Berea News

Richmond police charged a Berea man already accused of arson with a charge of fraudulent use of a credit card for buying back items he had pawned, including a mandolin that police believe was the reason he allegedly set the fire.

Hello from Baldwin, How is everyone's week going? I hope that everyone is having a great one.

A Madison County grand jury issued a new indictment Thursday on sodomy and sexual abuse charges for a Richmond man.

Berea singer/songwriter Mitch Barrett was named the Telluride Troubadour on June 19.

The Kentucky State Police Post 7 Richmond has charged three individuals in connection with the shoplifting of large amounts of DVD's, Blu-ray discs, computer games, software, X Box and PlayStation games from several Central Kentucky Wal Mart stores.

BEREA - Two Berea women reported an act of animal cruelty after they came home to find their residence burglarized and their kitten dead on a sidewalk.

In case you missed it, and no doubt you likely did miss it with the around-the-clock coverage of the death of Michael Jackson and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's trist, the cap and trade bill narrowly passed in Congress on Friday.

A Kentucky State Police arson investigator testified Wednesday in Madison District Court that he believes a Berea man and his girlfriend set fire to the man's parents' home to cover up the theft of a mandolin that was later pawned for $600. Michael Clarke Shoopman and his girlfriend, Marisa Nichole Pearson, each are charged with a single count of ...

A Nov. 16 trial date is scheduled for a Berea man charged with receiving stolen property as part of what Kentucky State Police believe was a scheme to steal and resell more than $77,000 in video games, DVDs and computer software.

A Berea couple charged with first-degree criminal abuse of a child under the age of 12 waived their rights to have preliminary hearings Wednesday and sent their cases to a Madison County grand jury for possible indictment.

The story of how Berea became the "folk arts and crafts capital of Kentucky" is itself a local folk tale.

RICHMOND - Four former employees of the now defunct Britton Chevrolet Olds in Berea were indicted for theft Thursday by a Madison County grand jury.

Papa Leno's restaurant is well known among the staff and students at Berea College.

BEREA - A Berea man was found guilty Friday of wanton abuse of mentally handicapped adults in his care.

BEREA - A woman on Burchwood Drive was arrested Sunday after police say she pointed a toy gun at neighbors and threatened to shoot them.

RICHMOND - A Pulaski County man has filed a lawsuit claiming he was partially blinded after an accident at the Madison County Detention Center.

A woman accused of taking jewelry from two Richmond jewelry stores pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of felony theft by unlawful taking.

An October trial date is scheduled for a Richmond man charged with four counts of incest dating back to the early 1980s.

Members of the Berea Arena Theater rehearse Act 1 of "Plaza Suite," a comedy in three acts by Neil Simon opening tonight.

Berea police still are searching for the man who robbed the Berea Credit Union at gunpoint on Friday, said Chief Dwayne Brumley.