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It’s not always easy keeping things under control while referring big local tournaments. Garrett Smith tells more about that.

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is heading to the state Court of Appeals in an effort to keep more than 240 convicted felons behind bars. At issue is a portion of the Safer Kentucky Act, passed by the General Assembly in 2024 that was struck down by a Franklin Circuit judge last month. The measure broadened the offenses that would classify someone as a violent offender. That matters because under Kentucky law, violent offenders must serve at least 85 percent of their sentences, whereas other offenders are eligible for parole after serving 20 percent of their sentences. […]

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WHITESBURG, Ky. — Special Judge Christopher Cohron will remain on the Shawn Mickey Stines murder case. Stines is the former Letcher County sheriff charged with murder for the Sept. 19, 2024, shooting death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers. Back in December, defense attorneys filed a motion asking the judge to recuse himself from the case, after they received information that Cohron and Mullins sat next to each other at a judicial conference just seven days before Mullins’ death. But on Friday, Cohron denied the motion and vouched for his impartiality in the case. “To be […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — The son of a former Paintsville doctor who pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge in 2024 now has a criminal conviction of his own, after a jury found him guilty of all charges in a federal drug trial. Jeremy Bryson was found guilty conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to use the DEA registration of another, monetary transaction derived from unlawful activity and six counts of distributing controlled substances on Wednesday, following an eight-day trial in Frankfort. Court records show Jeremy Bryson owned the Appalachian Family Medicine in Paintsville, while his father, Don Bryson, owned the […]

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