Powell County News

It's lunchtime at Randy's Place. At the new restaurant on Main Street in Clay City, Randy Lacy's police badge hangs on the wall.

A Clark County man accused of burglary is in more trouble after police say he cut of an ankle monitor and escaped from his home arrest.

By Samantha Swindler / Managing Editor A man wanted out of Powell County for fleeing from a meth lab was arrested Monday in London after hiding from police in a field.

Kentucky State Police apprehended a suspect wanted for manufacturing methamphetamine in Powell County, following a foot pursuit.

A traffic stop on an eastern Kentucky road ends in a trip to jail for one man. State police say an officer was patrolling highway 472 in Laurel County when he noticed a car driven by a man wanted in Powell County.

On Monday, June 01, 2009, at 10:09 AM while on routine patrol on KY 472 Kentucky State Police Sergeant Steve Walker observed a vehicle that was reported to be transporting a male subject that is wanted by Powell County, KY.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions: Gov.

A wedding picture hanging inside a Madison county home was blown nearly forty miles by Friday's EF3 tornado.

Last week's storms blew all kinds of debris into people's front yard, but the wind brought one Powell County woman another person's priceless heirloom.

Clark Countya s most wanted list is at least five names shorter, a week after pictures of 55 wanted people appeared in The Winchester Sun.

Preliminary statistics* indicate that thirteen people died in twelve separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from Monday, April 13 through Sunday, April 19, 2009.

A Montgomery County man died Saturday after a truck crashed into the motorcycle he was operating on a road in Powell County, Kentucky State Police said.

A Powell County family's home is destroyed by fire and this isn't the first time.

LEXINGTON, Ky. Two suspects are being sought after a Lexington police officer was shot in the shoulder during a traffic stop.

A family is counting their blessings Sunday night, after a missing elderly woman from Powell County is found safe.

An 82-year-old Powell County woman missing since Friday was found in a Clark County field off of the Mountain Parkway early Sunday, police said.

There's still no word on the whereabouts of a Powell County woman, missing since Friday afternoon.

Harlan County recorded a 9.6 percent unemployment rate for January, an increase of 1.6 percent from December and only slightly above the state average at 9.5 percent.

Property values must accurately reflect market conditions and can cause tax complications if calculated incorrectly, a Clark County official said Friday.

Unemployment rates rose in all but one Kentucky county from January 2008 to January 2009, with Menifee County recording the highest jobless rate at 17.7 percent.