Don Thomas, Attorney At Law

If you're driving home from visiting your Benton physician and you have taken a dose of prescribed Adderall, it's possible that you could face charges of driving under the influence -- even though the prescription is legal and appropriate and taken in the proper...

A long time ago, you could listen to a radio broadcaster named Paul Harvey, who would give his plain-spoken, often heart-warming take on the day's news. The legendary broadcaster often focused on what he called "the rest of the story"; the side of the news often...

The stories of overzealous laws and prosecutors pop up a bit more frequently these days in news outlets here in Kentucky and across the nation. The articles detail the too-frequent injustices of mandatory minimum sentences imposed on people convicted of nonviolent...

The half-hour drive from Benton northwest to Paducah is one many of us have made many times. It's there in Paducah that a young man faces serious charges after allegedly using social media to try to sell a prescription medicine.Police say the 19-year-old posted on an...

We have seen it many times: a drug arrest begins with a traffic stop. It happens here in Benton and it happens in cities across Kentucky and the rest of the U.S., too. A recent example can be found in the eastern part of the state, where a Kentucky State Police...

About 300 miles northeast of Benton is the town of Florence, Kentucky. That’s where a man was arrested on charges of stealing a car – and a baby. The 25-year-old man is accused of stealing a dark blue Volkswagen Passat from a gas station parking lot on a recent...

Drunk driving is called the single most preventable crime. The person has to willingly drink alcohol and willingly get behind the wheel of a vehicle. One lawmaker is Kentucky is trying to change the drunk driving laws in the state. He wants to install interlock...