The Monticello Enquirer

06/14/2024

Fair Board members will be selling raffle tickets. Don’t miss your chance to win!

The Grand Prize winner will get to select one of three options (2024 Side by Side, OR 2024 Tractor, OR $10,000 cash option), and there will be cash prizes for every 25th ticket drawn. Every ticket will be drawn out, and the last ticket drawn will be the Grand Prize winner. Thank you to Don Franklin for partnering with us to offer the Grand Prize options — you can stop by Don Franklin to see the items in person!

Only 350 tickets will be sold!

Tickets may be purchased from a Fair Board member or at the following business locations:
Nate’s Barber Shop
Twin Lakes Veterinary Service
Bertram Oil
Lyon’s Plumbing
Farmer’s Co-op (see Danna).

Fair Board Raffle Contacts:
Chuck Craig - 606-307-5481
Cody Sullivan - 270-766-9677
Andy Tucker - 606-278-2352
Susie Cowan - 606-219-7011

The drawing will be held during the Fair on Friday, July 5. Details to follow. You do NOT have to be present to win.

11/19/2022

11/17/2022

The boarders are definitely open. A Chupacabra has been found dead on the 90 Bypass in Monticello. Chupacabras are legendary creatures in the folklore of parts of the Americas, with its first purported sightings reported in Puerto Rico in 1995. The name comes from the animal's reported vampirism—the chupacabra is said to attack and drink the blood of livestock, including goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary, some describe it as reptilian and alien-like (in Puerto Rico and Latin America), generally as a heavy creature the size of a small bear with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail. Others depict it as more dog-like. Sightings have been reported in Puerto Rico since the 1970s, and this creature has since been reported as far north as Maine, as far south as Chile. Well now it is in Monticello.

11/09/2022

The results are in for Wayne County

08/19/2022

On Tuesday, August 16th, evidence from recent criminal cases investigated by members of the Monticello Police Department was presented to a Wayne County Grand Jury resulting in indictments being returned.

At approximately 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Gregory D. Stockton, 51, of Monticello, turned himself in at the Monticello Police Department and was taken into custody by Officer Josh Smith.

Stockton is charged with Custodial Interference, eight counts of Unlawful Transactions with a Minor, three counts of Wanton Endangerment and two counts of So**my.

Stockton was lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center on a bond of $100,000 cash or 2X property.

07/29/2022

According to Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron an Alpha, Ky. man has been arrested on multiple charges including attempted murder after a vehicle pursuit.

At approximately 9:32 pm on July 28, 2022, Deputy Allen Cash observed a vehicle almost rear ending another vehicle on North Main Street. While approaching the traffic light at the intersection of North Main Street and East Kentucky Highway 92 the vehicle then crossed over into the opposite traffic lane and failed to stop for a red light. Deputy Cash then activated his emergency equipment to stop the vehicle. The vehicle then speeded up to over two times the legal speed limit to elude Deputy Cash. The vehicle turned onto South Kentucky Highway 167 crossing over into oncoming traffic forcing several vehicles off the roadway. After traveling approximately 1 mile on Highway 167 the vehicle then crossed over the centerline again hitting a vehicle traveling northbound in an almost head on angle. The male driver of that vehicle was transported to the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Ky. for treatment by the Wayne County Emergency Medical Service.

Deputy Cash charged and arrested Kyle J. Matthews for speeding-26 MPH or greater than the speed limit, reckless driving, fleeing or evading Police-1st degree (motor vehicle), disregarding a traffic control device-traffic light, wanton endangerment-1st degree, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol -4th or greater offense (aggravating circumstance), driving on a driving under the influence suspended operator’s license and attempted murder.

Matthews was lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center.

Deputy Cash was assisted at the accident scene by Sheriff Catron, Deputies Jerry Meadows and Jerry Coffey, Monticello Police Officer Sergeant John Hurd and multiple members of the Monticello Fire Department.

07/13/2022

According to Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron a 21-year-old Wayne County man has been arrested for sodomy-1st degree after performing a s*xual act on a 17-year-old male juvenile.

On July 12, 2022, at approximately 5:45 am Wayne County Deputy Nick Bertram received a call of the incident which occurred off Columbia Avenue in Monticello, Ky.

After the juvenile returned to his parent’s residence, he with his parents present gave Deputy Bertram an account of the incident. The victim stated he was asleep at a relative’s residence when he was awaking by the preparator performing a s*x act on him. The act stopped once the victim awoke. The preparator was also known by the victim. At approximately 10 am Deputy Tommy Spencer interviewed the preparator with him giving a statement of the incident that exactly matched the victims statement.

Deputy Spencer charged and arrested Jacob Lowe of Monticello, Ky. with sodomy-1st degree.

Lowe was lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center.

06/29/2022

Monticello, Ky. (June 29, 2022) – The Kentucky State Police, London Post is investigating a fatal collision that occurred at the intersection of KY 90 and KY HWY 1546 in the Monticello area of Wayne County at approximately 1:53 pm Tuesday, June 28, 2022.

The initial investigation indicates that a 2001 Yamaha motorcycle operated by Michael W. McClellan, 28 years old of Monticello, KY, was traveling south on KY 90 at a high rate of speed when he struck a 2006 Chevrolet Pickup operated by Delmar G. Brumley age 81 of Monticello, and passenger Wendell R. Kelsay age 71 of Monticello. Mr. Delmar and his passenger Kelsay was airlifted to the UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital in Lexington for life threating injuries. Mr. McClellan sustained fatal injuries in the collision and was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Wayne County Coroner’s office.

An autopsy is scheduled for Mr. McClellan in Louisville at the state medical office.

The ongoing investigation is being conducted by KSP Post 11 Trooper Dackery Larkey, He was assisted at the scene by Kentucky State Police personnel, Wayne County Constable, Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, Monticello Fire Department, AirEvac 79 and the Wayne County Coroner’s Office.

06/26/2022

Monticello Police arrested Joey Hall and charged him with Arson, 1st Degree in connection with the fire in downtown Monticello on Friday June 24,2022. Hall was lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center where he remains.

06/26/2022

At approximately 9:50 a.m. Sunday (June 26), Joey Wayne Hall, 45, of Monticello, was taken into custody by MPD Lt. Josh Asberry on a Wayne District Court warrant charging him with two counts of Arson 1st Degree in connection with fires set during the early morning hours of Friday, June 24, that destroyed what is known as the “Wray building” and seriously damaged adjacent structures in downtown Monticello, including the Wayne County Courthouse.

Hall was lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center.

The investigation is ongoing and is a collaborative effort of the Monticello Police Department, Monticello Fire Department, Wayne County Attorney’s Office and the State Fire Marshal’s Office.

Numerous individuals and businesses have provided invaluable assistance thus far in this investigation and their help is greatly appreciated!