1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (100+ words) (LEX NEWS) — A new Kentucky law inspired by a missing Bardstown mother takes effect Wednesday. Governor Andy Beshear signed the Crystal Rogers Act into law in April. Representative Candy Massaroni filed the bill after an FBI investigation revealed family members…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (389+ words) EASTERN KENTUCKY (LEX NEWS) — Thieves in Eastern Kentucky have reportedly stolen copper 99 times this year, costing AT&T roughly $500,000 in repairs, putting emergency services at risk, according to AT&T. AT&T and Kentucky State Police are warning the public…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (118+ words) (LEX 18) — A correctional officer at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex faces multiple charges after prison officials caught him bringing illegal narcotics into the facility, according to Kentucky State Police. KSP charged 60-year-old Joe A. Cress with Promoting Contraband in the…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (208+ words) Lexington police reported to LEX 18 that one person was taken into custody in connection to an alleged stabbing near Kentucky Horse Park on Tuesday afternoon. Lexington police respond to reported stabbing near Kentucky Horse Park LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Lexington police…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (432+ words) FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is asking the Franklin Circuit Court to dismiss a case at the center of the state's 15-year ban on executions. Coleman's team argued in court Monday that it is time to clear…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (492+ words) FAYETTE COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Fayette County circuit judge is asking the Kentucky House Impeachment Committee to dismiss a petition seeking her removal from the bench, arguing the petition is legally deficient, lacks a required sworn affidavit, and amounts to…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (87+ words) I live in Georgetown with my husband, Dustin. I remember growing up watching my local news station, LEX 18, and how I used to tell myself that one day I would be on TV. LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky State Police is…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (375+ words) PARIS, Ky. (LEX 18) — Paris, Kentucky, is marking a historic moment — 65 years after three Black teenagers were jailed for sitting down at a local diner and asking to be served. Margaret Nichols, Weida Allen and Augustine Fields — known as the "Paris…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (203+ words) INDEPENDENCE, Ky. (LEX 18) — The Critical Incident Response Team at Kentucky State Police is investigating an officer-involved shooting that resulted in a fatality for the second time in a 24-hour period. Around 6 p.m. Saturday night, an officer-involved shooting resulted in the…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (436+ words) (LEX 18) — Kentucky coroners say they're on call every hour of every day, responding wherever death happens, yet many earn just a fraction of what other county officials make. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn has been in rivers and hoarder homes,…...