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East Kentucky Power Cooperative invests in two large solar farms
Two new solar farms will soon be under construction in the Lexington and Lebanon areas to bring affordable and clean energy to eastern Kentuckians, according to East Kentucky Power Cooperative, the utility spearheading the projects. Local community members, including an ecumenical monastic community of women in Floyd County, said the...
Former leader of Kentucky’s ‘Cornbread Mafia’, a marijuana crime syndicate, has died
NELSON COUNTY, Ky. — John Robert “Johnny” Boone, sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of Grass,” died last week at 80. Boone – a former leader of Kentucky’s “Cornbread Mafia” – died Friday at a Marion County nursing home, according to the Nelson County Gazette.
CAPTURED: SUSPECT THAT FLED AFTER ASSAULTING A KSP TROOPER FOLLOWING A VEHICLE PURSUIT IN NELSON AND MARION CO., KENTUCKY
RAYWICK, KY - The Kentucky State Police (KSP) reports that on Friday, June 7, 2024 at approximately 12:10 A.M. EST, a KSP Trooper attempted to perform a traffic stop on a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox on Clarkstown Road in Nelson County for a traffic violation. When the Trooper activated his emergency...
Johnny Boone, Kentucky outlaw of ‘Cornbread Mafia’ marijuana syndicate, dead at 80
Central Kentucky native Johnny Boone evaded a federal manhunt for eight years, following his 20-year sentence for leading what federal prosecutors called the largest domestic marijuana syndicate in American history.
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