Kentucky News

The Northern Kentucky Health Department has confirmed death associated with the H1N1 virus.

Maysville Fire Chief Eric Bach told The Ledger Independent that there was "too much fire" on the eastern half of the structure when firefighters arrived.

The U.S. Attorney's office says a former central Kentucky teacher has pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of child porn.

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping health care reform bill late Saturday night, 220-215. Third District Congressman John Yarmuth was the only Kentucky representative who voted for the bill.

The Kentucky Arts Council is seeking artists who would like to perform next year during the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

Sunday, November 08, 2009 Courts - "Kentucky's troubled death-penalty system lets cases languish for decades" Like the Gary Post Tribune , quoted in the entry below , the Louisville Courier Journal today has devoted a lot of space to the death penalty, but in this case to the length of time it takes to complete the appeals.

Kentucky lawmakers are at the center of a political feud over how to best derail the so-called "pain-pill pipeline" from Florida to the Bluegrass State, a multi-state trafficking scheme that has contributed heavily to the state's crippling prescription drug addiction epidemic.

Kentucky is spending millions of dollars each year on a capital-punishment system so ineffective that more death-row inmates are dying of natural causes than are being executed.

Top officials in Kentucky and Indiana urged quick action Wednesday to protect their states' interests in response to Tuesday's decision by Ohio voters to authorize casino gambling.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - In a state capital where more damaging budget cuts loom, with no short-term prospects for an infusion of money from the private sector to the public sector, via taxes or gambling, some do-gooders met last week to see if the state and its children can get some long-term help from the foundations and individuals who make up what is ...

The Southern Cherokee Nation of Kentucky has been very active over the last several months.

T hey were angry about the food. A guard at a Kentucky prison says that was the main reason inmates rioted and set fire to buildings in August.

Two Kentucky middle school students face criminal charges after pulling a prank in which one allegedly urinated in the drink of another student.

Steve Beshear has three candidates to consider for an open district court judgeship that covers four eastern Kentucky counties.

Slideshow A suspect under arrest as part of "Operation Pill Creek" in Kentucky. One of the largest drug roundups in Kentucky state history is underway right now.

A state senator is proposing a constitutional amendment that -- if approved by the General Assembly and then voters -- would allow video gambling machines in Kentucky.

Ohio voters cleared the way in Tuesday's election for casinos to be built in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo.

First lady Jane Beshear is urging Kentuckians to donate coats to help the poor during this year's upcoming winter.

On October 1, the Kentucky Supreme Court joined those of both Ohio and Indiana in holding that sex offender residency laws could not be applied retroactively.

Health officials say there have been three more deaths in Kentucky related to the swine flu, bringing the state's total to 18.