WECT Staff

The judge in penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will soon decide whether the jury will be told about some brain exams his lawyers had conducted on him.

Police say a man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol and then began firing gunshots in the air from the burning car before fatally shooting himself.

Police are investigating a crash in downtown Lexington that sent one man to the hospital.

There is no word yet if any charges will be filed.

Just as many Kentucky students head back to school, the CDC has relaxed its COVID guidelines.

A heavy police presence has been reported in the area.

Arizona authorities say a man is facing a murder charge after he used his car to run over and kill another man on Friday.

A Delaware man is celebrating his second lottery win in about a month.

Officers in Arizona say an armed suspect has been arrested after he tried to enter an elementary school on Friday.

Disaster struck at the Medusa Festival “due to a strong gust of wind,” they said.

One person was left seriously hurt after being struck by a vehicle in downtown Lexington.

The owner of a horse carriage business in South Carolina says a horse was not injured after it fell in downtown Charleston.

Kelly Hanna Goodlett, one of the former Louisville Metro Police Department officers now charged in Breonna Taylor’s case, intends to plead guilty to a federal charge. Her attorney agreed Goodlett will change her plea from not guilty to guilty on a conspiracy charge.

Democrats happily declared victory on top-tier goals like providing Congress’ largest ever investment in curbing carbon emissions, reining in pharmaceutical costs and taxing large companies.

On the latest episode of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT’s Bill Bryant talks with Ben Chandler, the president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, and the Kentucky Nurses Association CEO Delanor Manson.

The fire started around 2:30 Friday afternoon.

About a dozen major food corporations from across the country are giving away meats and vegetables to God’s Pantry Food Bank in Lexington, totaling one million pounds.

While Heche is legally dead, she’s on life support and “her heart is still beating” so it can be determined if she can be an organ donor.

Police responded to a shots-fired situation near the corner of East Short and Elm Tree in downtown Lexington.

A federal judge determined Floyd Roseberry, who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and PTSD, was improperly medicated when he allegedly threatened there were a series of bombs placed around Washington D.C. Roseberry will be permitted to await his trial under house arrest with his wife in North Carolina

The first of the six babies is due Sept. 27, with one other due in October, two in November and two in December.

The manager of a Family Dollar store in Alabama is in critical condition after police say she was stabbed by a shoplifter.

Police say officers were called to the Jenkins Alley area around 9:20 Friday morning.

With more than 9,000 cases nationwide, worries linger ahead of the new school year.

First new head football coach in 25 years

Federal investigators are examining social media accounts they believe are tied to Ricky Shiffer and posts that urged violence after the FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate,

The goats, along with an adult mustang and emu, were seized in January as part of an investigation.

On Thursday, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office announced that a juvenile was charged in the juvenile justice system with three counts of murder and one count of falsifying evidence.

Police say there is obvious damage to the outside of the building.

A rare orange lobster that was found in Gatlinburg restaurant is now in the aquarium.

Phoenix police are investigating the death of a bicyclist after he was lying in the road when he was hit by a car.