Posted: 12:17 AM A new report on Kentucky coal by an environmental group is urging lawmakers to consider the full human health impacts of mining, burning and disposing of the state's primary energy source.

Posted: 12:15 AM Two Kentucky men who say they were sexually assaulted by comedian Andy Dick at a West Virginia nightclub in 2010 have filed a civil lawsuit seeking unspecified damages.

Posted: 12:11 AM A new report on teacher quality released Wednesday says Kentucky has made very little progress in the past two years.

Posted: 11:31 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - He may not be able to get his proposals through a divided Congress -- but President Barack Obama is hoping that the ideas he outlined in his State of the Union speech have been heard by voters.

Posted: 11:06 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Lexington man protesting a legislative redistricting bill signed into law last week has been arrested after a disturbance in the state Capitol.

Updated: 12:13 AM Sheriff's Deputies from many counties joined together to form an honor for fallen deputy, James Thacker, that stretched for miles.

Updated: 10:54 PM A Johnson County business has been robbed for the second time in less than two weeks.

Updated: 2:23 PM One city in Knox County could be joining the other 27 cities in the state that have become an oasis in the desert, or a wet city within a dry county. Officials from the Alcohol and Beverage Control came to talk to residents about what the vote could mean.

Posted: 10:41 PM A trial date is set for a Perry County woman charged with murder and attempted murder.

Posted: 10:34 PM Local law enforcement spent Tuesday morning rounding up alleged criminals in Perry, Knott, and Leslie Counties.

Posted: 12:06 AM A penguin, brought into the Kentucky Senate Tuesday afternoon didn't react the way Kentucky Senate President David Williams expected.

Updated: 10:18 PM Deputy Thacker's death has had a big impact all across Pike County. Other law enforcement agencies in the area are also feeling the loss.

Updated: 10:21 PM For supporters, it seems like it is an easy answer. Use $13 million in multi-county coal severance money to fund the University of Pikeville so it can become a public, state university. But several county officials are not in support of the idea because they do not want to see coal severance money leave their county.

Posted: 5:57 PM The city council voted 11-1 on Monday to pass the ordinance that would ban smoking in enclosed public areas within the city.

Updated: 6:51 PM A man is arrested after firing shots at his brothers car.

Posted: 5:36 PM Crews continue to re-build a bridge that was washed away by flooding last Friday, but until a new bridge is built the folks living on tunnel road have to walk miles in order to leave their homes.

Posted: 12:08 AM Lexington Mayor Jim Gray talks about everything from negotiations with city employees over health care to the proposed Rupp Arena renovation.

Updated: 10:06 AM Pike County Sheriff's Deputy James I. Thacker died while on duty after a car crash Monday night near Marrowbone on U.S. 460.

Posted: 9:51 AM The final two units returned from Africa and Afghanistan over the weekend. They will come back to West Virginia this week after completing demobilization in Mississippi and Indiana.

Posted: 9:48 AM Dewey Rose was shot in the face and his wife, Gaynell, was beaten so badly that police found her unresponsive on her kitchen floor.

Updated: 9:57 AM Sheriff's deputies got a call Monday on Blue Hole Branch Road in the Kay Jay community about a possible shooting.

Posted: 9:38 AM Officers with the Kentucky State Police say they got a tip on the possible location of some items stolen from Elmo Greer and Son's construction company in London.

Posted: 12:25 AM Cat fans proved they are serious about bleeding blue by outscoring the Gators 357 to 281 on the first day of Big Blue Slam.

Posted: 12:19 AM A small-town Kentucky mayor was shot dead early Monday in his home, and the police chief said it stemmed from a dispute with the stepson of a woman the mayor had dated.

Posted: 12:11 AM Since taking office Sheriff John Root of Laurel County declared a war on drugs, and one year later the campaign appears to be effective.