Updated: 4:17 PM Looks like there's double trouble for drivers this Memorial day weekend.

Posted: 9:06 PM President Bush has picked a Kentucky cardiologist who is interested in fighting childhood obesity to be the nation's next surgeon general, the White House announced on Thursday.

Posted: 9:00 PM Smoking is forbidden in nearly three out of four U.S. households, a dramatic increase from the 43 percent of homes that prohibited smoking a decade ago, the federal government reported Thursday.

Posted: 8:57 PM The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of a heavily armed gunman who opened fire on a couple out for a leisurely four-wheeler ride along a remote mountain trail, killing the wife and critically injuring the husband.

Posted: 8:54 PM MySpace.com has handed over information on 68 convicted sex offenders from Kentucky who were found on the popular social networking site, Attorney General Greg Stumbo said Thursday.

Posted: 8:51 PM More high school students are staying in school, graduating and moving on to college according to the state Department of Education.

Posted: 8:48 PM Police say people have used fake twenty and one hundred dollar bills in at least two businesses in Leslie County and they suspect there are more out there.

Posted: 8:44 PM Officials say a portion of a bridge fell off leaving a 3 foot hole in the west bound lane.

Updated: 11:07 PM After a plea deal was rejected last week for two teens accused of shooting and killing horses in Pike County, now they say they're not guilty and want a trial.

Updated: 9:52 PM Officials say Robert Brewer, a teacher at Campton Elementary is facing 2 counts of molestation with a minor and 2 counts of sexual abuse of a child under 12.

Posted: 8:30 PM Kevin Rowe is serving a life sentence after he shot a couple on an ATV trail.

Updated: 9:24 PM Gas prices are above three dollars a gallon across the region and some predict this is just the beginning.

Posted: 6:43 PM Democratic gubernatorial nominee Steve Beshear says he is recommending State Treasurer Jonathan Miller to head the Kentucky Democratic Party.

Updated: 5:15 PM A Wolfe County elementary school teacher indicted by a grand jury on sex-related charges was arrested Thursday night.

Updated: 6:11 PM Only 27 NEWSFIRST had cameras rolling as Clarence David Mullins was taken into custody Thursday night for the murder of Bradden Collopy. The coroner says the little boy died of severe blunt trauma to the head.

Posted: 1:38 PM The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday denied a new trial for a gunman who opened fire on a couple out for a leisurely ride on an all-terrain vehicle along a remote mountain trail, killing the wife and critically injuring the husband.

Updated: 1:33 PM A chemical company was ordered by a south-central Kentucky jury to pay $122 million to an insulation plant where seven people were killed in an explosion four years ago.

Updated: 1:28 PM The Kentucky Supreme Court has overturned the sexual abuse conviction of a former priest.

Posted: 1:22 PM The Fort Thomas-based Army Reserve 478th Engineering Battalion is deploying today for Iraq.

Updated: 7:01 PM The Kentucky Department of Education has released the 2005-06 nonacademic data for public schools.

Updated: 9:08 AM A unique automobile first built in Lexington is 1909 will be on display at 215 West Main Street on Thursday, May 24th at 6:00pm.

Updated: 6:36 PM At just over 17 inches tall, the miniature horse is more inclined to walk under fences than jump them. As the world's smallest horse, 5-year-old Thumbelina, weighing in at 57 pounds, has a bigger mission: to raise $1 million for children's charities this year.

Updated: 8:49 AM A woman in Blue Licks says crooks stripped the bark off nearly 100 trees on her property.

Updated: 12:12 AM Kentucky State Police announced at 11am this morning an arrest has been made in the murders of a Carter County mother and her two daughters. The suspect is from West Virginia, where police say he was a registered sex offender.

Updated: 7:00 AM They're small, quick and easy to use. But as one Central Kentucky college student learned, the convenience of credit versus cash can cost you.