Updated: 5:49 PM Before you decide what to eat for dinner, take note of this. Kentucky is the 13th fattest state in the country.

Updated: 5:34 PM A sheriff's deputy driving an unmarked car accidentally struck and killed an 11-year-old Kentucky girl who darted in front of his car along a road, police said Friday.

Updated: 5:45 PM The opening celebration for the Bluegrass State Games is Friday night at Applebee's Park. Competitive sports begin Saturday and with the heat on the rise, preparations are being made to keep everyone cool.

Posted: 11:45 AM Thieves in northern Kentucky are targeting Toyota pickup trucks and sedans and Dodge trucks.

Updated: 11:29 AM Police say 34-year-old James Ray Allgood left a minimum security work detail in Lyon County on Thursday afternoon.

Updated: 5:43 PM The owner says a customer hit the gas instead of the brake while trying to park in front of the business.

Updated: 5:41 PM Police have a homicide investigation on their hands after a man's body was found outside his home.

Updated: 11:18 AM Starbucks has named all 600 company-owned stores it plans to close in a push to weed out unprofitable locations.

Posted: 8:34 AM A man is in the hospital after he was hit by a car on New Circle Road late Thursday night.

Updated: 8:23 AM Fire destroyed a Mercer County home early Friday morning.

Posted: 8:10 AM Lexington Police are looking for suspects after bullets went into a home and car late Thursday night.

Updated: 12:07 AM The LFUCG EMS services now cost hundreds more

Updated: 12:24 PM The Lexington-based company is shutting its doors after more than a hundred years of operation.

Posted: 5:41 PM Families who haven't settled lawsuits over a Kentucky plane crash that killed 49 people were ordered Thursday to meet with ComAir officials in a last-ditch effort to avoid trial.

Updated: 6:05 PM Here are some statistics about the fire that destroyed Starlight & Magic Company on Thursday morning.

Updated: 6:21 PM The University of Kentucky's Solar Car Team is racing across the country in the North American Solar Challenge. The weather plays a major role in their success against twenty-five other teams.

Posted: 12:45 PM It happened on Lexington's Waller Avenue near Saint Joseph Hospital on Wednesday night.

Updated: 11:56 PM Corporal William McMillan III was killed while fighting in Iraq.

Posted: 12:29 PM The tour starts Thursday in the tiny community of Virgie in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky. Beshear said he is especially interested in hearing suggestions on how state government can continue to provide services amid tight budget constraints.

Updated: 12:08 PM Police arrest a teenage suspect they say broke into a Richmond business earlier this week.

Updated: 6:00 PM Police say on July third, someone kicked in the door of a home on Pea Ridge Road in Estill County, demanded money from the man who lives there, then shot him.

Updated: 12:12 AM One of the most anticipated films of the summer hits theaters this weekend and some lucky people will get a sneak peek.

Posted: 11:38 AM Wesley Higdon shot five people at the Henderson factory where he worked before turning the gun on himself.

Updated: 5:57 PM UK coach Billy Gillispie spoke to reporters for more than 45 minutes on Thursday morning.

Updated: 8:51 AM Fire crews responded to a Lexington building that housed a company that specializes in pyrotechnics.