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Security Matters Blogspot
Each month we dig deep into Pulaski County's past to learn more about violent crimes that impacted our society. We select a murder or a mystery and tell the story in our Hometown Murders & Mysteries blogposts below. We also blog about products that interest us and happenings in our local community.
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The Need to Preserve Historical Documents: A Race Against Time
In today's information-driven world, we must emphasize the importance of preserving historical documents more than ever. Historical...
M.R. Grigsby
Apr 21, 20232 min read
Rockcastle River Wildlife Management Area opens.
Photo Tommy Baker (C) 2023 With a new announcement in the Spring 2023 issue of Kentucky Afield Magazine. The Kentucky Department of Fish...
M.R. Grigsby
Apr 21, 20232 min read
Meditation: The Key to Mindfulness and Inner Peace
In today's fast-paced world, stress and anxiety have become common occurrences in our lives. We are constantly juggling between work,...
M.R. Grigsby
Apr 21, 20232 min read
Product Review: Review of the Christensen Arms Mesa Long Range Rifle .338 Lapua
The Mesa Long Range in 338 Lapua
M.R. Grigsby
Apr 20, 20235 min read
Ghost of Soules Chapel
Soules Chapel, an abandoned Methodist church, stands about four miles from Somerset, nestled in a valley just off Ky. 80 and a short...
M.R. Grigsby
Apr 19, 20234 min read
Ferguson Medicine Man, Pylap Medekle
* Photo Courtesy of Rod Zimmerman, Somerset, KY This article was written by Michael R. Grigsby, one of the news editors for LCTI, LLC....
M.R. Grigsby
Apr 19, 20231 min read
Hometown Heroes: Somerset Police Chief Silas West
Somerset Police Department, KY EOW: Monday, January 16, 1928 On January 15, 1928, Silas West, the police chief of Somerset, and another...
jrgrigsby
Mar 21, 20232 min read
Hometown Heroes: Marshal Charlie Wright
End of Watch: November 15, 1926 Marshal Charlie Wright was appointed to office after Hiram Gregory was shot and killed six months prior....
jrgrigsby
Mar 18, 20231 min read
An Undocumented Serial Killer in Somerset? Possibly.
The Murder of Martha VanHook — February 1959 Original Image: ©breakermaximus | Adobe Stock • Post Image design: jrgrigsby She was a...
jrgrigsby
Mar 18, 20232 min read
A Christmas Murder at Pulaski County Park
A dead-end road. A call in the dark. And a meeting that would end in blood. Original Image (gun): © ef art | Adobe Stock | Image...
jrgrigsby
Dec 30, 20222 min read
Small Town Tragedy, Big Time Price. September 1947
The last execution case carried out for Pulaski County Image: ©MR Grigsby | LCTI Publishing • Post Image Design: jrgrigsby In the...
jrgrigsby
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Hometown Heroes: Marshal Hiram Gregory
End of Watch: April 23, 1926 Burnside City Marshal Hiram Gregory was 49 or 50 years old when he was gunned down in 1926 while attempting...
jrgrigsby
Apr 29, 20222 min read
Hometown Heroes: Marshal John C. Coomer
End of Watch: October 1, 1913 On August 18, 1913, an alleged moonshiner shot and killed a Burnside Councilman, John Fitzgerald, and...
jrgrigsby
Apr 22, 20222 min read
Hometown Heroes: Sheriff Samuel Wilson Catron
End of watch: April 13, 2002 Today, our community looks back twenty years and mourns one of the greatest losses in recent memory. Those...
jrgrigsby
Apr 13, 20222 min read
A Tiger by the Tail
Hometown Murders & Mysteries | April 2022 Original Image: ©shaiith | Adobe Stock • Image Design: jrgrigsby A Tribute April 13, 2022,...
jrgrigsby
Apr 12, 20222 min read
Hometown Heroes: Constable William F. Heath & Magistrate Andrew Jackson Beatty
End of watch: 1911 "Constable William Heath and Justice of the Peace Andrew Beatty were shot and killed while waiting to serve warrants...
jrgrigsby
Apr 7, 20223 min read
Hometown Heroes: Constable William Bolton
End of watch: 1903 Camp Meetings in Mt. Victory By 1903 the Mt. Victory Camp Meeting had taken place annually for several years and was...
jrgrigsby
Apr 1, 20225 min read
Hometown Heroes: Pulaski County Sheriff John McHargue
End of watch: 1891 The first on our list of fallen Hometown Heroes is Sheriff John McHargue. We don’t know if he was the first officer in...
jrgrigsby
Mar 24, 20226 min read
Leaving Little Queen City
Hometown Murders & Mysteries | March 2022 Image: ©Unknown | Adobe Stock • Post Image Design: jrgrigsby He was just a small-town boy...
jrgrigsby
Mar 18, 20222 min read
Dinner, Movie, and a Murder
Hometown Murders & Mysteries | February 2022 Original Image (The Virginia): ©David Rogers • Original Image (gun & rose): ©MrWirot |...
jrgrigsby
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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