Posted: 11:59 PM Vans that carry 15 or fewer passengers would be required to have seat belts under a Senate measure that has passed the Kentucky House.

Posted: 12:01 AM A bill that would allow parents to send their children to the schools nearest their homes has passed the Senate.

Updated: 7:57 PM A husband, wife, and their adult son are accused of running a chop shop in Johnson County.

Posted: 6:35 PM Four people are behind bars after a meth lab bust in Laurel County.

Updated: 6:33 PM The search continues for a Pike County inmate who escaped from work release three weeks ago.

Posted: 6:24 PM The trial date for a Perry County man who allegedly shot three people last year is set.

Updated: 11:56 PM Some Kentucky school children are reaching out to help those impacted by the tornadoes.

Posted: 6:13 PM We now know the funeral arrangements for a Pike County man who was shot and killed Monday.

Posted: 6:11 PM Officials with one southeastern Kentucky school district are taking a new look at their emergency dismissal plan.

Posted: 5:48 PM The top U.S. Commander in Afghanistan was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

Updated: 11:32 PM One Martin County church says it's lucky to be standing after a tornado ripped through it's community, and they are trying to help rebuild.

Posted: 5:28 PM A strong earthquake rattled folks in parts of Mexico Tuesday afternoon.

Posted: 5:23 PM Voters headed to the polls in Illinois on Tuesday to choose a Republican presidential nominee.

Posted: 11:57 PM Even people who were lucky enough to have no storm damage from the tornado that tore through East Bernstadt back on March 2 said that storm was just too close to home, so they've decided to do something.

Posted: 5:11 PM An attorney for the family of a slain Florida teenager says there is proof that Trayvon Martin was not the aggressor when he was shot and killed.

Posted: 4:57 PM Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) announced that President Obama has extended the recent federal disaster declaration to include more counties

Posted: 4:42 PM House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on Tuesday released his proposed 2013 budget.

Posted: 4:44 PM Representatives from Keeneland and Maker's Mark unveiled the sixteenth edition of it's signature charitable bottle series.

Posted: 7:21 AM The March 15 storms caused significant damage and destruction across parts of Southern West Virginia, and damage-assessment teams are evaluating the storms' effects. The heavy rain caused flooding, mudslides and landslides.

Posted: 7:22 AM The Louisville track on Tuesday is changing signs on the grandstand and the winner's stand announcing the 138th Kentucky Derby, set for May 5.

Posted: 6:49 AM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Executive Branch Ethics Commission has concluded that the incoming head of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission can be involving in the thoroughbred racing industry in other states without creating a conflict of interest.

Posted: 6:35 AM Assistant Attorney General Amye L. Bensenhaver issued that finding late last week and released it to the public on Monday.

Updated: 6:32 AM Investigators say the driver, 44-year old James Price of London, had snorted hydrocodone, ingested meth and cocaine and smoked marijuana before crashing head-on into a tree.

Updated: 12:46 AM Keyla Snowden hit a jumper and two free throws in the final 18 seconds, and second-seeded Kentucky held off Green Bay 65-62 Monday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Posted: 12:08 AM It's a home that looks like many others, but it's built to withstand winds that match the highest category of tornadoes.