Posted: 12:18 AM Lawmakers seeks to create a sales tax-free shopping weekend shortly before the start of school for Kentucky’s elementary, secondary and postsecondary students.

Posted: 12:12 AM Senator Johnny Ray Turner says he wants to serve another term in the State Senate.

Posted: 12:07 AM State Police arrest a second person in connection with a Bell County murder.

Updated: 11:21 AM A 13-year-old girl was killed in a car accident allegedly caused by her father, who police said was driving under the influence.

Posted: 11:39 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Power Co. is asking the Public Service Commission to approve its plans to spend about $940 million at its Big Sandy Power Plant in eastern Kentucky.

Posted: 11:24 PM Two men charged in a Rockcastle County murder went before a judge Monday.

Posted: 8:22 PM (CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - Unprecedented cuts by the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service will slow first-class delivery next spring and, for the first time in 40 years, eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day.

Posted: 8:08 PM State police are investigating money missing from the Lynch Police Department in Harlan County.

Posted: 8:06 PM A Knox County man has been arrested for murder.

Posted: 7:58 PM Several people were severely injured in a wreck including the Pike County Clerk and two children.

Updated: 6:47 PM With a lawsuit filed, a water dispute between Floyd and Knott County officials is heating up in court.

Posted: 6:54 PM Two Ohio tourists imprisoned for a month on public drunkenness charges in New Orleans' notorious Orleans Parish Prison in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina may get $650,000 in damages if a federal appellate court rules in their favor.

Posted: 6:52 PM U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth has hired a Louisville native and former writer and editor at a Louisville alternative publication as his new communications director.

Posted: 6:51 PM Kentucky Secretary of State Elaine Walker will move to the state Department of Parks next month when she leaves office after 11 months.

Posted: 6:48 PM An 88-year-old man who was burned in a Louisville house fire just before Thanksgiving has died.

Posted: 6:45 PM Several people were severely injured in a wreck including the Pike County Clerk and two children.

Updated: 7:13 PM Recent thefts in Letcher County have left one company searching for $20,000 worth of equipment.

Updated: 6:46 PM Pikeville Police say they caught an eight months pregnant woman shooting up drugs in a car behind a fast food restaurant.

Posted: 5:19 PM RENO, Nev. (AP) - A Nevada woman says she was fired as a baggage handler at Reno-Tahoe International Airport last month after she refused to load an emaciated hunting dog on a plane.

Posted: 5:17 PM NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City man accused of crafting a homemade bomb in a plot to attack government buildings is set to learn next month whether he's been indicted in the state terrorism case.

Posted: 5:15 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two Ohio tourists imprisoned for a month on public drunkenness charges in New Orleans' notorious Orleans Parish Prison in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina may get $650,000 in damages if a federal appellate court rules in their favor.

Updated: 5:21 PM FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Secretary of State Elaine Walker will move to the state Department of Parks next month when she leaves office after 11 months.

Posted: 5:10 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - An environmental group is suing a pair of Kentucky farmers over subsidies they received for growing corn and soybeans during a two-year period in Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in western Kentucky.

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Posted: 8:13 AM It happened along Fuller Ridge Road in Fallsburg Sunday.