Larry Smith

Aug 22, 2024 | wvlc.com | Larry Smith

KSP Post 15 and the Russell County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) were conducting an investigation on Bluebird Drive in the city limits of Russell Springs, which resulted in an officer-involved shooting incident. A male subject was transported to the hospital and has since been pronounced deceased. KSP detectives and CIRT responded and the investigation into incident remains ongoing.

Aug 22, 2024 | wvlc.com | Larry Smith

COLUMBIA, Ky. (January 17, 2025) – Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 15 Troopers have made an arrest in an ongoing sexual abuse investigation in Adair County. The preliminary investigation began on January 16, 2025, when KSP Troopers received a report that Nathan Rybicki, 21, of Columbia, was sending sexually explicit messages through social media platforms to a 15-year-old juvenile. Troopers also discovered that Mr. Rybicki had engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with the juvenile.

Aug 22, 2024 | wvlc.com | Larry Smith

COLUMBIA, Ky. (September 22, 2024) – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) honored 55 troopers and officers who are dedicated to protecting Kentucky’s 120 counties with a mission of creating a safer commonwealth for future generations during the 2023 Sworn Awards. The awards presented were for heroic acts of service that occurred in 2023. KSP has more than 1,000 sworn personnel wearing the badge of honor, which is the highest number of troopers the agency has employed since 2017.

Jun 6, 2024 | indianapolisrecorder.com | Larry Smith

It is fair to say that Salman Rushdie, the widely celebrated author, is one of the world’s foremost champions of free speech. Rushdie, who is perhaps best known for his novel “The Satanic Verses,” has sacrificed and suffered more for his craft than the vast majority of his fellow scribes. First, he survived a fatwa (an Islamic legal judgment) from Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini.

Apr 12, 2024 | indianapolisrecorder.com | Larry Smith

I spent the majority of my childhood living a stone’s throw from 34th and Emerson. For the uninitiated, that area is one of the myriad Indianapolis enclaves that are usually referred to, without malice aforethought, as “the inner city”. The area is sometimes referred to, somewhat more benignly, as “the near east side”. It is also referred to, more pejoratively, as “the hood”.