City of Richmond and KYTC road closures planned for Mondays MLK march downtown

Motorists coming through Richmond will encounter traffic pattern changes for downtown on Monday. Temporary modifications will be necessary for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative March. The march is scheduled for Monday, January 15, 2024. The Richmond Police Department will be onsite to assist motorists. Monday, Jan. 15 – 9:30 a.m. until approximately 11:30 a.m. The […]
Madison Co. inmate walks away from Development Center, recaptured in Irvine

A state inmate, under the custody and control of the Department of Corrections, walked away from the Bluegrass Career Development Center in Richmond. Authorities say 42-year-old Michael Walling of Irvine was not present for the morning headcount on Sunday January 7, 2024, just before 9 am. Walling was recaptured around 9 p.m. Sunday night by Officer Conrad […]
Richmond juvenile shot, woman arrested after investigation into guns, money and drugs

Officers with the Richmond Police Department responded to a “shots fired” call this week in the early morning hours of Monday, January 8, 2024. Police responded just after 2 a.m. to North Hill Street in Richmond. As officers responded to that scene, an additional call for service advised a 15-year-old male juvenile was suffering from […]
2 Lexington men lead Post 7 Trooper on high speed chase before colliding with Freightliner

Last night, January 11, 2024, just before 7:30 p.m., a Trooper with the Kentucky State Police, Richmond Post, observed a 2002 Black Nissan Maxima driving recklessly on West Main Street in Boyle County. The vehicle continued traveling west on US 150, Perryville Road, passing multiple vehicles at a high rate of speed. The Trooper activated […]