Posted: 5:24 AM Governor Steve Beshear called for the session so lawmakers can pass a road budget and prescription abuse bill.

Updated: 5:22 PM A man will serve two more weeks in jail for pleading guilty to second degree murder.

Updated: 9:02 AM The City of Gatlinburg hosts a family-friendly event featuring a rock wall and trip giveaway, educates youth on black bears and provides Gatlinburg building black bears to Kosair Children's Hospital.

Updated: 7:28 AM Gov. Steve Beshear will call a special legislative session to begin Monday to allow lawmakers consider a transportation budget that would provide funding needed for a $4.5 billion highway construction plan.

Updated: 12:38 PM Firefighters in Franklin County say two people went to the hospital following a house fire Monday morning.

Posted: 5:54 AM Heavy construction equipment is being moved onto Pfeiffer Fish Hatchery property in Franklin County, and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources says a popular fishing access point to Elkhorn Creek will close indefinitely as a result.

Updated: 10:00 AM TEDxLex co-organizer, Michelle Lowe will head to Doha, Qatar in 2 weeks to represent Lexington, Kentucky

Updated: 11:30 PM Police arrested William Durham, 59, and charged him with three counts of attempted murder.

Updated: 7:27 PM Police removed eight dogs from a Frankfort home.

Updated: 9:52 AM Today, Agriculture Commissioner James Comer issued a warning that weather conditions are ripe for an outbreak of West Nile Virus and cited State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Stout’s advice that Kentucky equine owners should consult their veterinarians about vaccinating their horses against the disease.

Posted: 8:34 AM Despite Serious Allergy Burden in Kentucky, Lawmakers Considering Unpopular Restrictions to Certain Allergy Medicines.

Updated: 8:28 AM April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and Kentucky leads the way...in blanketing our Commonwealth in blue and silver pinwheels. The blue and silver pinwheel is a symbol of childhood and forms the cornerstone of the national Pinwheels for Prevention child abuse awareness campaign being conducted throughout the nation. Kentucky’s campaign, the second largest in the nation, is being coordinated through Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky

Posted: 10:26 AM A gas station employee, who told police he was robbed, is now facing charges.

Updated: 12:16 PM State police say one of their own is lucky today, after he was nearly hit by a semi while making a traffic stop on I-64 in Franklin County Friday morning.

Posted: 6:13 AM The House has already passed the General Fund and Road Fund budgets.

Updated: 7:07 AM A bill that would keep some Kentucky teenagers out of tanning beds, took a step forward Tuesday.

Updated: 10:06 PM Kentucky State Police say two vehicles were chasing each other on I-64 in Franklin County, firing shots as they went down the interstate.

Updated: 11:28 AM Police say an argument in a parking lot led to a shooting and a high speed chase down the interstate.

Updated: 7:44 AM Willa Beatrice Brown, Crit Luallen and Joan Riehm were inducted into the Kentucky Women Remembered exhibit.

Posted: 10:44 AM The state will close the 'Singing Bridge" on Monday for repairs and repainting.

Posted: 6:08 AM Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson says three state programs have received an honor for their environmental contributions.

Updated: 10:40 AM Police say a woman showed up at a hospital with injuries, claiming she had been robbed.

Posted: 5:52 AM A House floor vote is possible Wednesday on the state budget.

Updated: 4:52 PM "A Humble Resilience" was the theme for the governor's annual prayer breakfast at the Frankfort Convention Center.

Updated: 7:44 AM The meeting is set for 10 a.m. in the Capitol Annex, a legislative office building next door to the Capitol.