical Center, T.J. Samson Community Hospital and UofL Health….
VINE GROVE, Ky. – A Hardin County man is facing child sex crime charges. 55-year-old Gray Eugene Middleton II was arrested by the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch following an undercover internet investigation. KSP says Middleton was investigated after images depicting child sexual exploitation were found on his electronic equipment. KSP obtained a search warrant for a home in…
VINE GROVE, Ky. – A Hardin County man is facing child exploitation charges following an undercover internet investigation. Twenty-five-year-old Nicholas Ray Renfro was arrested by the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch Thursday. Renfro allegedly possessed and shared images of child sexual abuse materials online. KSP Electronic Crime Branch executed a search warrant at a home in Vine Grove and…
Photo credit: Christopher Cole, The Citizen-Times.ALLEN COUNTY, Ky. – A juvenile is reportedly cited after grave site damage in Allen County. According to Sheriff Brandon Ford with the Allen County Sheriff’s Office, the agency filed charges on Friday in connection with vandalism at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church at 3940 Old Gallatin Road. Deputies say they observed several headstones in the…
GRAYSON COUNTY, Ky. (K105) – A Grayson County man is accused in an assault and of impersonating a police officer. According to a report by K105, Grayson County deputies arrested 21-year-old Zachary W. Behlke of Caneyville on Monday on a complaint warrant. K105 reports the man, previously jailed for impersonating a police officer, is now facing that charge again, along…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Governor Andy Beshear ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at all state buildings on Memorial Day. According to a release, the order will be active from sunrise until noon in observance of the holiday. “America is the home of the free because of the brave, and we have so much to give thanks for this Memorial…
Source: LEX 18. SHELBY COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) – A Shelby County jury found Shannon Gilday guilty but mentally ill on all six charges on Thursday in the murder of Jordan Morgan. That’s according to a report by LEX 18. LEX 18 reports the verdict was read earlier this afternoon. Prosecutors say Gilday broke into the Morgan family mansion during…
Source: Canva. FRANKFORT, Ky. – On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. plans to build a new facility in Hopkinsville. Officials say the facility is expected to bring over 200 new jobs once it is operational. According to the governor’s office, the project is pending approval of proposed state incentives by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority….
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. – An Illinois man is facing charges in an alleged boat theft in McCracken County. According to a social media post by the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were notified by a local business on May 19 regarding a boat purchase made with a bad check. Authorities say they learned the male subject had presented a check…
