Post 13 Continuing Thanksgiving Dinner For Kids

WHAT: 5th annual Thanksgiving dinner for kids WHEN: Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 10:00 a.m. WHERE:  Food City (Whitesburg, KY) 251 Medical Plaza Ln, Whitesburg, Ky, 41858 WHY: The annual Thanksgiving dinner for kids started 5 years ago, when Troopers with Kentucky State Police, Post 13, decided that they wanted to do more for kids on Thanksgiving day. The program...

KSP Conducting Missing Person Investigation In Knott County

Pippa Passes, KY. (November 17, 2020) – The Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, is conducting a missing person investigation following the disappearance of a woman in Knott County. Initial investigation indicates that Kelly L. Hampe, 29, of Frankfort, was last seen as she walked away from a treatment facility located in the Pippa Passes community of...

One Dead Following Letcher County Shooting

Blackey, KY. (November 7, 2020) – On Friday, November 6, 2020, Troopers and Detectives with the Kentucky State Police Post 13, Hazard, were called to a home on KY-588 in the Blackey Community of Letcher County after reports that one man had been shot. Troopers arrived at the home shortly before 9:00 P.M and located Zachary...

Missing Person Investigation Leslie County

Stinnett, KY. (November 4, 2020) – Troopers with Kentucky State Police Post 13, Hazard, are actively investigating the disappearance of a Leslie County man. Byron Thomas Sizemore, 48, of Stinnett, was last seen on Stinnett Wendover Road on Saturday, October 31, 2020, at around 6:00 P.M. Sizemore was operating a green 2005 Honda Foreman ATV with a...

KSP Post 13 Traffic Safety Checkpoint Announcement

Hazard, KY. (November 2, 2020) – 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...

Sex Abuse Investigation Leaves Letcher County Woman Behind Bars

Whitesburg, KY. (October 30, 2020) – On October 30, 2020, Detectives and Troopers with the Kentucky State Police, Post 13, served indictment warrants on a Letcher County woman in relation to a sex abuse investigation. Former Nurse Practitioner Carrie R. Hall, 41, of Whitesburg was arrested on Indictment warrants following an investigation of a video...

KSP Investigates Deadly Breathitt County Fire

Lost Creek, KY. (October 27, 2020) – One person is dead following a residential fire in the Lost Creek Community of Breathitt County. On October 26, 2020, at approximately 4:53 A.M, firefighters with Watts-Caney Fire Department responded to the residence on KY-476 and located what they believed to be a deceased person inside. Troopers and Detectives with...

KSP To Participate in DEA Take Back Program

WHAT: National Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Take Back Program WHEN: Saturday, October 24, 2020, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. WHERE:  All KSP Post locations* (link below) WHY: The annual DEA Take Back Day event allow citizens to safely dispose of unused medications providing an opportunity to prevent drug addiction and overdose deaths in their local communities. All citizens who drop...

KSP Investigating Deadly Knott County Shooting

Garrett, KY. (October 18, 2020) – On October 18, 2020, at approximately 10:54 A.M Troopers with Kentucky State Police post 13, Hazard, was dispatched to Babe Bolen Drive in the Garrett community of Knott County following a call that two people had been shot. Travis Short, 29, of Garrett told Kentucky State Police dispatchers that he...

One Child Dead, One Injured Following Perry County Shooting

Vicco, KY. (October 14, 2020) – On Wednesday October 14, 2020 at approximately 10:25 A.M Troopers with Kentucky State Police post 13, Hazard along with Deputies from the Perry County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Montgomery Creek Road after reports that two juveniles had been shot. Initial investigation indicates that David N. Hampton, 36, of Vicco shot...

UPDATE: Couple Charged in Missing Person Case

***UPDATE*** Hazard, Ky.(October 8, 2020) – On October 7, 2020, detectives with Kentucky State Police Post 13 and DESI/East served indictment warrants on two people in relation to a 2018 missing person case. After a lengthy two year investigation into the disappearance of Tyler North, indictment warrants were returned by the Leslie County Grand Jury....

KSP Post 13 Traffic Safety Checkpoint Announcement

Hazard, KY. (October 3, 2020) – 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...