Madison County News

Deputy Willard Reardon told the Lexington Herald-Leader that the 61-year-old Combs collapsed at his parents' home in Berea, where he was tilling their garden, just after 8 p.m. EDT Monday.

Battelle, the world's largest nonprofit research and development organization, will bring jobs to Central Kentucky after securing a $76 million contract at Blue Grass Army Depot.

A Richmond man pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in the 2011 death of his wife and the subsequent cover-up of her murder.

The announcement that Tommy Floyd is leaving the Madison County Public Schools means that at least four Central Kentucky school districts will now be looking for new superintendents.

Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes began a series of meetings Tuesday to gauge public support for allowing Kentucky to join other states that allow voters to cast ballots before Election Day.

Madison County Schools Superintendent Tommy Floyd is leaving his post to become chief of staff for Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday.

Two women were injured Wednesday when a staircase collapsed Tuesday night at the Super 7 Motel in Richmond, an emergency services official said.