Stolen vehicle suspect flees, over 100 mph pursuit into Rockcastle Co.
Laurel County Sheriff John Root reports that Laurel Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Taylor along with Deputy Landry Collett arrested Richard C. Haight age 25 of Pine Grove Road, Crab Orchard, KY early Friday morning February 11, 2022 at approximately 3:00 AM. The arrest occurred following a pursuit that started on I–75 at Ky 909 approximately 8 […]
Happy 237 birthday Valley View Ferry! Star of film and screen
It’s known as “Kentucky’s oldest continuous business, the Valley View Ferry. Today marks the day the Ferry was granted “a perpetual and irrevocable” franchise by the Virginia General Assembly seven years before Kentucky achieved statehood, on February 11, 1785. According to Sam Terry’s Kentucky Facebook page, Gov. Patrick Henry signed the charter for John Craig, […]
Pursuit in Powell, exceeding 115 mph, ends in arrest
Thursday, 2/11/22 at approximately 1:30 am, Deputy Hunter Martin conducted a traffic stop on a black Lexus at the intersection of 9th St and Main St in Clay City being operated by William Bowman, age 28, of Lexington. According to the Powell County Sheriffs Department, as Deputy Martin exited his patrol vehicle and attempted to […]
