Monthly Archives: August 2015

Authorities are searching for an escapee from the Blackburn Correction Complex. Officials say Richard Todd Shell, 42, walked away from the minimum security prison. He was confirmed missing around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday. Shell was serving a 16-year sentence for convictions … Continue reading →

Kentucky State Police have received several complaints in the past week from people advising that there have been scam phone calls from someone stating that they are with the IRS. The phone calls are usually made from a 917 area code. … Continue reading →

Police in Louisville have released the name of the city’s latest homicide victim. Police say officers found Mark Wagner, 26, lying on the sidewalk at the corner of 24th and Chestnut streets in the Russell neighborhood around 8 p.m. Sunday. … Continue reading →

Lexington police arrested a man accused of hitting a woman in the head with a saw during an altercation Monday. Police say the incident apparently stemmed from a dispute between neighbors along Hawkins Avenue. Officers say both the man and … Continue reading →

Lincoln County deputies arrested a man they say was caught trying to dig up a grave Monday night. Officials say Michael D. May, 44, was digging up the grave of his father at the Pilot Baptist Church. Deputies say May … Continue reading →

A Jacksonville man was sentenced to six years in prison for staging a car accidents and defrauding his insurance company. Guillermo de la Vega, 50, helped organize and participated in a fake car accident. The State Attorney’s Office and the … Continue reading →

The search continues in the Scout Mountain area today for a Gate City woman who was reportedly suicidal and armed Saturday. The woman, identified as Jennifer Mikkelson, 43, was last seen at about 5:30 a.m. Friday. Her family reported her … Continue reading →

Laurel County residents decided to intervene when they saw a 23-month-old baby alone and crying outside his home for multiple hours. Curtis Harbach and his wife had seen the toddler, in diapers, outside of his home on Delbert Hodge Road … Continue reading →

The man who pleaded guilty to murdering a Whitley County toddler was sentenced on Monday. Police say Mark Hyden was taking care of Trina White’s 2-year-old daughter, Madisyn Davis, when she suffered fatal injuries. Hyden pleaded guilty and was sentenced … Continue reading →

A former Kentucky woman, now living in Michigan is accused of locking her handicapped sister in a closet for years while collecting the victim’s benefits. Candy Lawson, 44, was arrested last week, charged with vulnerable adult abuse, false imprisonment, and embezzlement. … Continue reading →