Trooper Ray News Today

Over 70 troopers and officers were awarded at the Kentucky State Police Sworn Award Ceremony earlier this week, and eight of them were members of KSP Post 1, which serves

State troopers are conducting a hit-and-run investigation after a tourist was reportedly struck by a vehicle and then run over by another in Islamorada on Thursday, Dec. 8.

Lynchburg is a city with a lengthy and rich history, so it only seems right that there might be a ghost or two rambling around some of its antebellum homes

Pierce starting working for the Highway Patrol in 1999, stationed in Charlotte. He transferred to Gaston County in 2007 and plans to retire this year.

Arkansas is standing tall and proud of native son Trooper James Ray, named by the American Association of State Troopers as Trooper of the Year - 2021.  Trooper Ray is being recognized for his brave act that protected many lives of people traveling on I-40 last year through western Arkansas. The 24-year-old State Trooper found himself in a dangerous car chase where the vehicle being pursued ended up driving in the wrong direction into oncoming traffic. All trooper Ray could think of to do was ...

A Bessemer City woman was killed in a two-car crash in Kings Mountain Saturday afternoon.  According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Joy Johnson, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene following a head on collision on N.C. 161 just north of Velvet Drive.  Troopers indicated the crash happened around 3:40 p.m. Saturday after Johnson, driving north in a 2005 Buick passenger car, crossed the center line and collided with a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu.  Johnson was not wearing a seat belt at the ...

Highway Patrol, Charlotte DOT prepare for road trouble as temperatures drop Friday night DOT crews working on roads as temperatures drop By Alex Giles | January 8, 2021 at 10:00 PM EST - Updated January 8 at 11:48 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - While many of the counties in the North Carolina foothills and mountains saw snow Friday, residents in the city of Charlotte were lucky if they spotted a few flakes. Despite a lack of snow, the winter storm system did bring a lot of rain to the Charlot...

A 90-year-old Cherryville man died Wednesday night after driving his car into a pond near the intersection of Cherryville Highway and Mount Zion Church Road.  According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Gerald Clontz Parker attempted to turn left from Mt. Zion Church Road onto Cherryville Highway around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday. Troopers say Parker may have then attempted to reverse his direction which sent his 2019 Hyundai Sonata off the road and into a pond.  The car floated to the center ...

A Gastonia man accused of shooting and killing a Bessemer City teenager on Dec. 21 will remain in jail without bond. Anfernee Latrell Patterson, 25, made his first appearance in court Wednesday afternoon. He’s charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 18-year-old Jeremy Joshua Lipscomb. Lipscomb was shot at 214 Mountain View St, in Gastonia, just east of U.S. 321, early on Dec. 21. Gastonia Police officers attempted to resuscitate Lipscomb, but he died at the scene. Assistant ...