Laurel County News

More than two months after he was fired as director of Laurel County Public Safety and Emergency Management, Brian Reams has filed a complaint with the Kentucky Labor Cabinet for almost 2000 hours of back overtime pay.

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer Kentucky State Police investigating the fatal shooting of a fleeing suspect by a Laurel sheriff's deputy have revealed the weapon the fleeing man reportedly brandished as a knife.

A body found in Wood Creek Lake Thursday morning has been ruled an accidental drowning by Laurel County Deputy Coroner Kris Vanover.

Police said Monday that a man shot and killed by police after a Laurel County chase last week had a knife on him at the time of the shooting.

A man has been shot and killed after a chase involving a southern Kentucky sheriff's department.

One man was killed and at least two people were hurt and two medical helicopters were called to the scene after a head-on collision at a Laurel County intersection Friday afternoon.

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.

Authorities say a Laurel County sheriff's deputy fatally shot a suspect during an altercation early Friday in southeastern Kentucky.

Police in Laurel County are investigating a deadly shooting involving a sheriff's deputy.

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.

The Laurel County Public Library has announced its schedule of events for July. July 1 * 3 - 5 p.m., at the main branch.

Special to The Times-Tribune The London-Laurel County Tourist Commission has hosted the Archery Shooters Association and one of their seven national Pro/Am 3-D archery tournaments at the Laurel County Fairgrounds for three years and has seen growth every year.

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

Four people from Laurel County were among 34 new troopers who reeceived diplomas from The Kentucky State Police Academy at ceremonies Friday in Frankfort.

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.

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer The Laurel County Fair spreads itself out over two weeks each summer at the Laurel County Park on KY 229 south of London.

In the wake of the county receiving word of a very problematic Laurel County Fiscal Court audit, the 2008 audit for the Laurel County Clerk's financial statement has been released.

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer A Laurel Circuit Court jury Monday found Joe Lewis, III, and Dalton Brewer innocent of animal cruelty charges pending for nearly a year.

It appears the troubles in the automotive industry are catching up to us here in eastern Kentucky as a major automotive plant in Laurel County is laying off two dozen workers.

Keavy firefighters were called to battle a house fire on Auger Springs Road about 9 a.m. Thursday.