Fayette County students outperformed Kentucky’s state averages in reading and math on the 2026 state report card, from elementary through high school, even as math proficiency dropped statewide.
A Jessamine County woman arrested during a traffic stop in May is still fighting in court to have charges removed, nearly five months later. A judge ruled the arrest was the result of a “clerical error.”
Several Kentucky communities have passed moratoriums temporarily halting approval and construction of data centers, giving elected officials more time to understand how data centers work and what protections are needed.
Court records show Emonnie Branch was one year into a five-year probation sentence out of Tennessee when he was arrested in Jefferson County in connection with the murder of Kentucky State Police Trooper Hayden Phillips.
Community members called on the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council Thursday night to end the city’s contract with Flock Safety, citing WKYT Investigates’ reporting on the police department’s camera system.
Flock cameras have been debated in Lexington since before the first one went up in 2022. Police say they’re a crime-fighting tool, but some community members have raised privacy concerns.
WKYT Investigates reviewed audit logs of every search of the Lexington Police Department’s Flock camera network from January through July of this year. The review found millions of searches, many from agencies hundreds or even thousands of miles away from Lexington.
Lexington taxpayers are helping pay for 125 Flock cameras used by the Lexington Police Department, but a WKYT Investigates review found the majority of searches on the system come from outside agencies.
State health officials have identified 10 cases of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, diagnosed in Eastern Kentucky since 2024. Kentucky typically sees two to three cases of the disease statewide per year.
The commonwealth and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a number of cases of a rare and deadly pediatric brain cancer in Eastern Kentucky.
A Bourbon County woman says law enforcement failed to act after she obtained a court order to have her husband involuntarily hospitalized for mental health treatment, and he later died.
State health officials are investigating why ten Eastern Kentucky children have been diagnosed with the same rare and deadly pediatric brain cancer since 2024.
A 10-year-old Laurel County girl is fighting one of the deadliest childhood cancers as Kentucky health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigate whether something is causing a rise in cases across Eastern Kentucky.
A mass shooting at Charles Young Park on Saturday ended Lexington’s streak of more than 150 days without a homicide and marked the city’s fifth mass shooting since 2021 — and the only one of the five to be solved, according to a review of Lexington Police crime data.
Lexington Police have released a limited set of documents in connection with the death of Tyler Smith, a Lexington teenager killed in a shooting last month, as the family questions how the investigation has been handled.
Ten children in Eastern Kentucky have been diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) since 2024 — a rare and aggressive pediatric brain cancer that typically produces only two to three cases statewide in an entire year.
Ten children in southeastern Kentucky have been diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) since 2024, according to state health officials.
A Lexington police officer has resigned after an internal investigation found he lied about a crash he caused while texting behind the wheel of his cruiser while on duty.
Two people died in the basement of a University Drive home when it flooded on June 27, and questions have since been raised about whether that basement was safe to live in.
A Bell County family says they learned crews were clearing land behind their home to make way for a proposed data center only after smoke filled their house and ash fell from the sky. Their opposition sparked a community response that led to a two-year moratorium on data center construction in the county.
An Anderson County family says hostility toward short-term rentals cost them an almost $1 million home sale and helped fuel a countywide pause on rental permits.
Kentucky health officials say a review of cancer data confirmed an unusual increase in cases of rare pediatric brain tumors in Eastern Kentucky, prompting the state to explore research and other next steps.
Kentucky is in the middle of a data center rush that has left some community members feeling blindsided and worried about who will pay for the infrastructure needed to support the massive facilities.
Body camera footage obtained by WKYT Investigates contradicts social media accusations that London police officers beat a man during his arrest last month.
Superintendent Dr. Demetrus Liggins announced the cut would be 10% of his pay, but the wording in the announcement suggests the cut could be more than $15,000 less than the community initially thought.
