Posted: 7:50 AM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A judge has ruled that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services must pay more than $16,000 in penalties to three newspapers plus about $57,000 in attorneys' fees over access to records concerning children who were killed or nearly killed from abuse and neglect.

Updated: 3:33 PM Investigators call it a horrible accident. They say a man working on his garbage truck ended up being crushed to death inside it.

Updated: 11:34 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney perpetuated one unsubstantiated claim, about his record at Bain Capital, and more or less corrected himself on another, about President Barack Obama's health care law, in the latest Republican presidential debate.

Posted: 11:07 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A lawyer for the Department of Agriculture says former Commissioner Richie Farmer has returned two laptop computers that had been issued to him in 2010.

Posted: 11:45 PM Negotiators trying to hammer out a deal on congressional redistricting in Kentucky have taken a break from their talks but plan to resume Friday morning.

Posted: 11:46 PM One of country music's biggest stars is bringing some more fun to Music City.

Updated: 2:41 AM After months of discussion, there is finally an agreement between the Harlan County and independent school systems on rules concerning who can attend which district.

Updated: 10:32 PM Three eastern Kentucky road projects are among those included in the governor's road plan.

Posted: 9:27 PM A judge has ruled that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services must pay more than $16,000 in penalties to three newspapers.

Posted: 9:22 PM Kentucky is reporting that the state unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent in December, a three-year low.

Posted: 9:09 PM A lawyer for the Department of Agriculture says former Commissioner Richie Farmer has returned two laptop computers that had been issued to him in 2010.

Posted: 8:59 PM It can't be grown now becuase of federal laws, but some are pushing for changes that could pave the way for new products and jobs in the state.

Updated: 8:22 PM A final good-bye to a fallen soldier, Private First Class Dustin Napier's funeral was held in London Thursday.

Posted: 7:41 PM Many Magoffin County natural gas customers say they do not have reliable heat this winter.

Updated: 10:48 PM The mayor says the Salyersville Water Treatment Plant is still more than $100,000 in debt! City council members are looking for ways to make-up the deficit and say a water rate increase is possible.

Updated: 6:30 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Indoor smoking in public places would be illegal everywhere in Kentucky under a law proposed by a state legislator.

Updated: 6:13 PM LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway is calling for closer monitoring and tighter registration for doctors who prescribe painkillers.

Posted: 4:48 PM A northeastern Kentucky man has been charged with attempted murder stemming from a car bombing that allegedly targeted his wife in an Ashland parking garage.

Posted: 4:39 PM A southeastern volunteer fire department is back in compliance with state regulations.

Updated: 6:34 PM The University of Pikeville is a private university striving to become public but funding has to be in place to do that.

Posted: 4:28 PM The Senate Judiciary Committee has heard more testimony on whether pseudoephedrine cold and allergy medicines should require a prescription.

Posted: 4:25 PM Lawmakers have given final approval to a legislative redistricting plan that now goes to Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear for consideration.

Posted: 4:15 PM In a time when racial tensions were high, he unified a diverse football team causing them to put aside their prejudice and win a few football games along with it. On Wednesday former T.C. Williams Football Coach Herman Boone, whose story was captured in the Disney film "Remember the Titans," motivated students at Union College.

Updated: 10:48 PM It is a day to honor a fallen hero. Family and friends of Private First Class Dustin Napier are celebrating his life.

Updated: 3:49 PM NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The race for the Republican presidential nomination is veering toward South Carolina surreal.