CRIME & SAFETY
Kentucky Walmart worker recognized for stopping multi-state theft ring
LONDON, Ky. (WKYT) - A southern Kentucky Walmart associate was recognized for stopping a multi-state theft ring. Jacob Benge, a coach for the store’s asset protection operations, says he received word that a team of cash scammers was traveling up the interstate and hitting multiple Walmart stores. Benge says...
Fentanyl plaguing south central Kentucky
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - An 18-year-old dies, and a juvenile is hospitalized after what is presumed by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office to be a fentanyl overdose in Bowling Green. WCSO and local drug task forces have raised concerns over fentanyl-related overdoses, incidents and deaths in the area,...
Kentucky man sentenced to eight years after child’s death on Norris Lake
KNOXVILLE – Norman Sturgill, a 62-year-old resident of Grayson, Ky., received an eight-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a boating collision on Norris Lake that resulted in the death of a child. Sturgill entered his guilty plea on April 30, 2024, at the Claiborne County Courthouse, where Criminal Court Judge Zack […] The post Kentucky man sentenced to eight years after child’s death on Norris Lake appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
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