General

Mirroring statwide trends, Grayson County voters backed Matt Bevin and Andy Beshear as the Republican and Democratic nominees for Kentucky's next governor.

With 22 of 22 precincts reporting Tuesday night, Bevin had captured more than 52 percent of the GOP votes, with 1,279, according to unofficial, final results. Challenger Robert Goforth pulled in a surprising 38.4 percent of the vote to amass 935.

Accidents May 3 and 4 claimed the lives of two Grayson County residents.
Brenda Woosley, 71, of Caneyville was killed in a single-car accident May 3 near Short Creek.
The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, the Falls of Rough Fire Department and emergency medical services were called around 2:20 p.m. to the accident site, in the 11000 block of Owensboro Road.
They determined Woosley was

A Leitchfield man and woman are facing drug charges, after the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office’s K-9, Marco, discovered suspected substances in the car they were in.
On the afternoon of April 30, GCSO Sgt. Fred Norder and Marco were called to the Center Court convenience store parking lot in north Leitchfield on a complaint of two people suspected of being under the influence of intoxicants.

A Millwood man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison — and a lifetime of supervised release — after pleading guilty to multiple counts of producing and distributing child pornography.
U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley handed down the sentence April 26.
“The basic duty of government is to protect our kids, in  this case prosecuting a clear threat and sending him to federal prison for five decades,” said U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman.