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Sarah Baird

Sarah Baird is a Kentucky-based writer and a 2020 GroundTruth Galloway Fellow for Appalachian Reporting.

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‘WILD WEST COWBOYS’

The Crazy Saga of Kentucky Constables Arresting an FBI Agent

A sting operation. An early-morning shootout. And a trail of evidence pointing to insane antics by elected lawmen.

Pilar Melendez

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