Somerset News

Lucille Halcomb, 86, formerly of Adair Co., KY She was a member of a highly regarded family.

Police say Tristan James Hall, 29, offered to pay $5,000 to anybody willing to kill a woman he knew.

Legalized alcohol sales continue to lead city officials into new regulatory territory, even nearly a year after Somerset officially went wet.

When Kenny Kidd was a boy, his hero was martial arts icon Bruce Lee. Kidd recalls trying to emulate Lee's fast and furious moves around the house.

A Somerset man was indicted last week on murder charges stemming from a March automobile accidents which left a McCreary County native dead.

Although the details haven't yet been revealed publicly, county and city officials appear to be in talks over a tentative new EMS funding agreement.

A Pulaski County Grand Jury on Wednesday handed down murder charges for Justin I. Litton, 36, of Somerset, and William Wesley, Jr., 40, of Science Hill.

The May flowers appear to have sprung up in downtown Somerset, thanks to one local high school student's efforts.

Medium and small hub airports across the country have fewer flights and fewer seats than they did five years ago, according to a study released this week, but it wasn’t a struggling economy that caused it, according to aviation experts.

Somerset Police are releasing the identity of a man who was struck and killed by a train last week in hopes of finding his next of kin.

With nearly 25 percent of the South Kentucky RECC membership participating in the voting process, members have chosen four new directors to represent them in Districts 1, 2, 5, & 6. There were 35 candidates for the four vacant positions, created following the resignations of the board's longest-serving members last September.

Mary Wells, 58, was airlifted to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital in Lexington, where she was pronounced dead by the Fayette County coroner's office.

Columbia, Ky. The Kentucky State Police responded to the 68 mm east bound on Louie B Nunn Cumberland Parkway that involved an overturned tractor trailer.

By Duane Bonifer News from Lindsey Wilson College COLUMBIA, KY - The Lindsey Wilson College chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society inducted six new members Friday night at the college's Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center.

Officer Drew Conn completes training on child safety seats By Ofc. Josh Brockman, Public Information Officer Columbia Police Department, 116 Campbellsville Street - Chief Jason Cross Officer Drew Conn of Columbia Police Department recently completed a 32 hour training course in Somerset, KY, conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety ... (more)

Country music legend George Jones died Friday, April 26, in Nashville, Tennessee.

A southern Kentucky father, charged with assault in a crash that put him and his daughter in the hospital, made his first appearance in court.

Somerset City Council has given first-reading approval to an ordinance that would establish a Somerset Tourist and Travel Commission and levy a 1 percent transient tax on guests at lodging places in the city.

It appears the county and city may part ways over the Somerset-Pulaski County EMS operations, unless new negotiations take place within the next two months.