Wolfe County News

By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer As of about 8 p.m. Wednesday, none of the Tri-County detention centers appeared to be hosting prisoners taken in an Eastern Kentucky roundup of alleged drug dealers earlier in the day.

More schools are calling off classes, due to H1N1 and other flu-like symptoms. Now, Pike, Floyd, Breathitt, and Wolfe County schools will be closed the rest of the week.

An apartment fire in Wolfe County has left one resident homeless. It happened at the Campton Methodist Apartments around 12:30 a.m. Thursday.

FRANKFORT, Ky. a ' Preliminary statistics indicate that 15 people died in 13 separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from Sept.

Kids from more than ten counties came to hazard this morning to kick off the first of three summits in Eastern Kentucky designed to help keep drugs out of their hands.

A Wolfe County woman, first reported missing after her house caught fire, is found safe.

A Wolfe County woman who had been missing since Wednesday morning was found alive Thursday, and was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Crews are searching for a missing woman in Wolfe County. The family of Anna Joe Oliver said they haven't seen her since around 8 a.m. Wednesday.

A third person has died after an accident in Wolfe County. The Fayette County Coroner said 20-year-old Ronda Ann bush died at UK Hospital just after 4 p.m. Monday.

Two men were killed early Monday when a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck in Wolfe County, according to Kentucky State Police.

Two people are dead, one injured after a late night accident in Wolfe County. The accident happened around midnight on Kentucky Highway 15.

Charlotte Hall's 13-year-old son died of an overdose after she took him along for a hard night of partying with methadone pills.

Close to 200 people crowded the Lakefront Church of God in Magoffin County on Thursday for a special presentation by officials from Highway District 10 of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Department of Highways regarding the proposed widening of the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway in three counties.

A man charged with the murder of his brother was arrested in Morehead Tuesday. Thirty-seven-year-old Bronson Banks of Bratton Loop was arrested at Woodhill Drive after Wolfe County Attorney Steve Johnson issued an arrest warrant, according to police.

Police have made an arrest in the murder of a Wolfe County man. Bronson Banks was arrested just after 2:15 a.m. Wednesday in Morehead and charged with murder in the death of his older brother, Elson.

At 12:12 pm Kentucky State Police Morehead responded to a 2 vehicle accident on the Mountain Parkway spur in Campton Ky.

Police in eastern Kentucky have arrested a man, accused of killing his brother. Elson Banks was shot to death on August 18th on the front porch of his home in the Lexie community of Wolfe County.

Police have made an arrest in the murder of a Wolfe County man. Bronson Banks was arrested just after 2:15 a.m. Wednesday in Morehead and charged with murder in the death of his older brother, Elson.

JACKSON a ' A section of the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway will be widened to four lanes, say state highway officials, who will hold a public hearing to discuss the project next week.

State police say they are investigating a murder case in Wolfe County. Elson Banks, 39, of Upper Gilmore Road, was found dead at his home Tuesday morning.