Tuesday, September 30, 2025
IN PRINT: ICE detainees housed in county jails amplify overcrowding
Grayson County Detention Center houses ICE detainees as part of the Section 287(g) amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act allowing the Department of Homeland Security to partner with state and local law enforcement (Cayden Duncan)
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement incarcerated Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda, a Chicago mother and organizer with Organized Communities Against Deportations, the Kentucky jail that held her could barely make room.
ICE arrested Chavez Pineda for her asylum-seeking status and transported her to Grayson County Detention Center on June 11. She recalled people sleeping on concrete floors with just one mattress for a group of 20 people, and a single bathroom for 20 or more detainees with no privacy partitions, according to information her daughter provided to CBS News.
Destroying cars to build community
Read more by Natalie Freidhof
Coolant sprayed and parts flew from mudbathed cars, held together by ratchet straps and duct tape, as the Allen County Fairgrounds was packed Saturday evening for the 2025 King of the Bluegrass State Championship Demolition Derby.
There were 79 entries in the derby, spread across four divisions. Kids’ Gut & Go featured 17 drivers aged 15 or younger with a parent or guardian in the passenger seat.
Mark Stephens, driver of car No. 011 drives in the Gut & Go session of the King of the Bluegrass Demolition Derby in Allen County, Scottsville on Saturday, Sept 27, 2025 (River Byrn)
Read more by Brendan Culler
Sports Editor Nathan Mueller and Sports Reporter Austin Rice talk WKU Football. Mueller is joined by Sports Reporter Adrianna Lein to talk WKU Volleyball. Sports Reporters Jamie Jamison and David Quintanilla recap WKU Soccer’s tie with MTSU. Rice and Quintanilla talk MLB Playoffs.
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