Updated: 1:17 PM A church youth group leader in Floyd County is accused of inappropriate behavior with a young girl.

Posted: 3:25 PM Air conditioners are running at full speed, with people trying to keep cool. That has power companies in Kentucky generating record amounts of electricity.

Updated: 3:07 PM Governor Ernie Fletcher and the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) are advising Kentuckians to follow some common-sense safety tips to keep your cool during this period of extreme heat.

Updated: 1:42 PM An off-duty sheriff's deputy and his grandson are recovering after being involved in a crash this morning.

Posted: 11:57 AM A man is in the hospital suffering from broken bones after a crash in Bourbon County.

Updated: 11:24 PM With temperatures climbing into record setting highs, Mayor Jim Newberry took several steps to offer heat relief to citizens, including opening heat relief stations and cutting admission prices to pools.

Updated: 3:38 PM Barry Bonds hit No. 756 to the deepest part of the ballpark Tuesday night becoming baseball's new home run king.

Updated: 8:40 AM Until today, the Madison County Health Department was the only one in Kentucky to consider a smoking ban, then approve it. Now, the Hopkins County Health Department is taking up the issue.

Updated: 11:17 AM An escapee from a Danville prison in back in custody.

Updated: 8:37 AM A four-year old is safe after the car he was sleeping in was stolen. Now the boy's mother and one of her acquaintances face charges.

Posted: 11:42 PM Nicholasville police are looking for a convicted sex offender. Chadwick Bascum Purvis, 31, is wanted for being non-compliant to the state's sex offender registry.

Updated: 8:44 AM A Southern Kentucky teenager is dead and her brother is in the hospital after a crash this afternoon.

Updated: 8:42 AM Record-setting heat is gripping Kentucky and much of the central part of the country. The heat has people across the state making concessions, from preparing for home football games to opening homeless shelters.

Updated: 8:47 AM The Energy Department says it'll be a little less painful filling your gas tank.

Posted: 6:40 PM Officials say they're investigating reports of abuse.

Posted: 6:36 PM Police say he did not re-register after being evicted from his home.

Updated: 6:20 PM Drivers may soon see something new along the interstate, signs telling then to move it.

Posted: 5:51 PM Officials say 46-year-old Thomas Vascotto, of Cynthiana, traveled to Pennsylvania to have sex with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl. The girl was actually an undercover agent.

Updated: 5:58 PM Days after she was pulled off a plane at Blue Grass Airport a flight attendant, accused of drinking on the job and threatening the pilot, is now out of jail.

Updated: 4:53 PM Besehar announces major health care plan and draws criticism from opponent Fletcher that his gambling proposal might jeopardize health care in Kentucky

Updated: 3:00 PM It's not a horse with no name, but a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a filly can't be called "Sally Hemings."

Posted: 2:06 PM A luxury home appliance manufacturer has announced plans to locate a new factory in Richmond. The company reports it will create an estimated 100 new, full-time jobs and invest $35.5 million in the commonwealth.

Updated: 7:00 PM 22 year old Stacey Johnson is accused of abandoning her baby at an eastern Kentucky courthouse, after asking an inmate to watch her.

Posted: 12:04 PM Some northern Kentucky teens are being credited with saving the lives of people inside a burning building.

Updated: 7:03 PM State Medical Examiner Emily Craig and other officials were on the scene on Tuesday at a garage in Paris where six-year-old Wesley Mullins' body was found this weekend.