Frankfort News

Kentucky State University volleyball players Kamani Meriweather, Nikki Douglas, Mercedes Parker, Breanna Cozart and Brittany Stewart dance to music in the Exum Center parking lot while waiting to travel to Wilberforce, Ohio for a competition Friday.

A judge has denied the city's request for a $12,000 refund from the state fire commission over the incentive pay for three firefighters with the Frankfort Fire Department in 2007.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear announced Thursday that Kentucky will receive $4 million in federal stimulus funds to pay for training and other resources for child-care providers.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Kentucky Supreme Court on Monday denied a stay of its recent ruling striking down residency restrictions on sex offenders convicted before July 2006.

A display downtown advertises a oeHorsina Around Frankforta a bench art project effort to beautify the area for tourists attending the World Equestrians Games in 2010.

When I got home today I noticed a flyer in my mailbox. With Thanksgiving approaching my first thoughts were for some upcoming seasonal sales/discounts. Unfortunately this was not the case.

The museum has been closed the past two years for extensive renovations, including replacement of the heating and air conditioning system and repairs and restoration to the exterior.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - At least $100 million annually would go to Kentucky's horse industry if voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize slot machines.

Frankfort Regional Medical Center is going tobacco free outdoors and in. In conjunction with the American Cancer Society's 34th Great American Smokeout Challenge on Nov.

It's not unusual to see a deer or a cow crossing Oklahoma's rural highways. But an elephant? A couple driving home from church nearly slammed into a giant pachyderm that had escaped from a nearby circus late Wednesday.

Evelyn Dixon of Kennedy Heights would go to services on Sundays at Gaines United Methodist Church in Madisonville and see the old men dressed in their Sunday best - men in their 80s, some bent over by age, some still robust.

At least seven people are dead and at least 12 others have been wounded in a mass shooting at Ford Hood in Texas, according to a base spokesman.

A Shelbyville man has pleaded not guilty to a charge that he murdered a Frankfort man during an altercation.

With a friendly smile and a sympathetic shrug, the Kroger cashier refused to sell a six-pack of Coors Light to the 18-year-old working as an undercover Alcoholic Beverage Control investigative aide.

From the article .... Black mayors have occupied City Hall since 1973, but this year, a white City Council member is leading in the polls, even though two black civic leaders urged black voters to unite against her.

Sowell, a registered sex offender, is now facing five counts of aggravated murder , rape, felonious assault and kidnapping, police said.

Bill Pelke talks about how he helped save his grandmother's killer from being executed.

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, left, is congratulated by Tom Whatman, who ran the campaign team for Issue 3 Wednesday in Cleveland.

Re-imagining the iconic anime hit, Astro Boy (opening today from Summit Ent.) was a daunting challenge for everyone. But apparently it was a satisfying one, despite all of the obstacles -- creative, technical and financial.

Striking new photos of water-vapor geysers erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus were beamed to Earth this week by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around the ringed planet.