Richmond News

Jaclyn Dawn VanWinkle is scheduled to appear Wednesday in Madison District Court for a preliminary hearing on charges that she raped and sodomized a 15-year-old boy.

Children and parents are invited this week to participate in the International Days of Play.

Kentucky did not wait on the federal government to mandate a minimum wage increase, which is scheduled for July 24.

When representatives of music clubs from across Kentucky met for lunch Friday to honor scholarship recipients in Eastern Kentucky University's Stephen Foster Music Camp, they had a pair of special guests on hand.

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.

Law enforcement agencies across the state will be increasing traffic enforcement over the July 4 holiday weekend, and local police agencies will join in the crackdown.

About 30 years ago, Paula McHargue of Richmond entered a cooking contest sponsored by the local Cooperative Extension and was awarded a certificate for her winning entry.

A former nurse's aide who pleaded guilty to reckless abuse of an adult following an investigation at Madison Manor was arrested Tuesday for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old boy.

A former Frankfort youth minister has been indicted on more than a dozen sex-related charges.

A Richmond man was sentenced Wednesday to 121/2 years in federal prison for drug possession and for pistol-whipping a confidential informant during an undercover drug buy.

State Auditor Crit Luallen announced Wednesday her office will audit the Kentucky League of Cities and the Kentucky Association of Counties in the aftermath of a series of stories questioning the organizations' spending policies in the Lexington Herald-Leader. The Herald-Leader reported that officials of KACo spent nearly $600,000 on travel and ...

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.

After 10 days, $600,000, charges of one side having no concern for the beleaguered horse industry and charges from the other side of vote buying, Kentucky's lawmakers have left town after passing three of the four special session items on their agenda.

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.

When most people leave their ship at this port city on the tiny ismuth that separates the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, they are normally met by a local greeter, scenic tours and a cold tropical drink.

Madison County "hams" will join more than 30,000 of other amateur radio operators across the country Saturday and Sunday as they practice their emergency capabilities.

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 ...

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

RICHMOND - A man was arrested late Monday after police say he rammed another vehicle in Richmond.

RICHMOND - The Richmond City Commission passed the 2009-2010 budget ordinance, which includes a $1,000 raise for every city employee.