News for Appalachia
(Information from KSP & APPCV reporter Ron Hamblin) Haddix, KY – January 7th, 2023 Personnel from multiple Kentucky Emergency Management regions participated in a multi-state, joint agency search for Vanessa Baker, the sole missing person from the devastating floods in Eastern Kentucky, in late July 2022. Saturday’s operations brought together over 160 searchers, covering 1067 […]
Clayhole, Ky. (January 6, 2023) – On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at approximately 1:06 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a structure fire on Cedar Hill Rd. in the Clayhole community of Breathitt County. Multiple surrounding fire agencies responded to the scene and extinguished the fire. During this time, human […]
VANCLEVE, Ky. (November 15, 2022) — The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Electronic Crime Branch located and arrested Gary D. Gross, 45, on charges related to a child sexual abuse material investigation. Gross was interviewed and arrested as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation. The KSP Electronic Crime Branch began the investigation […]
Jackson, Ky. (June 24, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred on June 24, 2022, at approximately 11:28 a.m. in Breathitt County. The KSP Critical Incident Response Team responded to the scene, along with personnel from KSP Post 13, and the investigation into […]
Richmond, Ky. (Feb. 23, 2022) –The Kentucky State Police, Richmond Post, is requesting the public’s assistance locating the suspect wanted in connection to a Murder that occurred on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at a home on Willis Branch Road in Madison County. The ongoing investigation alleges Shannon V. Gilday, 23 years old of Taylor Mill, KY, forced […]
Millstone, KY. (February 17, 2022) –On Thursday, February 17, 2022, shortly before 11AM, Troopers and Letcher County Deputies were attempting to serve an arrest warrant at a residence on Lick Fork Rd in the Millstone community of Letcher County. While at that residence, Law Enforcement officials were able to make contact with a male subject. Shortly […]
Prestonsburg, KY. (February 17, 2022) – A Kentucky State Police Trooper conducted a traffic stop on US 23 in the Prestonsburg community on February 12, 2022 at 8:35 p.m. for a traffic violation. During the traffic stop, the operator of the vehicle was arrested for Driving on DUI Suspended License. During a search of the vehicle, troopers […]
SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (February 14, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police (KSP), Post 9 has requested the KSP Critical Incident Response Team to investigate a trooper-involved shooting that occurred at approximately 10:58 pm EST on February 13, 2022 on Lacey Creek Road in Magoffin County. The KSP Critical Incident Response Team responded to the scene, and the investigation […]
Kentucky State Police Morehead Investigating String of Storage Building Thefts Morehead, KY. (February 14, 2022) – Kentucky State Police, Post 8, Morehead is attempting to return unclaimed property regarding a string of storage unit thefts that occurred in Rowan County and Fleming County in 2020 and 2021. If you had a storage unit broken into in Rowan […]
Kentucky State Police Investigates Fatal Collision in Pike County Aflex, KY. (February 11, 2022) – Kentucky State Police Pikeville Post received a call on February 9, 2022, at 10:17 a.m. reporting a single vehicle collision had occurred on State Highway 292 East in the Aflex community of Pike County. Troopers from Post 9 responded and began the investigation. The […]