Somerset —
A Somerset man was arrested by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department Thursday after being indicted by a Pulaski grand jury on narcotics charges. Sean O. Campbell, 36, was indicted after an undercover invest-igation by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Division resulted in the purchase of a controlled substance from Camp-bell. Campbell was charged with three counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, first degree, first offense; three counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, third degree, first offense; trafficking in marijuana, less than 8 ounces, first offense; tampering with physical evidence; and four counts of persistent felony offender, second degree. Campbell was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $125,000 cash or property bond. In other news from the sheriff’s office: • Larry Phillippi, 27, of Somerset, was arrested on a Pulaski Circuit Court Bench Warrant for probation violation. Phillippi allegedly violated the terms of his probation on an original charge of criminal possession of a forged instrument, second degree. Phillippi was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center. • Travis J. Courtright, 21, of Somerset, was arrested on a Pulaski Circuit Court Bench Warrant after he allegedly violated drug court rules. Courtright had received pretrial diversion on the original charge of possession of meth, first degree, first offense. Courtright was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center.Local News
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Sean O. Campbell, 36, was arrested after being indicted on narcotics charges.
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Pulaski County is not at war. The booming you may hear at dusk is mock cannon fire to scare away birds.
Stuart Spillman, environmental director for the Lake Cumberland Health Department, said at least three cannons are on loan from the department to residents who want to scare away swarms of starlings and blackbirds settling in to roost.
He said a cannon is being used by a resident on Laura Lane off Ky. 39; another is in the Oak Hill Road area and a third is on Ashurst Street in the eastern part of Somerset.
Spillman said a timer on each cannon allows it to “fire” at whatever frequency is desired. The cannons must be used as the birds circle before going to roost. “After they settle in, nothing will chase them out,” Spillman said.
The Health Department doesn’t operate the cannons unless there is a specific complaint in an area where there are lots of birds, Spillman noted. He said so far this year the birds are not as bad as in the past. -
Boil water advisory is lifted countywide
The water controversy that Pulaski County has been boiling over — so to speak — for the last week is finally over.
At 10 minutes after noon Wednesday, the “boil water” advisory for the Western Pulaski Water District was lifted — almost a full week after the problems began around 1 p.m. last Thursday.
Prior to that, the Somerset Water Service — along with the other water providers in its system, including Science Hill Water, Southeastern Water, and Eubank Water — lifted their advisories, with Somerset on Saturday afternoon and the last, Southeastern, by Monday morning. Western Pulaski was the last in the system to complete sample testing for potential contaminants, due to not being able to access its Pikeville-based testing lab until Monday.
Somerset Mayor Eddie Girdler thanked the public for its patience and understanding during the duration of the boil water advisory — put in place to keep citizens from drinking water that could have been contaminated after an accident last Thursday at the water plant site — and also thanked all the city employees for their hard work during this time.
“The boil water advisory went about as well as would be expected,” said Girdler.
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