Updated: 12:06 AM The site's superintendent estimates damage to be nearly $5,000.

Updated: 12:10 AM A central Kentucky neighborhood is on guard as police investigate a rash of car break-ins.

Posted: 8:40 PM Soldiers with the Bravo Battery unit of the Kentucky National Guard reunited with family and friends in Frankfort on Sunday.

Updated: 9:01 PM The former coach received a honorary Doctor of Humanities degree at UK's commencement

Updated: 1:49 PM Extensive publicity may force the murder trial of Patrick and Joy Watkins into another county later this summer, reports The Winchester Sun in its Sunday edition.

Updated: 1:50 PM When Kentucky's Council on Postsecondary Education last set out to find a new permanent president, the search was suspended under the uncertainty of a heated governor's race and a lack of candidates.

Updated: 1:51 PM A Northern Kentucky congressional district race is being run, quietly but not without some controversy and sniping.

Updated: 1:52 PM Jim Lockard, a civil engineer from Louisville working for a contractor overseeing the rebuilding of Iraqi schools and hospitals, was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad.

Updated: 8:00 AM ... says he's not to blame for his own injuries... plans to file grievance

Updated: 8:12 AM ... Federal regulators have criticized the directors of Frankfort-based American Founders Bank, including former Governor Brereton Jones, for inadequate supervision.

Updated: 10:51 PM A wreck near Keeneland sent several people to the hospital and tied up traffic on Versailles Road.

Updated: 11:47 AM After Big Brown's historic Derby win, the second place finisher, Eight Belles, is put down on the track.

Updated: 1:37 PM ... first wave of checks hit the week running up to the run for the roses

Updated: 4:29 PM ...Officials threw the traditional breakfast Saturday morning, even as other state-sponsored events surrounding the Derby are being scaled down this year because of budget cuts.

Updated: 10:34 AM ... track may still be wet at post time

Updated: 8:56 AM ... Laine Ashker injured when she fell from horse, upgraded to serious condition

Updated: 8:24 AM ...The buyouts will affect about 800 workers at the Chicago plant and 500 at the Louisville factory

Updated: 8:18 AM In plea deal, Adams pleaded guilty to receiving a stolen gun, wanton endangerment, tampering with evidence, possession of a handgun by a minor and possession of a defaced firearm.

Posted: 11:26 PM The coach of the defending state high school baseball champions has been suspended and he wants to know why.

Updated: 11:49 AM The family and friends of Pendleton County boy Daniel Wood rememebr his life in funeral services Saturday.

Updated: 9:57 AM The stars come out for Kentucky Derby parties.

Updated: 7:04 PM For the first time a man accidentally shot by Nicholasville police talks about the incident and only to 27NEWSFIRST. Police said the officer only meant to taze Mike Mccarty, but shot him instead.

Posted: 6:25 PM Proud Spell drew away down the stretch to win the $500,000 Kentucky Oaks on Friday at Churchill Downs, giving her homespun trainer a shot at pulling off an unprecedented Oaks-Kentucky Derby double.

Posted: 6:20 PM A Woodford County man is fighting for his life after what police say he shot himself, but they're calling the shooting an accident.

Updated: 7:13 PM An investigation into a fire that severely burned a Lexington firefighter is now complete.