Kentucky State Police Searching For Missing Child

***UPDATE*** Garrett, KY. (May 5, 2021) - On May 5, 2021 at approximately 6:33 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call from a volunteer stating that they had located Madlyn. Troopers responded to the area and confirmed that it was Madlyn Clawson. Madlyn was transported by ambulance to be treated for superficial scratches and...

Kentucky State Police Post 13 Traffic Safety Checkpoint Announcement

Hazard, KY. (May 4, 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...

Kentucky State Police Investigating Breathitt County Fatality

Jackson, KY. (May 4, 2021) –On Sunday, May 2, 2021, at approximately 12:02 A.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, responded to a two-vehicle collision on KY-15 in the Jackson community of Breathitt County. Initial investigation indicated that a white 2005 Jeep operated by Russell Hollon, 30, of Jackson was traveling north. His vehicle crossed...

Kentucky State Police Conducts Drug Round-Up In Leslie County

Hazard, KY. (April 14, 2021) – Troopers with Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, along with deputies with Leslie County Sheriff’s Office, collaborated in an effort to locate and arrest several drug offenders in Leslie County early Wednesday morning. Indictments warrants were served on fourteen individuals. These arrests were the culmination of investigations by Kentucky State...

Kentucky State Police Post 13 Traffic Safety Checkpoint Announcement

Hazard, KY. (April 5, 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...

Kentucky State Police Investigating Fatal Collision 

Isom, KY. (April 5, 2021) – On Saturday, April 3, 2021, at approximately 12:59 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a two-vehicle accident with injuries in the Isom community of Letcher County. Troopers responded to the scene. Initial investigation indicated that a black Ford F-150 being operated by Lawrence...

One Dead, One Injured in Perry County Shooting

**UPDATE** Viper, KY. (April 3, 2021) – On Saturday, April 3, 2021, at approximately 3:50 P.M, Troopers with Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, located Chester Adams riding an ATV in the Slemp Community of Perry County. Troopers were able to take Adams into custody without incident. Adams is being charged with one count of Murder...

Kentucky State Police Conducting Perry County Death Investigation 

Viper, KY. (March 10, 2021) – On March 10, 2021, at approximately 4:27 A.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call about a deceased male on Cassie Road, located in the Viper Community of Perry County. Troopers and Detectives responded to the scene, where they located Zachary Caudill, 35, of Viper, with what appeared to...

Kentucky State Police Investigating Deadly Perry County Shooting

Bulan, KY. (March 6, 2021) – Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, is investigating the death of a Perry County man. KSP was contacted on Friday, March 5, 2021, at 9:15 P.M by the Perry County Sheriff’s Office, requesting assistance with a death investigation on Middle Drive located in the Bulan Community of Perry County. Troopers and...

KSP Investigates Two Men Electrocuted in Letcher County

Whitesburg, KY. (March 3, 2021) – On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at approximately 5:05 P.M, Troopers, and Detectives with Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, responded to Buttery Dr. in the Whitesburg Community of Letcher County after receiving reports that two men had been electrocuted. Initial investigation indicates that two TVS Cable employees, Jordan Fields, 23, of...

Kentucky State Police Post 13 Traffic Safety Checkpoint Announcement

Hazard, KY. (March 1, 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 Fatal Knott County Collision

Brinkley, KY. (February 5, 2021) – On February 4, 2021, at approximately 6:51 P.M, Troopers with Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, responded to a two-vehicle collision in the Brinkley Community of Knott County. Initial investigation indicates that Willis Handshoe, 47, of Leburn, was operating a 2006 GMC Sierra, northbound on KY-160, when he crossed the center...