Posted: 12:10 AM The State Board of Elections has fired longtime director Sarah Ball Johnson effective at the end of this week.

Posted: 12:09 AM A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling in Kentucky allowing a limit on merit-based scholarships for high school athletes at private schools.

Updated: 3:10 PM More than 130,000 people have signed the petition calling for action against the Mercer County school officials Sandra Baker says put her nine-year-old autistic son, Christopher into a bag as punishment.

Posted: 12:04 AM Wednesday folks with The Salvation Army say they are about $6,000 short of making their goal of $450,000.

Posted: 4:47 AM A Lexington veteran fresh off a deployment in Iraq is back in Kentucky and spending the holidays with family for the first time in years, and they all got treated to a special night at a local restaurant.

Posted: 6:49 PM A southern Kentucky man who was severely burned in a house fire has died from his injuries.

Posted: 6:48 PM The upcoming budget cycle is expected to be the "most challenging" yet.

Posted: 6:46 PM Gov. Steve Beshear says he intends to "very aggressively" push for a constitutional amendment in the upcoming legislative session to legalize additional forms of gambling.

Posted: 6:44 PM The State Board of Elections has fired longtime director Sarah Ball Johnson effective at the end of this week.

Posted: 6:42 PM State Highway Patrol dispatchers say four people on board a small plane were hurt when it crashed in southwest Ohio.

Updated: 7:10 PM Pikeville Police say 21 year old Daniel Gillispie stabbed 21 year old Tommy Bray Tuesday night at an apartment building on Poplar Street in Pikeville.

Posted: 5:48 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - If you have a New Year's resolution to get healthier, four Kentucky parks are offering a good way to get started.

Posted: 5:46 PM Number one on the governor's list is attracting and protecting jobs

Posted: 5:41 PM A doctor hired by Sarah Melton's attorneys says the 42 year old woman is competent.

Posted: 5:37 PM Tuesday night, A KSP Vehicle Enforcement officer responded to the wreck on the Hal Rogers Parkway in Laurel County, just east of London.

Posted: 5:26 PM Ronald David Green was arrested last week when a clerk at a Kentucky gas station told police he was heading back to Wise County.

Posted: 5:18 PM Police say 22 year old Ethan Mavity is behind seven burglaries in the Whitley City area on Christmas Eve.

Posted: 5:07 PM OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - Police in western Kentucky have charged a convenience store owner after making undercover purchases of substances known as synthetic marijuana.

Posted: 5:01 PM The move is due to a directive from the U.S. Army, which is reducing its civilian workforce by 8,700 positions by Sept. 30, 2012.

Updated: 5:31 PM They use the old trees to make better habitats for for fish by dumping them in lakes all across Eastern Kentucky.

Updated: 8:00 PM The Kentucky Supreme Court says legislators need to amend a state law that violates the rights of coal miners, specifically miners suffering from black lung disease.

Posted: 4:46 PM Officials say the attempted robbery happened in the Happy Hollow Road area.

Updated: 7:06 PM Seventeen people are behind bars this evening after a Jackson County drug roundup. W-Y-M-T's Maisie Insko rode along with the sheriff's office as they showed alleged drug dealers what they can expect in the New Year.

Updated: 5:08 PM Rescue crews have just pulled three trapped workers from Young Mine in New Market.

Posted: 7:07 AM Police arrested Shane Howard, 20, of Allen and Travis Fields, 20, of Pikeville shortly after the hold-up Tuesday night.