12 indicted in Wayne

MONTICELLO – An investigation by Operation UNITE into illegal drug trafficking in Wayne County has resulted in the indictment of a dozen people. Law enforcement officers from UNITE and the Monticello Police Department – which had additional cases from separate...

‘Thriving Families’ program begins

SOMERSET – The Pulaski County Transformation Team, Pulaski County UNITE Coalition and the Pulaski Ministerial Association collaborated on a the first step of a community wide endeavor – the Pulaski County Thriving Families Program. The program’s goal...
Schools receive AmeriCorps members

Schools receive AmeriCorps members

Sixteen elementary schools in eight Eastern Kentucky counties are receiving additional assistance during the 2009-10 school year through Operation UNITE’s Service Corps. Provided in conjunction with the state AmeriCorps program, UNITE Service Corps members teach the...

Jury returns guilty verdict

HAZARD – A Perry County Jury needed only a few minutes of deliberation to find a Bonnyman woman guilty of trafficking in OxyContin. With the verdict Tuesday in Perry Circuit Court, 69-year-old Della Hurt becomes the last of four family members to be convicted on drug...
Interstate drug trafficking crackdown

Interstate drug trafficking crackdown

(11-2-09) Operation UNITE detectives targeted more than 100 individuals from 10 Southern and Eastern Kentucky counties as part of last week’s crackdown on interstate drug trafficking. The drug roundup, the largest in state history, was called “Operation Flamingo Road”...