{"id":18397,"date":"2018-03-23T15:59:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=18397"},"modified":"2018-04-02T15:56:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T19:56:54","slug":"former-ag-commissioner-basketball-star-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2018\/03\/23\/former-ag-commissioner-basketball-star-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Ag Commissioner &#038; Basketball Star Charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5025\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/05\/08\/richie-farmer-files-bankruptcy-petition\/richie-farmer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Richie-Farmer.jpg?fit=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"216,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Richie Farmer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Richie-Farmer.jpg?fit=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Richie-Farmer.jpg?resize=216%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5025\" \/><br \/>\nFormer state agriculture commissioner and University of Kentucky basketball star Richie Farmer has been charged with driving under the influence.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>London Police Department spokeswoman Magen Zawko said Friday (3\/23) that Farmer was arrested on a DUI charge.<\/p>\n<p>Officers pulled Farmer over Thursday (3\/22) evening after receiving complaints about a reckless driver. Officers noted Farmer had slurred speech and bloodshot eyes. He later failed a field sobriety test. Police say he told officers he had taken pain pills and muscle relaxers.<\/p>\n<p>Farmer served 27 months in prison for misappropriating government resources while in office. He was a member of the 1991-92 Kentucky basketball team nicknamed &#8220;The Unforgettables.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former state agriculture commissioner and University of Kentucky basketball star Richie Farmer has been charged with driving under the influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Richie-Farmer.jpg?fit=216%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-4MJ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 21:34:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18398,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18397\/revisions\/18398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}