Posted: 5:59 PM A former Lexington mayor is on the short list of people being considered to lead Georgetown College.

Updated: 8:11 AM Louisville police are not planning major security upgrades at this year's Kentucky Derby in the wake of the Boston terror attack, but they are asking track visitors to be vigilant on race day.

Updated: 2:14 PM Five new members have been inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. The ceremoney took place Tuesday afternoon during a luncheon sponsored by the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications Association at The Thoroughbred Center in Lexington.

Updated: 2:07 PM Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is still wrestling with the idea of seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in next year's election.

Posted: 5:59 PM The investigation of Richie Farmer for fraud and violations throughout his eight years as Agriculture Commissioner began on the request of the current Agriculture Commissioner: James Comer.

Updated: 7:43 AM Governor Steve Beshear today ceremonially signed House Bill 172, a measure to encourage schools to keep emergency medication on hand for children who can suffer severe, life-threatening allergic reactions.

Posted: 2:57 PM The president of Morehead State University says a smaller than expected tuition increase ceiling from the state will put pressure on the school's budget.

Posted: 2:18 PM The White House says President Barack Obama supports a bill to give states more authority to collect sales tax from Internet retailers.

Updated: 4:08 PM Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill - a crime that carries a possible death sentence.

Posted: 2:01 PM Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says he believes the federal justice system is "fully capable of prosecuting" a 19-year-old man suspected of detonating deadly bombs at the Boston Marathon.

Updated: 10:53 AM Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Len Peters says the state is working on a plan to curb water pollution.

Updated: 1:17 PM The McConnell campaign will begin airing a statewide TV spot on Friday that seizes on a secret recording of the senator that is tied to a liberal super PAC.

Posted: 3:46 PM A Kentucky basketball icon turned politician could be the subject of a federal grand jury meeting on Friday.

Posted: 11:16 PM U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers are praising the Food and Drug Administration's decision requiring generic versions of OxyContin to be tamper-resistant.

Updated: 5:03 PM Fire officials from across the state have begun discussing ways Kentuckians can stop the rising number of accidental fire deaths, which have claimed 30 people so far this year.

Updated: 11:44 AM President Barack Obama says the explosions at the Boston Marathon are being investigated as an act of terror, although authorities still don't know who is responsible.

Updated: 6:51 PM Actress Ashley Judd had purchased a house in the northeastern Kentucky city of Ashland when she was considering running for U.S. Senate.

Posted: 4:24 PM One of the men tied to a secret recording of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell has set up a fund to pay his legal bills.

Posted: 1:27 PM Gov. Steve Beshear could be weeks away from deciding whether to expand the state's Medicaid program to cover, by some estimates, an additional 300,000 Kentuckians.

Posted: 12:24 PM Gov. Steve Beshear says he won't run against U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell despite encouragement from lots of people do so.

Updated: 5:18 PM Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed a union leader to take over as his labor secretary effective May 15.

Posted: 5:37 PM Actress Ashley Judd isn't the only one who has been in the political crosshairs of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.

Updated: 6:55 PM First Lady Michelle Obama will be one of the speakers at Eastern Kentucky University's spring commencement ceremonies.

Posted: 10:24 AM Most drones would be prohibited in Kentucky under a proposal that a state representative wants to take up in the next legislative session.

Updated: 7:41 AM Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has joined U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida in introducing legislation that would allow states to return unwanted federal funds to the Treasury to help pay down the national debt.