LOUISA — A former state highway department employee charged with drug trafficking while in a state vehicle was scheduled to go to trial in Lawrence Circuit Court on Monday, but instead entered a plea agreement Friday and is scheduled to be sentenced June 14. ...subscribers>>
WEST VAN LEAR — Stolen items were recovered from three different counties when the Johnson County Sheriff's Office responded to a complaint of a stolen wallet in West Van Lear April 26, according to a press release. ...subscribers>>
FRANKFORT — An additional 8,200 residents of Lawrence, Johnson, Floyd, Martin and Magoffin counties will be eligible for Medicaid benefits in 2014 following Kentucky's expansion of the federal program. ...subscribers>>
PAINTSVILLE — A motion filed by the Big Sandy Regional Jail Authority to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former applicant for administrator of the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center was denied May 3. ...subscribers>>
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