Franklin County News

Power was restored to about 800 customers in South Frankfort by about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday after a tree fell on utility lines at Lafayette Drive.

Wilbur Brewer of Tennessee digs some dirt near a log meat house thought to be built around the 1820s.

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.

Buffalo Trace Distillery has purchased Old Taylor Bourbon, named after E.H. Taylor Jr., the great-nephew of President Zachary Taylor.

On 06/16/2009 David Roger was arrested and charged with Wanton Endangerment 1st.

Rachel Poston, 6, left, and Lily Hagan, 6, eat lunch at Second Street School during the summer feeding program.

FRANKFORT - Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway says a Franklin County jury has handed down a $16 million judgment against Sandoz, the generic-drugs division of pharmaceutical giant Novartis.

A former Scott County basketball standout who was indicted on felony gun charges Wednesday pleaded not guilty in the case in court Thursday.

At approximately 1:10 PM, The Frankfort Post received a call of a hit and run collision.

A grand jury has indicted a former Scott County basketball stand out on felony gun charges.

A Virginia woman was killed Tuesday afternoon in an accident on I-64 in Franklin County that was the cause of a separate accident that left a man hurt.

An Ohio man was arrested late Sunday night after leading Kentucky State Police in a car chase that ended on U.S. 127 in Franklin County.

State Journal/Kelly Mackey Gary Wilkerson, left, and Will Curlin shoot at the Franklin County Sportsmen's Club.

The girl who contracted the first reported case of swine flu in Franklin County has recovered - so much so that she celebrated her 13th birthday party Wednesday with friends.

A Frankfort man indicted for cashing three stolen scratch-off lottery tickets worth $14 is facing a 5 to 10-year prison sentence if convicted.

The Lawrenceburg man charged with fatally stabbing a Franklin County man outside the Lawrenceburg Food Court on Jan.

Kentucky State Police and the Franklin County SO responded to a 911 hangup call on Mt Zion Rd in Franklin County.

A shooting investigation continues in Franklin County. It happened around 10:30 p.m. Monday at a house on Mount Zion Road.

How many empty subdivisions along US 60 do we need? Frankfort/Franklin County is not expected to increase in population in the next 10 years.

Dur Jockers stands in front of a mural of Frankfort in the Thorn Hill Education Center hallway as he waits for the Frankfort-Franklin County Community Education GED graduation ceremony to begin.