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The trial of Crystal Rogers investigation suspects Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson continued at the Warren County Justice Center Thursday morning. The prosecution submitted a recording of the interview former Nelson County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jon Snow, the lead investigator on the case from 2015 to 2019, conducted with Houck at the sheriff’s office on July 8, 2015. In the recording, Houck willingly submitted his cell phone for police to download […]

Drivers in Hardin County should be on the lookout for resurfacing work taking place on U.S. 31W. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Four says the work is taking place on a three-mile stretch between KY 313 and KY 1815. Work on milling the old surface will run from 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Sunday through friday. “So this is a nighttime work project, and this really does a couple of different things,” […]

The Elizabethtown Police Department is announcing a new partnership aimed at supporting victims of crime. The EPD is partnering with 911 Cell Phone Bank, which it says is “a national organization dedicated to providing emergency communication devices to crime victims.” According to a release from the EPD, the department will be able to distribute communication devices to victims who would otherwise not have access to them. Some devices are limited to 911 […]

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is celebrating a record-breaking academic year. The KCTCS says the preliminary data shows the 2024-2025 academic year produced the highest number of credentials and graduates since the system’s founding in 1997. The KCTCS says 44,402 degrees, diplomas, and certificates were awarded, and 24,263 graduates earned at least one credential across the system’s 16 community colleges. The spring semester alone produced 23,212 credentials presented to 13,468 […]

The trial of Crystal Rogers investigation suspects Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson began at the Warren County Justice Center Wednesday morning. Jim Lesousky asked the jury in the opening statement for the Commonwealth to use their “god-given common sense” as they heard the testimony and reviewed the evidence, which he said would show that Crystal Rogers died on July 3 or 4, 2015, “at the hands of a cruel murder.” Lesousky […]

The jury has been selected for the joint trial of Crystal Rogers investigation suspects Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson. 15 jurors were selected from an initial pool of 132 at the Warren County Justice Center Tuesday for the trial. Those 15 jurors will be presented with the witness testimony and evidence presented at the trial, after which 12 jurors will deliberate. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III began the day […]

An escapee in Madison County the Kentucky State Police is currently searching for has local ties. Troopers are currently searching for 28-year-old Jarod Ryan Barnes, who KSP Post Seven Public Affairs Officer Trooper Justin Kearney says walked away from the Bluegrass Career and Development Center in Richmond just before 6:45 p.m. on Sunday. The KSP says Barnes is serving a sentence for multiple charges including second degree Engaging in Organized Crime-Criminal Syndicate […]

The Hardin County Fiscal Court met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday. The fiscal court approved a resolution that amended the Hardin County Administrative Code. After an amendment to the resolution presented by Magistrate Chris Yates removed policies concerning take-home vehicles and social media, Magistrate Kenny Saltsman said the amendment only changed policy concerning the use of county facilities by for-profit businesses. After the administrative code amendment was approved, Yates […]