Top Stories This Week
Local Man Arrested After Threatening to Shoot Police
By Sue Caldwell, Reporter/Staff Writer
According to a report from City of McKee Chief of Police Jonathon Sizemore, on Saturday, morning May 11 at approximately 1:58am, Sizemore received a complaint from Jackson County Dispatch that Matthew Moore 21, McKee, was out in the yard at his mother’s residence on High School Road in McKee and he was armed with a fire arm causing a disturbance and using profanity to passing motorists.
Sizemore said when he and Constable Johnnie Peters arrived at the scene, Moore was on his mother’s porch and as the officers approached him he started cursing and yelling and told Sizemore to stay back; however, he said he would talk to Constable Peters.
According to Sizemore, Peters was able to get close enough to Moore to speak to him for a few minutes. Peters was able to get Moore to sit on the porch, but when he attempted to arrest and handcuff him, he was only able to get one cuff on Moore before he jumped up and ran into the house.
Officers Arrest Man After Accident
By Sue Caldwell, Reporter/Staff Writer
Matthew S. Morris, 34, Zandale Dr Lexington, KY, was traveling South on US Highway 421 while Deborah I. Harrison 53, Upper Dry Fork Rd, McKee, was traveling North on US Highway 421. When, according to the accident report by investigating Officer Daniel Isaacs of the Jackson County Police Department, Morris dropped off the right hand shoulder of the roadway, over corrected, and then began skidding. This caused him to cross into the North Bound lane of travel and collide with the front of Harrison Gray’s 1998 Ford Escort. After the collision, Morris driving a Black 1998 Toyota Camry, traveled approximately thirty feet and came to final rest off the right hand shoulder of the North bound lane. Harrison traveled approximately thirty feet and also came to final rest off the right hand shoulder of the North bound lane.
Morris stated that he didn't remember what happened, but Harrison stated that she could. She said Morris was coming into her lane, but she was unable to avoid the collision. Morris refused medical attention at the scene; however, Harrison was transported to a medical facility by Jackson County EMS with possible injuries.