Owenton News

On Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at approximately 3:15p.m. The Kentucky State Police responded to a two vehicle fatal collision at Kentucky 330 and Wild Deer Road in Owen County.

On Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 20:47 hours, Roy Dean Austerman, a 20 year old male from Owenton, Kentucky was pronounced deceased at New Horizon Medical Center in Owenton.

The Frankfort man who broke into the Silver Lake home of City Commissioner Rodney Williams last year received five years probation.

When the 1800s dawned, Kentucky had the country's first commercial vineyard, and before the Civil War, the commonwealth was the country's third biggest producer of wine and grapes, according to a new documentary, "Vintage Kentucky: The Vine to Wine Experience." The film, by documentarian Doug High of Covington's The PPS Group, tracks Kentucky ...

Like zombies coming to life in a low-budget horror flick, the Halloween specialty shops that invade empty store fronts this time of year are groaning with activity.

Three Owen County high school students were injured in a crash on their way to school Thursday.

A woman can't stay in her own home tonight because a police chase ended in her living room.

Emergency crews rushed three high school students to the hospital this morning after a two car crash.

The recession hasn't been so scary for Halloween stores. In fact, they're finding better haunts in the graveyards of failed retailers.

Is it a prank or a possible terrorist threat? That's the question being asked by Kentucky State Police investigators as a series of explosive blasts were reported near a new pipeline project stretching from Owenton to Lexington.

Kentucky State Police are investigating bombings that have taken place in the past few weeks along a water pipeline being laid from Owenton to Lexington.

OWENTON - Dr. Charles Calvin 'C.C.' Arnold, 87, died Monday, Sept. 28, at Gallatin County Healthcare.

Police used time to end a standoff with a Corinth man peacefully on Sept. 16. James Randall Perkins, 37, barricaded himself inside a hotel room at Three Springs Motel on Ky.

Dozens of bicyclists took off from Waterfront Park Saturday, but one person was missing; 47-year-old John Carr of Owenton, Kentucky who was an assembly worker for Toyota and a tri-athlete. He was killed when a car hit him during a Triathlon in Louisville in early August.

Dozens of bicyclists took off from Waterfront Park Saturday, but one person was missing; 47-year-old John Carr of Owenton, Kentucky who was an assembly worker for Toyota and a tri-athlete. He was killed when a car hit him during a Triathlon in Louisville in early August.

SPARTA - Workers at a Gallatin County strip club are accused in a civil lawsuit of overcharging tipsy patrons and then beating them up if they question their bills.

The Latest: A triathlete died Saturday morning after a drunk driver struck the cyclist with his car.

An elderly man accused of sexually abusing a nursing home resident almost collapsed during his arraignment in Franklin Circuit court Friday.

The man accused of hitting a cyclist competing in a triathlon is now charged with murder and drunken driving, among other charges.

A driver faces a murder charge after striking and killing a man competing in a Kentucky triathlon.