LONDON, Kentucky, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: A former Manchester Police Department officer, Shawn Curry, 36, was sentenced on Wednesday, to 18 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, for deprivation of rights under color of law. According to his plea agreement, on September 3, 2021, Curry was on duty and acting as a police officer with the Manchester Police Department. He and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act. Eastern hellbenders are found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West  more PR

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Jacqueline Brewster, 54, of Belfry, Kentucky, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information. According to court documents and statements made in court, Brewster admitted that she unlawfully accessed and used individua more PR