Posted: 7:50 AM A dozen people were arrested Thursday and are now facing drug charges. Overall, police are working to arrest 17 people.

Posted: 7:46 AM The Food and Drug Administration is detaining imports of cucumbers from a Mexican company after they were linked to salmonella illnesses in 18 states.

Posted: 7:49 AM A friend of a Mississippi man whose home was searched as part of an investigation of poisoned letters sent to the president and others says the man is trying to escape the media spotlight.

Posted: 7:47 AM Internet shoppers are moving closer to paying sales taxes for their online purchases. But the fight is far from over.

Posted: 7:50 AM The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect has been released from a civilian hospital and transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts.

Posted: 7:48 AM The idea behind the Tampa Women's Club charity event was simple. For $20, you could buy a flute of champagne and a chance to win a one-carat, $5,000 diamond.

Updated: 6:49 PM Officials have not released the identity of the victim of a fatal house fire in Cranks. One man says he is sure that the victim is his mom.

Updated: 6:35 PM Former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner and basketball icon Richie Farmer pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges that he misused $450,000 in state money.

Updated: 12:44 PM The crash happened late Thursday afternoon on Highway 15 near the Bethany community of Wolfe County.

Posted: 12:09 AM The Claiborne County, Tennessee man accused in the death of a Middlesboro teenager has been found not guilty. 68-year-old David Wayne Rowland was acquitted of reckless homicide and criminally negligent homicide.

Posted: 8:09 AM Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday.

Updated: 9:52 PM Approval came without dissent, and long after many senators had left the Capitol for a week-long vacation.

Updated: 8:46 PM The 911 calls of a deadly Perry County house fire on Couchtown Road reveal that the fire may not have been accidental.

Updated: 9:51 PM The 2013 East Kentucky Leadership Award for Culture and Arts goes to Robert Gipe and Higher Ground.

Updated: 9:51 PM The 2013 East Kentucky Leadership Award for media goes to Matt Jones.

Updated: 9:52 PM Brock says during his seven years as judge-executive he has reached several goals, such as renovating the county's animal shelter and increasing the adoption rate. But he also promotes teamwork.

Updated: 9:53 PM The 2013 Eastern Kentucky Leadership Tony Turner Award goes to Peggy Satterly.

Updated: 6:33 PM Two men are behind bars after police say they were acting suspicious outside Johns Creek Elementary School.

Updated: 5:14 PM The Keep Kentucky Kids Safe Program is an initiative by Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway. The program aims to stop high school students from becoming the next generation of prescription drug abusers.

Posted: 3:44 PM The Kentucky Retirement Systems and six professional associations sued the state in Franklin Circuit Court over a 2008 law that sought to stop people from retiring, then quickly returning to employment by the state.

Posted: 3:40 PM The court released the 3-3 vote on Thursday on whether to halt a lower court decision ordering the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to open the cases. The tie vote let the lower court decision stand.

Updated: 10:20 PM The Appalachian Pregnancy Care Center opened its doors in 2007 as a place of refuge for young Eastern Kentuckians facing an unplanned pregnancy.

Updated: 7:32 PM James Jasper came to court with his minister and attorney and entered a not guilty plea on an assault charge.

Updated: 4:27 PM The dedication ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center has begun.

Posted: 8:10 AM The Governor's Office of Early Childhood is making nearly $200,000 available to strengthen early childhood advisory councils and to promote school readiness.