Woodford County News

Former Woodford County Coroner Steve Ward was sentenced to nearly a year in jail Tuesday after pleading guilty to one count of sexual misconduct, a misdemeanor.

The Midway community is mourning the death of a Woodford County woman. She died while riding a moped Friday night.

Unemployment rates fell in 110 of Kentucky's 120 counties in April, according to data released Thursday by the state's Office of Employment and Training.

"Picnic with the Arts" at Liberty Elementary in Lexington, Ky., Weds., May 23, 2012.

All but one of the 19 state House incumbents on Tuesday's ballot held off their primary challengers, including Republican Rep.

Franklin County Public Schools has a new superintendent, after the Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to hire local educator Chrissy Jones for the district's top leadership role.

Ryan Taylor , who as committed to Louisville for over two years, has signed with Marshall University.

Officer Jason Cammack, the first CVE Officer killed in the line of duty, died Easter Sunday, April 23, 2000.

"No small town is immune from it. We got to band together to try and help each other out," he said.

The University of Charleston, the private West Virginia school that explored the possibility of operating a pharmacy school in the Midway building in Paintsville, announced in late April that "it is not in the best interests ... to proceed at this time." And a page on the Midway College Web site says: "The Midway College of Pharmacy is no longer ... (more)

Annual unemployment rates were lower in 105 Kentucky counties in 2011 than in 2010, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training in the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

Siberian irises, in foreground, grace a front garden at Sue Van Patten and Steve South's house in southern Woodford County.

Ashland Garden Tour and Peony Sale, Lexington. 2-5 p.m. May 6. This tour includes the peonies on the grounds of Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate, 120 Sycamore Rd., and five gardens in the surrounding neighborhood.

A man charged with the 2011 murder of a Prestonsburg teenager pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter Wednesday in Woodford County Circuit Clerk.

Fayette County Attorney Larry Roberts says he spoke with the parents of Brian Mattone last night.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved a proposal by Kentucky Utilities Co.

Police say the driver of an SUV lost control along Old Frankfort Pike, just outside of Midway between US-62 and Aiken Road, around 10 p.m. The vehicle crashed through a fence, slammed into a tree and burst into flames.

There are new developments in a central Kentucky murder case. A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 18-year old James Michael Crowe last year in Woodford County.