Posted: 2:15 PM An amusement park ride where a girl's lower legs were severed by a broken cable was not designed to stop automatically in case the cable snapped, the park's maintenance chief said in a deposition.
Posted: 1:37 PM Lake Cumberland's diminished water levels could start rising slightly next year as workers continue to repair a leaking dam that holds back the massive reservoir in southern Kentucky.
Updated: 6:00 PM A student at an eastern Kentucky high school set off firecrackers in her pocket Wednesday morning, leading officials to dismiss school, the superintendent said.
Posted: 10:22 PM The federal government has released $274 million to clean up abandoned coal mine sites that are posing a threat to the public and the environment, twice the amount that had been available in the previous fiscal year.
Posted: 10:17 PM Officials in Breathitt County say they're just a signature away from building new water lines for hundreds of people in the Watts community.
Updated: 8:57 PM He's accused of murder and Tuesday, on the first day of his trial, the victim's mother testified against him. The trial for Don Reed was moved to Letcher County from Magoffin County.
Posted: 6:25 PM Police say the 24-year-old Lindsey Metts was near Smitty Mart in Frankfort when a van pulled up behind her and several men jumped out and robbed her.
Updated: 7:03 PM Firefighters and haz-mat crews spent much of the afternoon on Tuesday working to contain a diesel fuel leak in a Fayette County creek. They say thousands of gallons of fuel could be in the water
Updated: 7:40 PM An academic cheating scandal could leave Florida State without as many as 25 players when the Seminoles go against Kentucky in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 31.
Posted: 1:37 PM After months of collecting donations, families are dropping by to pick up food baskets and gifts at the Salvation Army Christmas Center on South Broadway.
Updated: 6:00 PM Police in Laurel County now say they know the identity of a man found in a burned out barrel in the Lily community this summer. They're releasing his identity, just a day after the man charged in that murder pleaded guilty.
Updated: 7:05 PM The Owningsville Police Department says school officials were doing routine locker checks at Bath County High when they discovered an ammunition belt in a student's locker.