Updated: 1:43 PM A Johnson County man was killed Friday when he apparently lost control of his car and struck a tractor-trailer in Knott County near the community of Raven.

Updated: 1:56 PM In elementary and secondary classrooms across Kentucky, teachers have harassed, molested -- and in the worst cases -- sexually assaulted students they were supposed to nurture and protect.

Updated: 1:58 PM State regulators have approved a six-point-four percent rate increase for Delta Natural Gas, which serves much of eastern Kentucky.

Updated: 1:56 PM A former member of Governor Fletcher's administration is facing ten counts of ethics violations for his alleged role in the merit system scandal.

Updated: 1:57 PM Kentucky State Police report the two men who escaped from the Frankfort Career Development Center, a state minimum security in Franklin County, have been arrested in Floyd County.

Updated: 1:59 PM Governor Ernie Fletcher has lifted a statewide burning ban in light of recent rain showers that have decreased wildfire risks, reports the Lexington Herald-Leader in its Saturday edition.

Updated: 2:00 PM The Lexington Herald-Leader is reporting the statewide drought has forced state officials to issue a water shortage warning for Eastern Kentucky's Harlan and Letcher counties and the Elkhorn Creek watershed area in Pike County.

Updated: 11:18 AM Danville Police have arrested and jailed a suspect and are investigating an assault that injured a local juvenile, beaten with a police-style baton.

Updated: 2:14 PM The state will install 16 weather sirens throughout four eastern Kentucky counties that lay below troubled Wolf Creek Dam, Gov. Ernie Fletcher said Friday.

Updated: 2:03 PM A Kentucky National Guard soldier from western Kentucky has been charged with murder in the shooting death of another guardsman.

Updated: 2:04 PM A western Kentucky man has been charged with two counts of first-degree manslaughter after allegedly shooting two men.

Updated: 2:05 PM The Kentucky State Police in Dry Ridge are investigating an escape from the Campbell County Detention Center.

Updated: 12:25 AM A special benefit was held Friday night to raise money for a 13-year old Lexington girl who suffers from a rare spinal condition.

Posted: 7:00 PM A man is in jail in Southern Kentucky for downloading child pornography right in front of police.

Updated: 2:18 PM New information in the death of a 10-year-old Lexington girl. The coroner now says Ivy Freeman died from asphyxiation due to hanging.

Updated: 7:08 PM Two months after a Montgomery County man is found dead inside his home, police still search for a killer and the victim's family wants answers.

Posted: 6:34 PM For the first time in over 200 years, services were held at a historic Stanford church.

Posted: 6:03 PM The statewide drought has forced state officials to issue a water shortage warning for eastern Kentucky's Harlan and Letcher counties and the Elkhorn Creek watershed in Pike County.

Updated: 7:12 PM Police say John Phillips is accused of murdering a man some say was a friend.

Posted: 5:59 PM Officials say an employee at Stanton Elementary School has been diagnosed with MRSA. We're told that employee did not contract the infection at the school.

Updated: 5:59 PM The man held up the Farmers National Bank in the Berry community just before ten on Friday morning. Police say he left the scene on a black scooter or moped.

Posted: 2:30 PM Law enforcement officers from eight states are in southeastern Kentucky today for training in school shootings.

Updated: 6:24 PM A man with a violent history, charged with killing a young central Kentucky boy, now knows when he'll head to trial.

Updated: 6:25 PM A Lexington firefighter who suffered serious burns while battling a house fire continues his recovery.

Updated: 6:23 PM Today, a special memorial service honoring the life of legendary race horse was held at the Kentucky Horse Park.