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9/11 Memorial To Stop In Lexington On 6th Anniversary Tour

Updated: 11:49 AM The Sept. 11 memorial is taking a new name, survivors' stories and artifacts from its planned museum on a national tour that begins in South Carolina on the eve of the terrorist attacks' sixth anniversary.

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Local Company Closes

Updated: 9:25 AM A well known Lexington retailer files for bankruptcy protection.

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Judge-Executive Tries To Enter Plea

Updated: 9:25 AM The judge-executive of Madison County is willing to admit guilt to a charge of drinking in public, but he won't do the same for charges of alcohol intoxication and disorderly conduct.

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Duct Tape Bandit Hits and Misses

Updated: 5:38 PM Police dubbed him the "Duct Tape Bandit," a man who tried to rob an eastern Kentucky liquor store with his head almost entirely wrapped in duct tape.

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Arrest In Highway Kidnapping, Rape Case

Updated: 1:12 PM A female driver thought a man was coming to her aid on a Kentucky road, but she says she was horribly fooled. Now, a suspect is in the Bourbon County Jail.

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Video Shows Flight Attendant's Behavior After Arrest

Updated: 9:26 AM She was pulled from a plane at Blue Grass airport after passengers complained about her behavior. 27 NEWSFIRST has obtained video that shows how the flight attendant was acting in the minutes and hours after her arrest.

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Alleged Drunk Driver Could Face Death Penalty

Updated: 5:50 PM Police say Raymond Garner was moving from Tennessee to Kentucky and was drunk when his truck slammed into several others, killing a pregnant woman, her 7 month old unborn child, and an 8 year old boy.

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Petition To Dissolve Ferguson In Clerk's Hands

Posted: 1:46 PM A petition containing 173 names has been delivered to Pulaski County Clerk Ralph Troxtell, asking that there be a vote on whether the city of Ferguson be dissolved.

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McConnell Hails Expansion Of Eavesdropping Powers

Posted: 1:44 PM Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told a national police conference Monday that congressional action to expand the government's eavesdropping powers against suspected foreign terrorists was needed to make the United States safer.

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Shooting Suspect Pleads Guilty

Updated: 1:20 PM Just one day before a Lexington trial was set to start involving the shooting death of a teenager, the defendant pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

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Four Counties Qualify For Loans

Posted: 10:29 AM USDA's Farm Service Agency reports today that farmers in four counties are eligible for Federal disaster assistance, including low interest emergency loans provided eligibility requirements are met.

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Man To Be In Court Tomorrow On Murder Charge

Updated: 10:30 AM A pre-trial hearing is scheduled tomorrow for accused killer Tony Hodge in Laurel District Court. Hodge, who is charged with murdering an unknown person near Lily Pits in December 2003, was arraigned Friday in Laurel District Court. His attorneys entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.

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Sides Split Over Energy Incentive Proposal

Posted: 8:38 AM As the Kentucky General Assembly considers tax incentives aimed at luring a coal gassification plant to the state, interest groups are divided over its benefits.

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EKU Names Interim President

Updated: 12:31 PM Eastern Kentucky University's new leader is expected to take on his new position starting Wednesday

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General Assembly Won't Convene Today

Posted: 8:06 AM Despite the recent effort to get lawmakers to reconvene in a special legislative session to pass an energy bill, it won't happen today.

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Karl Rove Resigns

Posted: 6:51 AM Karl Rove, President Bush's close friend and chief political strategist, plans to leave the White House at the end of Augus

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