Danville News

Since Danville went "wet" in June 2010, city officials have collected about $850,000 in alcohol taxes and spent about $760,000 on alcohol education, code enforcement as well as police officers and equipment.

On Thursday, May 24, 2012, at 10:15 p.m. EDT the Kentucky State Police, Richmond Post was contacted by the Garrard County 911 Center concerning a wreck on Gooch Pike.

State Police haven't said whose remains were found Friday in a Lincoln County barn, but Tuesday, they plan to release how the man died.

They say Thomas Hager, now accused of shooting two people to death last week in Danville, lived on the property where the remains were found, with a man who's been missing since March.

This sign is planted in front of Jimmy Banks' home at the corner of North Third Street and Lexington Avenue in Danville.

Boyle County Fiscal Court will keep allocations for most agencies that receive public money the same during next year's budget.

"Everybody knew my daddy," Farris said Saturday morning as he gently placed flowers on the graves of his parents, Morris and Mollie Farris at the historic cemetery 7 miles south of Nicholasville.

Acting on a tip, Kentucky State Police discovered remains Friday evening on the Hustonville property where the man suspected in a Danville double homicide lived until earlier this year.

A Crab Orchard man is dead after his pickup ran off a road in Garrard County, flipped and landed on top of him.

The man accused of shooting two men to death and seriously wounding another Monday in Danville pleaded not guilty to the charges Wednesday.

Someone fired multiple gunshots at a Duncan Hill residence early this morning, and Danville police are looking for the person responsible.

Danville has been named one of the Top 10 Cities for Historic Preservation by Livability.com, a national website that highlights more than 500 of America's best places to live and visit.

Details continue to emerge about the victims and the alleged shooter in a double murder Monday in Danville, but information about what led to the killings remains sketchy.

Police in Danville are looking for a person who fired shots toward two people leaving for work early Wednesday morning.

Three people remain in the Boyle County Detention Center today after a metal box containing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia was tossed out of a car Friday during a traffic stop in Danville.

Danville Police Chief Tony Gray told The Advocate-Messenger that 39-year-old Thomas Hager has been charged with murder and attempted murder in the fatal shootings of 21-year-old Mark Snyder of Waynesburg and 54-year-old Ted Sparks of Danville.

Police are searching for a man believed to have shot two people to death and wounded another at a Danville home Monday afternoon.

Some people can be defined by what they care about. What Barbara Hulette cares very much about might be described as those people, places and experiences that have tremendous value - once appreciated.

"This Place Matters" is the slogan from the Kentucky Heritage Council State Historic Preservation Office to raise awareness about the historic structures at risk of destruction, either by neglect or the wrecking ball.

The drab concrete block structure in Junction City looked like the last stop for a prisoner of war, but, in 1972 in Boyle County, it was the best hope for an unwanted dog.