Clay Transformation Project recognized

LONDON – The Clay County Transformation Project has been named a recipient of Operation UNITE’s “Rising Above” Award for inspiring leadership, purpose and passion in the region. The award was presented by Gil Kerlikowske, White House Director for Drug Policy, and...

Prison drug smuggling arrest made

SOMERSET – A Pulaski County man is behind bars following an investigation into a drug smuggling operation at an Eastern Kentucky Prison. Larry Ellison, age 25, of Poplar Estates, Somerset, was arrested Monday on count of second-degree trafficking in a controlled...

Hayes Lewis UNITE Club honored

YEADDISS – Outstanding work by members of the Hayes Lewis Elementary School UNITE Club during the 2009-10 school year earned them the UNITE Excellence Award for elementary schools in the central region. The award was presented during a ceremony at the school on...

2 arrested in cocaine investigation

PIKEVILLE – Two men were in jail Thursday, Sept. 30, after an Operation UNITE investigation uncovered a cocaine trafficking operation in Pike County. Both men, neither of whom could produce documentation that they were in the United States legally, were taken into...
13 schools attend Hazard youth training

13 schools attend Hazard youth training

Youth from 13 schools across southern Kentucky were introduced to concepts and strategies to make it easier to be drug free during the first part of Operation UNITE’s new Youth Leadership Program on Tuesday, September 28. Approximately 288 students from six counties...