Franklin County News

A Franklin County circuit judge has denied the attorney general's request for a temporary restraining order blocking the state's early prisoner and parolee release program.

Squire "Will" Williams has raised more than $40,000 - more than the combined total of his three opponents for district judge.

Lawyers from around the country packed a Franklin County courtroom Tuesday asking a local circuit judge to dismiss Kentucky's attempt at blocking residents' access to numerous online gambling Web sites.

Timothy Hall, 39, right, stands with his attorney Ned Pillersdorf, left, while pleading guilty to second degree robbery, second degree burglary and impersonating a police officer in Circuit Court Monday.

Lawyers are in Franklin County Circuit Court asking for the dismissal of a lawsuit that would block Kentuckians' access to numerous online gambling Web sites.

Max Thomas is on a mission -- to register as many people to vote in November's presidential election as he can by Monday's deadline.

Lawyers provided sharply conflicting views Friday about whether a Kentucky law against gambling can be enforced in cyberspace.

By Brad Hicks / Staff Writer The third man arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of a Corbin man, whose body was found in Laurel County last month, has waived extradition and was brought back to ...

An attorney for the state Department of Corrections Friday will ask Pulaski Circuit Judge David Tapp to dismiss his injunction barring release of prisoners given credit for time on parole who were sentenced in ...

Kentucky's attorney general has sued the state seeking to block the General Assembly's cost-saving plan to release some inmates and parolees early.

The coroner in Frankfort said he plans to subpoena police files in his investigation of a Salvadoran immigrant's death in the Franklin County Regional Jail.

Clear Creek gets rehab, still closed to the public Officials have a partial answer about what has happened to Clear Creek and are in the process of devising a plan to correct the situation, according to state ...

Residents were surprised when Verizon Wireless recently constructed a 307-foot cell phone tower on Green Wilson Road.

Gamblers in Kentucky will no longer be able to access some online casinos because of a legal fight being led by the state's governor.

John Cleveland, a well-known environmentalist in Eastern Kentucky, grew up in Franklin County.

Franklin Commonwealth's Attorney Larry Cleveland said Tuesday that he will review the Kentucky State Police investigation into the death of a Salvadoran immigrant at the Franklin County Jail to see if he should ...

Kentucky's pro-gambling governor is looking to make sure all bets are off for more than 140 online gambling Web sites that operate in the state that's home to the world's biggest horse race.

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FRANKFORT - All 100 seats in the Kentucky House and half of the 38 state Senate seats are up for election this year.

New Franklin County employees in the jail, sheriff and fire departments " hired after Aug.