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LaGrange, Ky. – The Kentucky State Police at Post 5 Campbellsburg is investigating the death of an inmate at the Kentucky State Reformatory in LaGrange, according to a news release from Trooper Joshua Lawson, Post 5 Public Information Officer.
On January 4, 2017, Michael Kopec, an inmate at Kentucky State Reformatory, was involved in a physical altercation with another inmate, Lawson said. During the altercation Kopec sustained serious physical injuries, was hospitalized, and placed on life support. 

La Grange, KY -- Christmas came early for Baptist Health La Grange. On Dec. 21, Chris Roty, president of the hospital and Julie Torzewski, director of the Baptist Health Foundation, received a $1 million donation from the Rawlings Foundation to use towards the hospital’s recent Women’s Center construction project. This is the largest donation in the history of Baptist Health La Grange.

Pleasureville, Ky. – The Kentucky State Police at Post 5 Campbellsburg is investigating a fatal shooting in the community of Pleasureville in Henry County, according to a release from Trooper Joshua Lawson, Post 5 Public Information Officer. 
At approximately 4:30 p.m. Monday, January 9, Kentucky State Police in Campbellsburg received a 911 call of a shooting at an apartment complex on Main Street in Pleasureville.

Campbellsburg, Ky. – On Friday December 30, 2016, Troopers with the Kentucky State Police at Post 5 Campbellsburg made two drug seizures on Mulberry Street in Louisville, according to a press release from Trooper Joshua Lawson, KSP public affairs officer. 
A cannabis suppression investigation in Louisville by State Troopers with Post 5 led to two separate residences on Mulberry Street and the seizure of money, drugs, guns, and drug paraphernalia, Lawson said.