Updated: 10:59 AM House lawmakers are likely including a boost in Kentucky's cigarette tax as part of a plan to raise nearly $800 million over two years to help the state's droopy finances, Speaker Jody Richards said.
Updated: 11:08 AM The Delta Queen could be making its final voyages along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers if the old steamboat doesn't get a federal fire exemption later this year.
Updated: 12:12 AM Police say a fight between neighbors ends in shots being fired. Now one man is fighting for his life.
Updated: 11:13 PM The UK basketball team had several chances to tie the game in the closing seconds, but still fell short Sunday in Knoxville.
Updated: 11:54 AM The vehicle traveled 150 feet over an embankment on a rural mine access road.
Updated: 2:45 PM ... House Speaker Jody Richards says legislators want to find ways to avoid making education funding cuts in the state's next two-year budget that starts July 1.
Updated: 1:58 PM ... bill sponsored by state Rep. Robin Webb would make it tougher for the public or attorneys to gain access to a variety of records related to juvenile facilities
Updated: 12:00 PM Police describe the suspect as possibly a Hispanic male, wearing dark clothing, armed with a .38 caliber pistol.
Updated: 4:37 PM The accident occured Saturday evening on Ky. 80 in the Martin area.
Updated: 12:03 AM Tornadoes and incredible straight line winds cut a frightening swath through Kentucky last month, prompting a presidential disaster declaration. Now the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance are trying make it easy for victims to get relief.
Updated: 4:02 PM The coroner tells 27 NEWSFIRST Betty Jane Chrisman, 72, and Wayne Chrisman, 74, were found in their home on Big Hill Avenue in Richmond. He says the letter carrier called police when he realized the couple had not picked up their mail in days.
Updated: 12:08 AM A crime alert in Lexington after a Mexican grocery store is robbed at gunpoint Saturday night.
Updated: 12:04 AM Several Lexington families are looking for new places to live after fire tore through their apartment building.
Updated: 2:18 PM Police say Clarence Tester should be considered armed and dangerous.
Posted: 12:52 PM ...likely pocketed more than $10,000
Updated: 12:45 PM ...as sexual orientation language to its non-discrimination policy
Posted: 12:34 PM ... foundation problems cause concerns
Updated: 1:19 PM Officials say they found human remains in a burned out mobile home.
Updated: 1:20 PM Some are questioning why more than $85,000 that was given is sitting unspent in a Bardstown bank account, when they say it could be used to help the survivors and their families.
Updated: 9:07 AM ... expert says does'nt mean problem bigger... might be a more accuate number
Posted: 8:36 AM ...The recovery center in Lexington will be at the Campbell House, 1375 South Broadway. It will be open starting Monday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., until further notice
Updated: 8:26 AM ...Cabinet for Health and Family Services will have to allocate more money to the programs
Posted: 8:09 AM ...legislative leaders hoping to find additional revenue for education despite projections that Kentucky faces a $900 million revenue shortfall over the next two years.
Updated: 11:56 AM ...the state, the University of Kentucky and city of Lexington to build a new $129 million mental health hospital.
Posted: 11:36 PM Police say a three year child was beaten and forced to drink a large amount of alcohol.
