Lawrenceburg News

Magistrates in Spencer County are reviewing the expenses of their judge-executive, David Jenkins, after the Herald-Leader reported that charges to strip clubs, a Lexington escort service and casinos appeared on his Kentucky Association of Counties credit card.

A former youth minister at a local church has been indicted on 13 counts of rape, sodomy and sexual abuse, according to a news release issued by Kentucky State Police.

The Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse Association will host a horse show July 10 and 11 at the fairgrounds in Lawrenceburg, the association announced in a news release.

On Monday 06/29/2009 at approximately 10:20 am the Kentucky State Police responded to an injury accident on Ky55 limits of Bloomfield.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has disclosed the locations of 44 'high hazard' coal-ash piles in ten states, including seven in Kentucky and one in Indiana, after previously saying they were keeping the locations secret to prevent them from becoming targets of terrorists.

There's another big reason for Kentucky gamblers to travel to Indiana, really big! The largest riverboat casino in the country was unveiled today near Cincinnati.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will provide traffic control equipment and training for first responders on Tuesday, as part of a pilot project to improve highway safety.

A worker in the Nelson County Circuit Clerk's office confirmed that a child who was eventually shot and killed by his father was to be removed from his mother's custody, according to a recording of a phone conversation between Lawrenceburg police and the clerk's office.

Samantha Trimble was named the 2009 Miss Lawrenceburg Fair and Horse Show on Monday night.

A Lawrenceburg couple was indicted June 16 by the Anderson County Grand Jury on several methamphetamine charges.

Artists from as far as Ohio and as close as La Grange have been honored for the goods they sold at the recent Arts on the Green festival in Oldham County.

State Rep. Kent Stevens said Friday morning that he is leaning toward voting to approve slot machines for the state's horse racing tracks.

A Lawrenceburg man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for stabbing to death a Frankfort man.

Brendon Lyons, 6, rinses mud from under his armpits after he ran in the Dash for Cash as Tyler Lacy and Austin Wynn wait their turn in line at Muddina for Cancer.

Elvis impersonator Lee Houchin sings a oeI Cana t Help Falling in Love with Youa to Linda Lewis at her apartment in South Frankfort.

Owner of Wild Oats Embroidery, Natalie Sullivan, loads an apron into the embroidery machine in her garage.

A Kentucky man is under arrest after police say he tried to entice and sexually assault a child in Carthage overnight.

The mother of a 21-month old boy who was shot and killed by his father in Nelson County, is considering suing Lawrenceburg Police.

BARDSTOWN, Ky. - The mother of a child shot and killed by his father in a murder-suicide says the father never should have had custody of the little boy.

Residents of a quiet cul-de-sac in Bardstown were expressing shock after a 28-year-old father apparently fatally shot his 21-month-son and then himself Tuesday evening.