You in a heap o’ trouble, boy!

So, a man who had managed to keep a clean record himself was hanging around previously convicted felons, and has now been sentenced to five years of three-hots-and-a-cot. Normally I would include the criminals mugshot, something the Lexington Herald-Leader will not do, but the internet search for this fine gentleman’s mugshot turned up images of more than one person, and I cannot be certain which one is this new guest of the federal government.

Man sentenced to prison time for buying guns later used in Kentucky violent crimes

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You in a heap o’ trouble, boy!

After all of the scandals involving Catholic priests, I’m always not-so-secretly glad when these sexual abuse scandals involve teachers or Protestants. Though the Lexington Herald-Leader simply tells us that the alleged offender was a youth minister, he was with the Green River Pentecostal Church in Lincoln County.

Kentucky youth pastor who confessed to sex crimes now faces federal charge

By Taylor Six | August 30, 2026 | 12:22 PM EDT

A Lincoln County youth pastor was federally charged last week with online enticement of a minor, according to court documents released Friday.

Jason Coulter, 48, of Lincoln County, faces one count of online enticement of a minor after he sexually abused a member of his church’s youth group, according to an affidavit. He was already facing charges in state court.

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Dear Lexington gang-bangers: imitating Killadelphia isn’t a good idea.

Did I jinx the city of Lexington? The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Saturday afternoon that:

(This) was the third weekend in a row for fatal shootings in Lexington, after six months when no homicides were reported.

I noted, on August 14th:

Lexington, Kentucky, current population 329,791, has seen four murders so far in 2026. Philly has 4.77 times Lexington’s population, but 27 times as many murders.

I’d like to think that the gang-bangers in Lexington didn’t take what I wrote as a personal challenge! Continue reading →

The problem isn’t mass incarceration; the problem is that not enough criminals are incarcerated, for not a long enough time.

Brandon Dockery, mugshot by Fayette County Detention Center, and is a public record.

This site reported, in August of 2021, on the arrest of Brandon Dockery for the murder of Raymar Webb. Held in the Fayette County Detention Center, he has finally gone on trial.

Defendant apologizes for deadly Lexington shooting during his murder trial

By Taylor Six | Monday, August 24, 2026 | 1:00 PM EDT

The man charged with killing a Lexington father in a downtown parking lot testified at his own trial Monday, expressing remorse and saying the shooting was a “stain on him that will never go away.”

That won’t go away for Raymar Webb, either, because he’s been stone-cold graveyard dead for over five years now. Continue reading →

Killadelphia Yeah, the murder rate is lower now, but it's still high

We previously noted the killing of 78-year-old Steve Alexander, killed by what reporters Ellie Rushing and Jesse Bunch called a “stray bullet” as four men jumped out of an SUV and fired more than fifty rounds “toward a group of young men on the sidewalk.” The Philadelphia Inquirer has been very careful not to call it a gang hit, at least in the articles I have seen so far, but they have at least stated that the 30-year-old victim, previously referred to as being 31-years old, was the actual target.

Over 50 rounds fired, three people struck, only one killed, and he wasn’t even the target, but just collateral damage. Gang-bangers are deadly, but still notoriously bad shots.

On August 10th, the city’s George Soros-sponsored, criminal-loving and police-hating District Attorney, Larry Krasner, said, after six homicides the previous weekend, “We had a bad weekend. We’re not having a bad year.”

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Journalism differences between the Lexington Herald-Leader and Philadelphia Inquirer. ** Updated! ** When a poor newspaper outclasses a wealthy one

The First Street Journal has twice reported on the mass shooting in Charles Young Park in Lexington, Kentucky. We also noted the murder of a 78-year-old man in North Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon.

But there’s a significant difference in coverage between two newspapers to which we subscribe, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Lexington Herald-Leader. The Lexington newspaper is, to put it frankly, dying. Staff have been cut, there have been three General Managers in just a few years, and the paper, which once covered most of eastern and southeastern Kentucky, is a mere shadow if its former self, almost entirely restricted to Lexington now, and print publishing only thrice a week. Continue reading →

Killadelphia Yes, homicides are down, but that doesn't mean things are good

Our Killadelphia posts have decreased in frequency since the bad old days of 2021 and 2022, and naturally the city’s George Soros-sponsored, criminal-loving and police-hating District Attorney, Larry Krasner, claims that his policies are working, but it’s never a surprise when one killing leads to another in the City of Brotherly Love.

Shooting of Philly couple was likely retribution for earlier killing, sources say

Police are seeking Shariff Perry, 35, in connection with the fatal shooting on Sunday in Strawberry Mansion.

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You in a heap o’ trouble, girl! Criminals really are stupid.

Megan Foley; photo via WKYT-TV.

As a good Catholic, I have been horrified by the revelations of sexual abuse of minors by priests, but these days, it seems that such sexual abuse of minors has become the province of public school teachers. The abuse by priests helped to widen investigations, put the scandal more into the public eye, and was doing so even before the arrest and suicide of Jeffrey Epstein. Things that got swept under the rug don’t get such anymore.

UK nurse, Bourbon County wrestling coach faces federal charges of sexual abuse

By Taylor Six | Sunday, August 9, 2026 | 11:07 AM EDT

A former Bourbon County wrestling coach facing state sex crimes is now also facing federal charges related to sex abuse of young boys. Continue reading →

Could Daniel Pearson be a conservative? His politics are straight Democrat, but every once in a while he expresses conservative sentiments which are in line with civilized behavior

Zhontay Capers, photo via Fox 29 News.

I have thrice speculated that Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and sometime editorial writer Daniel Pearson might be a conservative. He really isn’t, but for a liberal, and especially someone on the staff of the Inky, he is not only willing to interact with people with whom he disagrees, unlike Will Bunch, but actually supports conservative ideas on occasion. The newspaper has frequently supported the George Soros-sponsored, criminal-loving and police-hating District Attorney, but on this occasion he has dared to criticize Larry Krasner:

Krasner misses a chance to send a message against violence on SEPTA

by Daniel Pearson | Friday, August 7, 2026 | 7:01 AM EDT

On Oct. 26, 2023, Bernard Gribbin became the first city transit operator to die by gunfire while on the job. Family members called him “the best of the best,” and described the 48-year-old Army veteran as a man who loved Philadelphia, who proudly took out-of-town relatives on tours of the city when they came to visit, and who served the public by working as a bus operator — a demanding, underpaid, and utterly essential job. Continue reading →