Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An infamous chapter in Kentucky history will make its big screen debut at the renowned 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival, held in ...

HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LATER DIED. THE KENTUCKY MAN, KNOWN AS THE GODFATHER OF GRASS HAS DIED. JOHNNY BOONE LED THE INFAMOUS CORNBREAD MAFIA AND WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS BACK IN 2018 FOR MARIJUANA ...

Cornbread Mafia might sound like just another wild true-crime title, but for those in Kentucky, it's a legend that's been whispered about for decades. Long before it became a documentary, the story ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ky. — The death last week of Johnny Boone brought to a close the tale of a childhood farming champion-turned-marijuana-grower-turned-cultural-icon who smoked joints the size of cigars and ...

NELSON COUNTY, Ky. — John Robert “Johnny” Boone, sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of Grass,” died last week at 80. Boone – a former leader of Kentucky’s “Cornbread Mafia” – died Friday at a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- As state and federal investigators came through the front door of a barn in Minnesota during a bust of the 'Cornbread Mafia' in October 1987, Les Berry Jr. went out the back ...

iHeartPodcasts and Graphic Audio are proud to present “Cornbread Mafia,” a new podcast covering the true story of the biggest marijuana bust in U.S. history. Based on the book by Jim Higdon, find out ...

Johnny Boone, the marijuana outlaw from central Kentucky who evaded a federal manhunt for eight years, died Friday night at the age of 80. Known as the “Godfather of Grass,” Boone was a leader of what ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) - Authorities say a man known as the "Godfather of Grass" has been arrested in Canada after eight years on the run. The U.S. Marshals Service says authorities sought John Robert ...

LEBANON, Ky. (WAVE) - Johnny Boone, the man known as the ‘Godfather of Grass’ and as the leader of the marijuana syndicate called the Cornbread Mafia, has died. According to a Facebook post by the ...

It's the Italian word for "code of silence." And it's tattooed on the back of Kentucky's most notorious marijuana-growing ringleader. But while secrets around the Cornbread Mafia will forever be ...