Horse rescued after getting trapped on bridge
Updated: 6:55 PM Firefighters in Scott County say the horse became trapped Friday morning after his rear legs fell through the slats of a wooden bridge.
Updated: 6:55 PM Firefighters in Scott County say the horse became trapped Friday morning after his rear legs fell through the slats of a wooden bridge.
Posted: 10:36 AM Emergency crews say the Scott County deputy crashed on Stamping Ground Road early Friday morning.
Posted: 5:47 AM Emergency workers in Scott County tell us the deputy ran off Stamping Ground Road and into a ditch around 5:30 a.m.
Updated: 11:01 PM This story has a list of times for many cities in central and eastern Kentucky.
Updated: 12:30 PM LEXINGTON, Ky.—Verizon Wireless today announced it is bringing the world’s first large-scale 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to Lexington on Nov. 17. Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network will be available in 178 cities across the country on Nov. 17 and currently supports 13 devices, including the new Pantech Breakout™ and DROID BIONIC™ by Motorola.
Posted: 1:55 PM The organization has 400 boxes of food for families in Scott County.
Updated: 6:25 PM Georgetown Police say they recovered 300 pounds of marijuana and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.
Updated: 6:33 PM Late Tuesday in Spencer County, police recovered a vehicle investigators say the two stole from Rogers Gap in Scott County.
Updated: 7:14 PM Investigators say 31-year-old Jerry Nation and 41-year-old Anthony Kendrick escaped from the Blackburn Correctional Complex in Lexington Sunday.
Updated: 11:21 PM Two men who escaped from prison in Lexington, were spotted by police in Scott County Monday. Authorities conducted a massive search in the area all day.
Posted: 5:19 PM It's a string of crimes that police say are all related. In recent weeks, Lexington Police say a man has walked into three hotels, caused a distraction for employees, then makes his way behind the front desk and steals money from the cashbox. Police in nearby Georgetown are also investigating a similar crime where the suspect matches the same M-O.
Updated: 11:21 AM Kentucky State Police say they found 15 pounds of suspected marijuana, along with pills, drug paraphernalia and more than $9500 in cash after searching a Scott County home.
Posted: 6:44 AM There are scattered reports of storm damage coming into 27 NEWSFIRST on this First Alert Severe Weather Day.
Updated: 7:58 PM A recent study by the FBI shows the number of officers per department compared to the population of the city. See how your city stacks up.
Updated: 7:26 PM More than a year and a half after the murder of retired school bus driver Sue Jones, Scott County Sheriff's Deputies are now helping with the on-going investigation.
Posted: 10:58 AM Police say 37-year-old Yuxin Yang of Lexington was found unresponsive at the Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women Sunday night. She later died at a Louisville hospital.
Updated: 7:12 PM The woman suffered non-life threatening injuries when her car crashed Monday morning on Stamping Ground Road in Scott County. Her five-month-old son, who was also in the car, was not hurt.
Updated: 7:35 PM Several businesses in Georgetown went without power Friday after wind toppled a hotel sign.
Updated: 6:50 PM Georgetown Police say they received at least 18 car break-in reports Thursday morning.
Updated: 7:56 AM A driver is recovering following an overnight crash on a Central Kentucky road.
Updated: 7:30 PM Police arrested Tony Vanderpool moments after a man found him burglarizing his second floor apartment. Officers say Vanderpool broke in through the sliding glass doors on the second floor and tells police he got in quickly, because he used to live in the complex.
Updated: 11:44 AM Family members say 39-year-old Samantha Rogers has been in a coma since crashing her motorcycle in Georgetown Saturday.
Updated: 7:42 PM If you live in Stamping Ground, and your dog won't stop barking, you could find yourself in trouble with the law.
Updated: 12:40 PM Jason Carpenter's preliminary hearing was waived in Scott County Tuesday morning.
Posted: 7:17 AM Police forced their way into a Georgetown home early Monday.
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