Posted: 11:06 AM The Federal Reserve approved a half-percentage point cut in its discount rate on loans to banks Friday, a dramatic move designed to stabilize financial markets roiled by a widening credit crisis.

Posted: 9:29 AM A Carter County man accused of murder in the May 2006 shooting death of his neighbor has been convicted of second-degree manslaughter. A Carter Circuit Court jury deliberated an hour and 25 minutes yesterday before finding George Gilbert Junior guilty of second-degree manslaughter.

Updated: 11:08 AM Kentucky's republican party plans to distribute 200,000 flyers with a fake picture depicting democrat Steve Beshear as a high stakes gambler.

Updated: 1:39 PM An inspection on a downtown Lexington parking garage is planned for today, after a chunk of concrete fell.

Updated: 7:08 PM The family of a man killed a year ago by a drunk driver is now suing the business that served that driver.

Updated: 8:35 AM Lexington Police are searching for a robber who fired a shot during a home invasion.

Updated: 9:51 AM State lawmakers agreed late Thursday night on a bill that would provide incentives for companies that build high-tech coal plants in Kentucky.

Posted: 11:36 PM Severe weather caused some scary moments in Bourbon county Thursday evening after heavy after winds knocked a barn down on Clay Kiser road off U.S. 460 near Centerville.

Updated: 6:31 PM The mercury rose to 102 degrees on Thursday afternoon in Lexington. That beats the previous record of 98, set back in 1936.

Updated: 11:17 AM There's a crime alert in Boyle County after a violent home invasion at a Danville apartment complex.

Posted: 6:15 PM We now have funeral arrangements for a woman whose body was pulled from a lake in Rowan County on Wednesday afternoon.

Updated: 6:34 PM Brown, dying grass and plants are becoming more and more commonplace here in the bluegrass, thanks to mother nature, but you can protect the hard work you put into your landscaping.

Posted: 6:08 PM Thursday's blistering heat didn't make things any easier for crews, battling a wildfire in eastern Kentucky.

Updated: 6:41 PM Schools close because of minor A/C problems and long rides home for some students on un-air conditioned buses.

Updated: 5:07 PM The Revolutionary War's last battle, in what was to become Kentucky, turned into an American defeat at the hands of British loyalists and their Indian allies.

Updated: 10:56 AM Global stock markets tumbled again Thursday on persistent worries about U.S. housing loan problems and potential damage to the global economy.

Updated: 11:08 AM Elvis Presley was pronounced dead August 16th, 1977. His next scheduled performance was Rupp Arena in Lexington Kentucky on August 23, 1977. The concert was sold out.

Posted: 10:36 AM State wildlife officials suspect that a disease is causing the deaths of numerous white-tailed deer in a portion of western Kentucky.

Updated: 6:39 PM Seven counties in central Kentucky are now under a water shortage advisory.

Updated: 9:04 AM At least 337 people were killed by a powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake that shook Peru's coast, toppling buildings, shattering roads and injuring more than 827 others, officials said Thursday.

Posted: 8:57 AM The Iraqi government says at least 400 people were killed in Tuesday's terror attack on members of an ancient religious sect in northern Iraq.

Updated: 9:20 AM Investigators in Laurel County are trying to figure out how a man ended up in the middle of a road early Thursday with a serious head injury.

Updated: 8:47 AM Lexington Police spent hours overnight trying to find thieves who broke into an auto parts yard off Athens-Boonesboro Road.

Updated: 8:37 AM Once officers put a suspect in the police cruiser, they say she kicked out one of the cruiser's back windows.

Posted: 8:29 AM One man is in jail, another in the hospital, after an early morning shooting Thursday in Whitley County.