Police

Firefighters from Dry Ridge and Crittenden battled a blaze on Creek Road, near the Gallatin County line on Jan. 18.

The fire, which began around 2:41 a.m.. involved an unoccupied two-story building.

A neighbor noticed the blaze and called 911. When firefighters arrived, the second story had collapsed. Fire officials said the fire was “suspicious” and remains under investigation.

Terry Peeples spent three years as a deputy jailer and shift commander at the Grant County Detention Center.

But, when he walked into the jail Jan. 3, he was in charge and armed with countless ideas for improvements.

Peeples defeated former jailer Steve Kellam in the May 2010 primary election before besting Republican challenger Harvey Perleberg in the November general election.

Two men and two women spent New Year’s Day in the Grant County Detention Center after police charged them with making methamphetamine.

The arrests occurred at 10:23 p.m. on Dec. 31 at Locust Ridge Apartments in Dry Ridge when Kentucky State Police officers removed the four suspects in handcuffs.

David Campbell awakened around noon on Dec. 17 to find his Swanee Shores home filled with heavy, black smoke.

“I saw the smoke and got my babies out,” he said, the day after the fire that destroyed the place he’s called home on Williamstown Lake for the last nine years.