Two kids living in “deplorable” Erie County home with drugs in plain sight were distraught from hearing their mother’s live-in boyfriend kill their puppy with a hammer before deputies found him hiding in a river, the sheriff said.
A procession of hundreds of law enforcement vehicles escorted the hearse carrying Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy as members of the public line the route to pay their respects.
The number of Kentuckians dying from drug overdoses dropped for the third consecutive year, meaning prevention and treatment methods are working, according to state officials.