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Sunday | WIVB-TV Buffalo

Who let the dogs out? Intoxicated woman

Laurel County Sheriff John Root says in a statement that a 47-year-old London woman told deputies she used a blanket to break the glass on her neighbor's front door so she could let two small dogs out of the residence.

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Related Topix: Offbeat

Sat May 18, 2013

Connecticut Post

Who let the dogs out? Intoxicated neighbor accused

Laurel County Sheriff John Root says in a statement that a 47-year-old London woman told deputies she used a blanket to break the glass on her neighbor's front door so she could let two small dogs out of the residence.

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Wed May 15, 2013

WKJK-AM Louisville

Trooper's 1988 murder remains unsolved

Among the fallen KSP officers is Trooper Johnny Edrington. He was gunned down during a traffic stop in Laurel County in 1988.

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Related Topix: Campbellsville, KY

Tue May 14, 2013

McCreary County Record

Disgruntled school employee arrested

A Stearns man is being held in the Laurel County Correctional Center without bond after making threatening statements while on the job last week at Pine Knot Primary School.

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Related Topix: Stearns, KY, Pine Knot, KY, McCreary County, KY

The Sentinel-Echo

Meth maker gets 20 years

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. - The scourge of methamphetamine that has challenged law enforcement agencies over the past several years took a step forward last week.

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Related Topix: London, KY, Fariston, KY

Mon May 13, 2013

The Sentinel-Echo

Testing glitch: ACT online tests crash, students will not be penalized on end-of-year grades

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. - Laurel County students have been in testing, but it hasn't been an easy road for some last week.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Education Etc.

The Sentinel-Echo

Road employee charged with DUI

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. - A county road employee who was intoxicated while on county time is now doing time in the Laurel County Detention Center.

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Related Topix: East Bernstadt, KY, London, KY

Sun May 12, 2013

Lexington Herald-Leader

Attempted abduction of teen in Laurel County leads to arrest

A 41-year-old man has been arrested for trying to abduct a 15-year-old girl from her home during the weekend, according to the Laurel County Sheriff's Department.

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Fri May 10, 2013

Floyd County Times

Hazard man killed in Clay County wreck

Ricky Summer, 44, of Hazard was airlifted from the scene to Saint Joseph Hospital of London where he was pronounced dead by Laurel County Coroner Doug Bowling.

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Related Topix: Clay County, KY, London, KY, Manchester, KY

Thu May 09, 2013

The Sentinel-Echo

Car slides into pond

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. - It was a close call for three people who landed in a pond after their vehicle slid on rain-slick roads on Sunday afternoon.

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Related Topix: London, KY

WKYT

Laurel County man charged with DUI while driving tractor

"He was slumped over and he left and had got on a tractor headed down the road," said Gilbert Acciardo with the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.

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The Sentinel-Echo

Child hit by car

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. - A 10-year-old boy is recuperating from surgery to repair a fractured leg, one of several injuries he sustained after being struck by a car on Friday.

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Related Topix: Lexington, KY, East Bernstadt, KY

Wed May 08, 2013

WLEX-TV Lexington

Coming Up On LEX 18 News - May 8, 2013

Details on the arrests are coming up. And - another day, more rain. It looks like the Bluegrass is slowly going to shake the wet weather, but it'll take some time.

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Related Topix: Weather

Lexington Herald-Leader

Laurel County man who admitted making bomb faces hearing

An 18-year-old Laurel County man faces a federal detention hearing Wednesday after he allegedly acknowledged to law enforcement officials that he made and detonated smoke bombs and pipe bombs, according to court records.

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Related Topix: Explosion

WKYT

McCreary Co. elementary employee arrested over alleged threats

Paulson is charged with terroristic threatening. Kentucky State Police arrested Paulson on Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Pine Knot, KY

The Sentinel-Echo

Shoplifter impersonates an officer

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. - What began as a search for a shoplifter became a case of impersonating an officer, sending two people to jail in the investigation.

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Related Topix: Prison, London, KY

Tue May 07, 2013

The Sentinel-Echo

Alabama fugitive captured

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. - An Alabama fugitive was captured in Laurel County on Thursday night and now awaits extradition to answer escape charges.

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Related Topix: Rockholds, KY

The Sentinel-Echo

Bell County man falls asleep driving

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. - Laurel County Sheriff John Root reported that Deputy Greg Turner investigated a one-vehicle injury traffic crash which occurred on Ky.

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Related Topix: Bell County, KY, Pineville, KY

Floyd County Times

Hazard man killed in Clay County wreck

Ricky Summer, 44, of Hazard was airlifted from the scene to Saint Joseph Hospital of London where he was pronounced dead by Laurel County Coroner Doug Bowling.

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Related Topix: Clay County, KY, London, KY, Manchester, KY

Mon May 06, 2013

WKYT

911 recording captures driver's anxiety after car plunges into pond

It's a scary scenario that became one driver's very scary reality, she was heard on the Laurel County 911 recording telling the dispatcher these chilling words, "Yeah, I've had a wreck.

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Related Topix: London, KY