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Kentucky man charged with strangling, punching 5-year-old
A 31-year-old man was arrested after allegedly choking and punching a 5-year-old boy. Zachary Colston, of Frankfort, is ...
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One student dead in school bus stop drive-by shooting, Kentucky police say
A drive-by shooting at a school bus stop Wednesday morning in Kentucky left one student dead and another ...
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Berea unveils hydroelectric generating plant on Ky. River
Berea College has completed work on a hydroelectric plant that will supply renewable power generated from the Kentucky ...
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Kentucky elementary school mourns third staffer to die from COVID-19 this school year
An elementary school in eastern Kentucky suffered its third coronavirus-related death among its staff since the school year ...
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Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave just grew a little bit, about by 8 miles longer
The world’s longest cave system has added 8 miles (13 kilometers) to its length, officials said. The additional ...
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Kentucky priest convicted of sex abuse scheduled to be freed from prison next month
A Catholic priest in Kentucky is set to be released from prison after serving nearly four years for ...
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Lawmaker wants state to invest in future, one kindergartner at a time
Kentucky lawmakers voted this year to pump considerably more state money into full-day kindergarten, but the extra spending ...
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Woman charged after police say she fired gun at truck driving on Kentucky interstate
A Florida woman is behind bars after allegedly firing three rounds into the driver’s side of a truck ...
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Deadly weekend: COVID-19 death toll rose by 88 as more Kentuckians die over weekend
The death toll from the coronavirus increased by another 88 Kentuckians from Saturday to Monday, including several patients ...
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Kentucky man killed in shootout with state police
Authorities killed a man who fired at officers in northern Kentucky over the weekend, state police said. Kentucky ...
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Kentucky student’s science project winds up on International Space Station
Rachel Blevins has just begun her sophomore year at Boyd County High School, but she has already had ...
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No prison time for Kentucky man who illegally shipped nuclear waste to landfill
A judge has opted against prison time for a Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to shipping low-level nuclear ...
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Alabama mom arrested after police say she boarded a school bus, assaulted a child she believed to be a bully
An Alabama mother has been arrested after police say she boarded a school bus and assaulted an 11-year-old ...
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‘Alabama Pickers’ husband and wife YouTubers both die of COVID, after touting anti-vaccine beliefs
An Alabama husband and wife duo that were popular YouTubers and had expressed anti-vaccine views have both died ...
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Alabama fisherman reels in pants with bones, wallet of fugitive missing since 1989
Authorities believe that human remains found near where a sunken vehicle was located in the Alabama River were ...
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Kentucky driver didn’t stop for school bus, killed man who’d walked child across road to bus
A Kentucky man was charged with reckless homicide after state police say he drove around a stopped school ...
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Majority of Kentucky school boards agree to keep mask mandates
School boards across Kentucky voted overwhelmingly in favor of continuing mask requirements in schools as coronavirus infections fueled ...
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Kentucky governor says state may run low on monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19
Kentucky may not have enough monoclonal antibody courses to meet the rising demand in the state, Gov. Andy ...
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Kentucky governor slams school leaders refusing to mandate masks for ‘endangering’ children
Kentucky’s governor on Thursday berated local school leaders for refusing to extend mask requirements, accusing them of endangering ...
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Kentucky AG joins GOP group threatening to sue over Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Two dozen Republican attorneys general are warning the White House of impending legal action if a proposed coronavirus ...
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Juveniles arrested after allegedly saying Sponge Bob was going to throw hand grenades at school
A threat alleging “Sponge Bob was going to throw a bag of hand grenades” at Wallins Elementary School ...
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Report shows Kentucky students with college degrees earn 30 percent more income than others without degrees
A report by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education found that years after graduating high school, students who ...
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COVID-19, staff shortages force state to close Kentucky-Tennessee welcome center
A Kentucky welcome center has temporarily closed for sanitation and staffing shortages due to COVID-19, officials said. The ...
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More Kentucky schools extend mask mandates; one district mourns teacher who died of COVID-19
More than three-fourths of Kentucky’s school districts have extended mask requirements as one school system mourned the coronavirus-related ...
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More than half of Kentucky school districts opting for mask requirement
More than half of Kentucky’s school districts have opted to continue requiring masks since the legislature shifted the ...