Local News
Related Photos
-
KOOL
King lawyer’s files not public records
Appeal may be in works
FRANKFORT — Could Rocky King be considering an appeal to his conviction relating to the December 2005 murder of Morris King?
Last week, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway issued an Open Records Decision denying Rocky King’s request that his former attorney, George Sornberger, provide with him records pertaining to his case. Apparently Sornberger never responded to the request.
While Conway acknowledged that Rocky King may have the right to access said records, Kentucky’s Open Records act does not apply to Sornberger as he is a private attorney and not a public agency.
Rocky King, 33, is currently an inmate at Kentucky State Reformatory where he is serving a 25-year sentence for his role in the death of Morris King (no relation).
In July 2007, Rocky King pled guilty to Complicity to Commit Murder and first-degree Robbery.
The case involved the robbery and murder of the 65-year-old Burnside man, who left a Winfield bar on December 15, 2005, only to be followed by a car occupied by Rocky King, brother Ricky Neal King, father Harold King, cousin Danny Bryant, and girlfriend Kim Dalton.
Though versions conflicted somewhat, the group concocted a plan to rob the man because he drove a nice vehicle and bought beer for several in the bar.
They left the bar ahead of Morris King and lay in wait until he passed them heading north toward home.
The defendants then followed Morris King, signaling for him to pull over with flashing lights. Once he had done so, Rocky King drove the victim’s Ford Explorer to the isolated Murray Wilson Cemetery Road below Pine Knot while Ricky followed in their father’s Saturn.
Once at the location, Morris King attempted to ward the robbers off by pulling a .38-caliber revolver which he carried. He was overpowered and both brothers shot him. Dalton took the man’s wallet.
Danny Bryant and Harold King (Rick’s father) pled guilty and were each sentenced to 10 years for Criminal Facilitation to Commit Murder and Robbery.
Rick King and Kim Dalton stood trial together and were convicted of first-degree Robbery and Complicity to Commit Murder. They are each serving 35 years.
- Local News
-
-
2 indicted for Keith murder
WHITLEY CITY — A McCreary County grand jury yesterday indicted two individuals for the murder of a Marshes Siding man.
Michael T. Keith, 24, of Marshes Siding is charged with capital murder, -
Flood monitor installed in Whitley City
WHITLEY CITY — The county has received equipment that could hasten a flood warning by hours.
On Thursday, a monitor was installed at the corner of US 27 and -
A Cut Above
WHITLEY CITY — A leading magazine for the grocery industry has honored a McCreary Countian.
Sandra Cundiff, store manager for Kroger in Whitley City, was -
Brannon passes
PINE KNOT — The civic community lost one of its brightest stars with last week’s passing of Kathy Brannon.
Brannon, 57, died Thursday at Lake Cumberland Regional -
Strunk resigns from tourism commission
WHITLEY CITY — The McCreary County Tourist Commission has lost a second leader in as many months.
Hap Strunk, who was serving as interim chair following the resignation -
Remains found in Marshes Siding
MARSHES SIDING — The search for a missing man has ended with his son charged for murder.
Michael Todd Keith, 24, of Marshes Siding was served yesterday afternoon with a warrant -
Fiscal Court to keep EMS downtown
WHITLEY CITY — After considering the construction of a new EMS/911 complex, McCreary County Fiscal Court voted last Tuesday to refurbish the structures they have.
The ambulance service has been sharing headquarters with the Whitley City Fire Department -
Rogers attends groundbreaking
WHITLEY CITY — Congressman Hal Rogers was in McCreary County on Wednesday to help other federal and local dignitaries break ground for a $1.5 million sewer expansion project along Williamsburg Street.
-
Former sheriff dies
WHITLEY CITY — The McCreary County Record has learned that a former sheriff has passed away.
McArthur Swain, 66, passed away suddenly at his home Sunday night. Coroner Dan Ridener -
Jessamine teen drowns at Blue Heron
BLUE HERON — The first McCreary drowning of 2010 was reported this weekend as a visiting teen was swept away in the Big South Fork Saturday.
Bryce C. Hood, 18, of Nicholasville was with a group of friends who had been camping a - More Local News Headlines
-
