Local News

 The LaRue County Sheriff's Department's squad cars were lettered last week - making them more identifiable in the community.

Several agencies were out in force Friday night in an attempt to locate a teenager reported missing from The Life Connection near Sonora.

Kentucky State Police and volunteers from the Buffalo Fire Department spent about five hours looking for the boy.

A K-9 unit and helicopter assisted with the search.

KSP Trooper Norman Chaffins said the teen “did run away from Life Connection but was located a short time later without incident. He was returned to the facility.”

 Police and local financial institutions are warning residents of a phone scam.

Residents have reported receiving phone calls from scammers saying they are from Fort Knox Federal Credit Union or The Cecilian Bank, according to Kentucky State Police.

The automated phone call states their bank’s debit card has been canceled. The call later asks the victim to enter their 16 digit card number and personal identification number to resolve the issue with their card. 

LaRue County continues to rank as one of the healthiest counties in Kentucky, according to a national study.
LaRue ranks 14th in health outcomes and 30th in health factors out of the state’s 120 counties, according to data released last week by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Health outcomes examine issues such as poor or fair health, premature birth and low birth weight, while health factors include smoking, obesity and child poverty.