Brooksville News

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions: Gov.

A heavy police presence was on-hand as Bracken County leaders met for the first time since an arsonist destroyed a magistrate's home.

BROOKSVILLE, Ky. - Officials have tightened security at the Bracken County Courthouse in northeastern Kentucky amid an investigation into an arson and a threatening letter.

On May 26, 2009, at approximately 0830 hours, The Kentucky State Police Post 6 Detectives along with Arson Investigator, Curtis Combs responded to a residential fire at 3714 Belmont Road in Brooksville, KY.

BROOKSVILLE - Critics of a Bracken County official whose home was intentionally burned condemned the act as authorities raised the reward for the arsonist to $11,000 Friday.

A reward has been increased for information leading to those responsible for the fire that destroyed a Bracken County Magistrate's home.

BROOKSVILLE - Kentucky State Police are trying to determine whether a fire that destroyed the home of a Bracken County politician on Memorial Day was in retaliation for his support of a new zoning law.

A police chase has ended in death in central Kentucky. Junction City police said 34-year-old John Gilbert, of Brooksville, Ky., was killed when he lost control of his car.

A man is was hospitalized in critical condition and another was arrested following a shooting on Owl Hollow Road in Mason County Sunday, according to Sheriff Patrick Boggs.

State and Bracken County officials are investigating a fatal fire on Kentucky 8 in Foster.

Fire investigators return to the scene of a fatal fire in Northern Kentucky Thursday morning.

Firefighters pour water on what's left of a mobile home in Bracken County on Wednesday.

A familiar face will be leading the Light Up Brooksville parade, Dec. 6. Robert A. Poage Jr., retired journalist and a member of a founding family of Bracken County has been chosen as the 2008 grand marshal of ...