Updated: 2:10 AM People who knew Deputy Sean Pursifull say his death is something that will be felt by people throughout Bell County.

Posted: 5:54 PM Gov. Steve Beshear says he will never issue pardons to people until after they have been convicted of crimes.

Updated: 1:44 PM Heavy rains and high winds have battered parts of Kentucky as a front moves through the state, dropping temperatures back to more January-like weather.

Posted: 5:46 PM Bill was withdrawn because sponsor says police asked for more time to study it. But for one reason or another, it never resurfaced.

Updated: 3:53 PM The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing the fate of Kentucky's retirement system after hearing a challenge from a former public employee that the plan discriminates against older workers.

Updated: 6:17 PM Former UK football coach Guy Morriss did not show up at Boyle County High School on Thursday afternoon, as expected. But we're told he's still talking to school leaders about their football coaching job.

Updated: 3:33 PM A survey by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services says about 94 percent of retailers complied with a law barring tobacco sales to anyone younger than 18.

Updated: 1:48 PM Police in Lincoln County spent Thursday morning searching for a man they say shot a woman near Highlands Elementary School in Waynesburg.

Updated: 11:17 AM A Boyle County truck driver spills his load along a Kansas highway.

Posted: 11:46 AM Police say a body found late Wednesday night in Clark County is that of a missing Bourbon County man.

Updated: 3:35 PM The veil of secrecy surrounding legislative budget negotiations in Kentucky needs to be lifted - at least partially, Gov. Steve Beshear said Thursday.

Updated: 8:20 AM Lexington Police suspect alcohol played a role in an early Thursday morning crash.

Updated: 5:45 PM A meth lab was discovered Thursday morning inside the Best Western Hotel on Elkhorn Drive in Lexington.

Updated: 12:29 AM An Eastern Kentucky sheriff's deputy is dead after a police chase.

Posted: 7:07 PM Kentucky does require some riders to wear helmets, but not all, and Sen. Carroll says that needs to change to save the state money.

Updated: 2:32 AM Those living in the building say at one time, the flames could be seen from nearby Interstate 75.

Posted: 6:50 PM Richmond Centre is expected to open by the end of 2008.

Updated: 8:27 AM Former Georgetown College Professor Dr. Keon Chi was killed Wednesday night on Iron Works Pike, near the entrance to the Kentucky Horse Park.

Updated: 5:56 PM With the state in a budget crisis, schools across Kentucky are being asked to prepare to tighten their belts and maybe even plan for funding cuts.

Posted: 5:47 PM There's a change to the school calendar in Fayette county, thanks to some winter weather.

Posted: 5:35 PM The Lokomat at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital helps people with spinal cord and brain injuries, as well as people with other neurological impairments, improve their mobility.

Updated: 11:17 AM Former UK football coach Guy Morriss may soon be coaching again in the bluegrass, but in a whole new arena.

Updated: 8:49 PM There's an apparent story of "no honor among copper thieves" emerging out of Madison County.

Updated: 1:50 PM Two legislative districts in the commonwealth have new representatives.

Updated: 11:17 AM A DUI suspect and another driver were sent to the hospital after two crashes Tuesday night in Boyle County.