Kentucky State Police Investigate Death of Knott County Man

Lackey, Ky. (May 9, 2022) – On Saturday, May 7, 2022, at approximately 11:23 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call of a single vehicle accident on KY-550 E, in the Lackey community of Knott County. Troopers responded to the scene and located a 1997 red Chevrolet overturned in the creek. Upon the...

Kentucky State Police Post 13 Traffic Safety Checkpoint Announcement

Hazard, KY. (May 3, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police, Hazard Post which provides coverage for Perry, Knott, Letcher, Breathitt and Leslie Counties, will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints as approved by the Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual. These checkpoints will be conducted in an effort to enforce the traffic laws of the...

Kentucky State Police Searches For Missing Juvenile

Littcar, Ky. (May 3, 2022) – On Sunday, May 1, 2022, at approximately 10:32 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a runaway juvenile in the Littcarr community of Knott County. Troopers responded to the scene and discovered that Alison Haggard, 15 of Littcarr ran away from her foster parents’ home....

Knott County Shooting Leaves One Man Dead

Redfox, Ky. (April 8, 2022) – On Friday, April 8, 2022, at approximately 6:03 A.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a shooting on Cabin Creek Rd, located in the Redfox community of Knott County. Troopers and Detectives responded to the scene and the initial investigation indicated that Harold Gevedon,...

Knott County Man Discovered Deceased

PIPPA PASSES, Ky. (April 14, 2022) – On Thursday, April 14, 2022, at approximately 5:52 A.M, Kentucky State Police (KSP), Post 13, Hazard received a call of a vehicle in the ditch off the roadway around the 7 mile marker on Hwy 899 in the Pippa Passes community of Knott County. Troopers responded to the...

Knott County Shooting Leaves One Man Dead

REDFOX, Ky. (April 8, 2022) – On Friday, April 8, 2022, at approximately 6:03 A.M, Kentucky State Police (KSP), Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a shooting on Cabin Creek Rd, located in the Redfox community of Knott County. Troopers and Detectives responded to the scene and the initial investigation indicated that Harold...

Kentucky State Police Investigating Letcher County Fatal Crash

Eolia, Ky. (April 7, 2022) – On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at approximately 8:04 A.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a single-vehicle accident with injuries on U.S 119S in the Eolia community of Letcher County. Troopers responded to the scene and located a tractor and trailer that was carrying...

Kentucky State Police Post 13 Hazard Welcomes New Troopers

Agency’s largest graduating class since 2014 is ready to serve and protect Hazard, Ky. (March 25, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) announced that 71 cadets have graduated the agency’s basic training academy and are now ready to report for duty across the commonwealth with a focus on creating a better and safer Kentucky. Of...

Kentucky State Police Investigate Leslie County Fatality

Stinnett, Ky. (March 5, 2022) – On Friday, March 4, 2022, at approximately 1:06 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a two-vehicle collision on Glady Branch Road in the Stinnett community of Leslie County. Troopers responded to the scene and started an investigation. Evidence at the scene indicates that...

Rapid DNA Helps Identify Leslie County Man  

Hazard, KY. (March 2, 2022) – On June 25, 2018, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, began investigating a missing person in Leslie County. The victim who was reported missing was 27 year old Tyler North. During the investigation, detectives developed two main suspects, the former wife of North, Lena Michelle Collett North, and her current...

Kentucky State Police Post 13 Traffic Safety Checkpoint Announcement

Hazard, KY. (March 2, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police, Hazard Post which provides coverage for Perry, Knott, Letcher, Breathitt and Leslie Counties, will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints as approved by the Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual. These checkpoints will be conducted in an effort to enforce the traffic laws of the...

Kentucky State Police Post 13 Welcomes New Telecommunicators

Hazard, KY. (February 18, 2022) – On February 18, 2022, Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky State Police (KSP) announced that twelve telecommunicators, representing seven posts across the commonwealth, have graduated from the KSP Telecommunications Academy. The graduates of Class 19 received 160 hours of instruction over four weeks. Major training areas include legal liability, limits...