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Ronald Paul, 60, of McKee, KY appeared before Judge Henria Bailey-Lewis in District Court on Monday (March 13, 2023) for a scheduled preliminary hearing. Paul was arrested by JCSO Deputy Zach Bryant on February 27, 2023 on Congleton Hollow Spur Road approximately 5 miles north of McKee, KY. …

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State Auditor Mike Harmon has released the audit of the 2021 financial statement of former Jackson County Sheriff Paul Hays. State law requires the auditor to annually audit the accounts of each county sheriff. In compliance with this law, the auditor issues two sheriff’s reports each year: …

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Jonathan Hicks, 41, of McKee, KY and Joeanna Sizemore, 36, of McKee, KY appeared separately before Judge Henria Bailey-Lewis in District Court on Monday for scheduled preliminary hearings. Hicks and Sizemore were arrested by KSP Trooper T. Johnson on January 29, 2023 after making a welfare c…

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Kevin Austen Lee Bowen, 25, of Richmond, KY and Lindsey Kayleanna Robinson, 24, of Richmond, KY both appeared in District Court before Judge Henria Bailey-Lewis on Monday, March 13, 2023 for scheduled preliminary hearings. Bowen and Robinson were both arrested and taken to the Jackson County…

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County Judge Executive Shane Gabbard along with the Jackson County Fiscal Court welcomed representatives from the Friendship Christian School to the regular monthly meeting of the fiscal court last week. In recognition of the athletic accomplishments of this small, first year private school …

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The Jackson County Fiscal Court was left with little choice but to start their own Municipal Garbage Pick-Up service after negotiations broke down with the previous service provider. The fiscal court scrambled and put together a fleet of garbage trucks, worked out the routes and schedules, a…