Frankfort News

Triple S Planning & Zoning will conduct a public hearing Thursday night to discuss a zone change for 114 acres located in and adjacent to the Shelby County Industrial Park that could help the county in its bid for the Harley-Davidson motorcycle plant.

This is from The Sentinel-News in Shelbyville, KY. An update on the possible move of Harley-Davidson to Shelby County, Kentucky.

A California man is facing a criminal charge for wearing numerous Navy medals despite the fact he never served in the military, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Walmart put an entirely new spin on its "Save Money. Live Better" mantra by putting caskets and other funeral supplies for sale on Walmart.com last month and essentially allowing its customers to die better, or at least more affordably, too.

Now, I do believe that WalMart now sells EVERYTHING!

Stubbornly high joblessness threatens to trigger loan defaults and drag on consumption next year, hobbling a U.S. economy struggling to rebound from recession, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Wednesday.

A prominent Columbia architecture professor punched a female university employee in the face at a Harlem bar during a heated argument about race relations, cops said yesterday.

Two members of a Centers for Disease Control team that evaluated studies of sex education programs have raised alarms, reporting that the data actually conflicts with the agency's stated conclusion that comprehensive programs such as those emphasizing "safe sex" over abstinence are working.

Frankly, I wasn't all that impressed when it was announced that a memorial for World War II veterans would be built on the Mall in Washington, D.C. As a vet, I had never felt the need for a special monument.

My name is Nicholas Rider. I'm 14 and last year I published my first book. How's that? you ask.

The only blind marching band in the country - and possibly the world - wants to show the world that their talents have no limits.

Now here is a story of 'Yes, We Can.'

The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them.

When given the choice of driving a cruiser or making the rounds on foot, Lt. Joe Parkhill prefers a third option: two wheels.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences never saw fit to award Gene Roddenberry with an Emmy (even though he was nominated twice), but in January they will make up for it by inducting the creator of Star Trek into the TV Hall of Fame.

FRANKFORT, Ky .-- State lawmakers met Tuesday morning, gathering information on the alleged abuse of walking horses, the illegal practice of "soring." It involves making the horses' feet hurt, so they lift them higher and faster in competition.

Handout photo released in 2008 by the British Antarctic Survey shows of a c... Global warming has been blamed for the alarming loss of ice shelves in Antarctica, but a new study says newly-exposed areas of sea are now soaking up some of the carbon gas that causes the problem.

A newly reappointed director of the Frankfort Plant Board is criticizing the policy to allow its members to qualify for health insurance through the utility's plan at a monthly cost of up to $1,200 each.

H1n1 flu has killed an average of 100 people per month this season. Other strands account for over 3k deaths. Which is more dangerous?

A worker uses an excavator to move dirt and rocks as work continues on widening U.S. 421.

Although he hadna t been on stilts for 25 years until two weeks ago, Joe Bowen is stilt walking and cycling from his native Powell County to Frankfort this week to promote his new book, a oeReal Winners Dona t Quit,a that he will sign at the book fair.

Danny Barker talks to a customer over the phone at his shop. Danny began his career at the age of 13 as a gas station mechanic making less than $1.50 an hour.

Joe Bowen, author of a oeReal Winners Dona t Quita stands on stilts while leaning down to talk with Phyllis George about her book, a oeNever say Never Yes You Can!a at the 28th Annual Kentucky Book Fair at Frankfort Convention Center Saturday morning.