Posted: 2:08 PM The attorney for fast food giant McDonald's Corporation has blamed employee mistakes for a sexual assault on an 18-year-old worker in April 2004 at the chain's restaurant in Mount Washington. The location is about 20 miles south of Louisville.

Posted: 9:26 AM A civic activist and Republican fund-raiser from Lexington has been tapped as an alternate U.S. delegate to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly session that begins next week. The White House has announced Kelly Knight's appointment as an alternate, along with Rodger Young of Michigan.

Posted: 9:23 AM Some western Kentucky school officials are disputing the data that shows Henderson, Union and Webster counties failed to make "adequate yearly progress."

Posted: 8:49 AM A judge has dismissed a sex-abuse lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington.

Updated: 8:40 AM Lexington city leaders are expected to vote on expanding Sunday alcohol sales Thursday night.

Updated: 8:34 AM An overnight fire destroyed a home in Lincoln County.

Updated: 2:52 PM A Georgetown man tells police he was stabbed while sleeping on his couch.

Updated: 6:28 PM Police say they're following up on leads and are confident they'll catch the crooks.

Updated: 5:16 PM Two U.S. senators say they have amended a military funding bill to give the Army 10 years to destroy lethal chemical weapons stored in Colorado and Kentucky.

Posted: 4:38 PM Authorities have identified the man whose nude body was found mutilated - with his hands and feet severed - nearly 17 years ago by hunters in western Kentucky.

Posted: 4:34 PM The case against two eastern Kentucky teenagers accused of torturing and shooting several horses has been declared a mistrial based on an attorney's opening statement.

Updated: 7:10 PM Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry holds a press conference today announcing plans for a bike summit to promote safety for bikers.

Posted: 2:23 PM A Lexington attorney has filed a lawsuit against two United Arab Emirates leaders over the use of thousands of children to ride racing camels.

Updated: 7:15 PM The Kentucky Supreme Court issued a stay Wednesday for the pending execution of Ralph S. Baze.

Updated: 6:18 PM State police tell 27NEWSFIRST a Johnson County woman and her boyfriend were arrested on child abuse charges, after two baby wipes were found lodged in the baby's throat.

Posted: 10:45 AM Wal-mart stores across the country are pulling flip-flops made in china after customers complained of rashes or burns developed on their feet.

Updated: 6:00 PM The Kentucky Department of Education reports that 75 percent of public schools made adequate yearly progress under requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Check Your Schools No Child Left Behind Report

Updated: 8:54 AM A murder trial is set to begin Wednesday morning in the case of a man accused of killing his roommate and setting a fire to cover up the crime.

Posted: 8:33 AM A public meeting will be held to discuss plans for a new water pipeline that's stirring up controversy.

Updated: 3:13 PM Police are looking for three women who attacked and robbed another woman near UK's campus.

Updated: 11:17 AM A Danville woman is in jail charged with attempted murder for what police say happened during a violent robbery at a gas station.

Posted: 8:19 AM A proposal to expand Sunday alcohol sales in Lexington attracted a large crowd to the Urban County Government Center and a published report says most of those attending were opposed to the idea.

Posted: 8:15 AM A 30-year-old western Kentucky man who entered a plea of guilty to third-degree fetal homicide has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Updated: 8:19 AM Opponents of the University of Kentucky's three-year-old plan to commercially log part of its research forest in eastern Kentucky are mobilizing.

Updated: 8:20 AM Indiana officials and methadone clinic operators are defending the clinics' practice of giving drug addicts take-home doses of methadone.