Updated: 4:40 PM More central Kentucky counties have decided to ban people from setting off fireworks this holiday due to the dry conditions.

Updated: 7:23 PM The Kentucky Small Business Development Center receives full accreditation from the Association of Small Business Development Centers, the national accrediting body for Small Business Development Centers.

Updated: 3:03 PM More communities joined the growing list Wednesday of areas that have issued burn bans, due to the extremely dry conditions.

Updated: 7:19 PM Someone called emergency crews after spotting flames and heavy smoke on Iron Works Road, near the Franklin County line.

Updated: 3:56 PM A new study by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center shows that patients reported significant improvement in side effects of cancer treatment following just one Jin Shin Jyutsu session.

Updated: 3:02 PM The National Association of Women Business Owners® is announcing that Kathy Ireland, Chief Designer and CEO of kathy ireland Worldwide, will serve as the keynote speaker of their Women’s Business Conference 2012, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Updated: 2:42 PM Christopher Crawford, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, recently received a prestigious five-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's 2012 Early Career Research Program.

Updated: 9:19 AM A book honoring those from Taylor County who served during the Korean Conflict will be unveiled on Wednesday, July 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the lobby of Carter Hall on the campus of Campbellsville University.

Updated: 2:40 PM Michael Speaks, dean of the University of Kentucky College of Design, was recently recognized by OnlineColleges.com as one of the top 10 design professors to follow on Twitter.

Updated: 10:56 PM A Louisville corrections facility escapee, suspected of multiple car thefts throughout the region, is arrested here in Lexington.

Updated: 10:17 PM The crash happened just before 6 p.m. Thursday, just west of the Georgetown exit in Scott County.

Updated: 8:11 PM Georgetown Police are investigating a rash of garden gnome thefts. They've charged three teenage girls in several cases, but others are unresolved.

Updated: 5:03 PM Georgetown Police made an arrest in a credit card fraud case, thanks to tips from viewers.

Updated: 7:50 AM Evelyn Strange, 2011-2012 Chair, will speak to NAWBO®’s key priorities for expanding influence and visibility, including becoming the premier, go-to source of information for women-owned businesses and building presence in Washington D.C. by raising visibility, identifying new funding, building membership and strengthening chapters.

Posted: 10:05 AM The project recognized 144 individuals who were identified through a public nomination process.

Updated: 11:10 PM One of the biggest Fourth of July celebrations in Central Kentucky could have a little less "boom" this year.

Posted: 2:57 PM A social worker with an accounting and business background who has worked with seniors for over 20 years has formed a new business serving Central Kentucky that focuses upon the growing professional field known as daily money management.

Updated: 7:38 PM Three people are facing criminal abuse charges, after police say they exposed an 18-month-old child to drugs.

Updated: 7:28 PM Kentucky has a contender in the 2012 American Humane Society Hero Dog of the Year.

Updated: 8:36 AM UK Basketball tickets and memorabilia will be included in the Central Kentucky Riding for Hope annual fundraiser, NIGHT OF THE STARS, on June 16th at the Keeneland Entertainment Center in Lexington.

Updated: 6:58 PM An effort to rescue a man buried in a trench collapse has come to a tragic end.

Posted: 11:13 AM A leak expert came to the Suffoletta Family Aquatic Center on Friday to try and figure out the problem and what it would take to fix it.

Updated: 12:05 PM LEXINGTON, KY (May 24, 2012) -- This year, more than 1,500 area residents will come together to be part of the Stop Diabetes® movement at the Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes on Saturday, June 2, 2012 (Registration is 7:30-8:30 a.m. and Welcome begins at 8:30 a.m.) at Keeneland Race Course, the one-day signature fundraising walk benefiting the American Diabetes Association. Every dollar raised through Step Out plays an important role in supporting the Association’s mission: to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

Updated: 3:44 PM Former Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry has joined the staff of Georgetown College as general counsel and special assistant to the president.

Updated: 5:05 PM New statistics out today paint an improving picture on the job front as the Lexington metro area is home to the lowest unemployment rate in the state.