Kentucky State Police Searching for Missing Perry County Family

***UPDATE*** Ary, KY. (January 13, 2022) – On January 13, 2022, at approximately 3:07 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call advising that volunteers with Vicco and Lotts Creek Fire and Rescue located human remains close to the creek bank in the Rowdy Community of Perry County. Troopers responded to the scene...

Kentucky State Police Post 10, Post 11, Post 13 And DESI East take needed supplies to Western Kentucky

LONDON, Ky. (December 20, 2021) - On December 16, 2021, Kentucky State Police (KSP) Posts and others made the trip to Madisonville, Dawson Springs and Mayfield to deliver supplies to the tornado victims. Troopers from Post 11 London, Post 13 Hazard, Post 10 Harlan, DESI East and Jade Enterprises of Berea joined forces to gather supplies throughout...

Kentucky State Police Conducts Letcher County Death Investigation 

Whitesburg, KY. (December 13, 2021) – On Sunday, December 12, 2021 at approximately 3:17 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to an unresponsive female on Trent Dr. located in the Whitesburg community of Letcher County. Troopers and Detectives responded to the scene and located Lois Adams, 82 of Whitesburg deceased inside...

Kentucky State Police Post 13 Traffic Safety Checkpoint Announcement

Hazard, KY. (December 9, 2021) – 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 Commonwealth...

Kentucky State Police Investigate Fight During A High School Basketball Game 

Hazard, KY. (December 8, 2021) – On December 3, 2021, Troopers with Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, responded to Perry County Central High School in regards to an assault complaint that occurred during a girls’ high school basketball game. An arrest warrant for Brent Lynch was issued by Perry County District Court on December 7, 2021....

Kentucky State Police Investigates Missing Person

Busy, KY. (November 16, 2021) – Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, is continuing its search for a Perry County man that went missing on November 6, 2021, from the Pinebrook area off KY-451. Jody Russell Campbell, 37, of Busy, is a male described as 5'10" tall, medium build, with brown hair, and a thick beard....

Kentucky State Police Post 13 Welcomes New Dispatcher 

Hazard, KY. (October 15, 2021) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky State Police announced that 16 telecommunicators representing 11 posts located throughout the commonwealth have graduated KSP’s in-house telecommunications academy. Present-day emergency services communication centers require several qualities and characteristics that are imperative, including the ability to handle high stress, challenging conditions; flexible work...

Kentucky State Police Investigate Pedestrian Fatality

Pippa Passes, KY. (October 14, 2021) – On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at approximately 2:42 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a pedestrian struck on KY-899 in the Pippa Passes Community of Knott County. Troopers and Detectives responded to the scene where they located a male subject they identified as...

Kentucky State Police Investigate Fatal Leslie County Accident

Cutshin, KY. (October 10, 2021) – On Sunday, October 10, 2021, at approximately 2:10 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a report of a two-vehicle injury accident on KY-699 in the Cutshin Community of Leslie County. Troopers responded to the scene where they located one female deceased. Initial investigation indicates that Sherry Cornett, 51,...

Kentucky State Police Troopers Continue Investigation After Locating Kidnapped Juvenile

Cinda, KY. (October 5, 2021) – On Monday October 4, 2021 at approximately 11:30 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call on Coon Creek Rd in Leslie County. The caller stated that they discovered that their juvenile daughter was missing. Trooper Chadd Daniels along with Trooper Ronnie Long responded to the scene and immediately...

Post 13 Troopers Honored at Kentucky State Police Sworn Award Ceremony

Hazard, KY. (October 1, 2021) – Yesterday, September 30, 2021, Kentucky State Police (KSP) held the annual sworn awards ceremony in Lexington to honor 55 troopers and officers who put on a uniform each day to patrol Kentucky’s neighborhoods with a mission of serving and protecting their fellow citizens. The achievement awards presented were for acts...

Kentucky State Police Investigate Deadly Hit and Run Accident 

Lost Creek, KY. (September 15, 2021) – On September 15, 2021, just before 7:00 A.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call that a male subject had been struck by a vehicle on KY-15 in the Lost Creek Community of Breathitt County. Troopers and Detectives responded to the scene along with rescue personnel. Once they...