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Since classical music started formally being performed in Laurel County, Billy Farmer has been part of the action.

An East Bernstadt man was killed and two others were seriously injured in a two-car crash at the intersection of KY 3434 and KY 3094 in East Bernstadt Friday afternoon.

A Pulaski County man was indicted on federal charges of possession and distribution of child pornography.

Ivy Brashear / Staff Writer London native and Louisville lawyer, John David Dyche, has spent five years writing a political biography about Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell.

A man has been shot and killed after a chase involving a southern Kentucky sheriff's department. James Ernest Goforth attempted to elude law enforcement officers in a dangerous vehicle chase. After wrecking his vehicle he fled on foot and was pursued by Deputy Richard Sapcut. Goforth pulled a weapon on the deputy who opened fire in self defense.

Tennessee police say an escaped inmate from a Mississippi prison was taken into custody in the shooting of a Nashville police officer, a Laurel County native, who was in critical condition Friday.

A top elected official's limousine was found in possession of an alleged Bell County drug dealer yesterday during a drug raid by the Bell County Sheriff's Department.

Authorities say a Laurel County a sheriff's deputy fatally shot a suspect during an altercation early Friday in southeastern Kentucky. James Ernest Goforth was fugitive in two Kentucky counties. He led deputies on a chase, before bailing out of his vehicle and continue to flee on foot. After a short foot chase, Goforth stopped running, pulled a weapon, and turned to kill the deputy. Deputy Sapcut fearing for his life discharged his firearm striking Goforth in the front of the neck.

A Nashville, Tenn. Metro Police officer who was critically shot Thursday following a routine traffic stop is a London, Ky.

Police are investigating after the body of an elderly London man was found in the water near the Wood Creek boat dock in Laurel County Thursday morning.

Thanks to information from Forcht Bank employees, London Police arrested a would-be bank robber outside Forcht Bank on KY 1006.

The long arm of the law reached out and grabbed a short-sighted thief when he ran out of gas while trying to flee from police.

By Samantha Swindler / Managing Editor Two men were charged with misdemeanor cultivation of marijuana on Wednesday after citizen tips came into the Kentucky State Police Post 11 in London.

After modern technology - a TAZER - failed to stop a suspected shoplifter at Walmart who ran from police, London Police Sgt.

On Sunday, June 14, 2009, at approximately 11:14 AM the Kentucky State Police, Post 11, in London was notified by the Rockcastle County 911 Center of a Rape complaint that occurred on Maple Street, in Brodhead.

Two Whitley county men were charged with cultivating marijuana Wednesday thanks to tips from the community.

Laurel County firefighters were unable to save five horses trapped in a burning barn Sunday night on Maple Grove School Road.

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer A "strange odor" brought a police detective, the fire chief and the county's public safety director to London's Falls Street at about 10:30 p.m. Monday night.

Traffic on KY 80 near Warren Grove Road was reduced to one lane when a pick-up truck towing a trailer, and the trailer overturned Friday.

A London man who allegedly ignored demands from his minor girlfriend's mother to stay out of her home and away from her daughter is facing multiple charges after he allegedly ignored the request and assaulted the girl's mother.