LOUISA, Ky. — A Lawrence County man has been indicted on an arson charge, after allegedly setting fire to two trailers on his niece’s property. Lonnie Lee Parker, 71, of Louisa, is now charged with second-degree arson and first-degree criminal mischief. The incident happened back in March, when Blaine Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fires on Finch Lane. Witnesses had given deputies a description of a vehicle seen at the property around the time the fires broke out. The deputies later found Parker with the truck and asked him what he had been doing earlier in the day. Parker […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County woman was arrested Sunday, after police say she cut her boyfriend during an argument about a song. The boyfriend called Kentucky State Police around 3 a.m. Sunday, saying his girlfriend had cut him with a knife. He left the home afterwards and police found him walking along Hurricane Road, with blood covering his arm. The man showed police a cut on the knuckle of his index finger, where he said Heavan Renee Hall, 23, of Pikeville, cut him. The man said he was telling her about a song that was special to him, but […]

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STAFFORDSVILLE, Ky. — A Morgan County man was killed Friday evening, when he came into contact with power lines in Johnson County Oil Springs Fire and Rescue was called out to the accident at Foothills Communications at Staffordsville just after 6:30 Friday evening. 48-year-old Jonathan Marvin Brown, of Ezel, had been pressure washing a building from a lift basket more than 30 feet in the air, when he came into contact with power lines. After cutting off power from the lines, Brown was removed and pronounced dead at the scene. Brown owned a pool company and pressure washing business, was […]

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