Woodford County News

On Nov. 2, 1964, a young Navy petty officer named Billy Carter Semones headed onto the rolling deck of the U.S. ballistic missile submarine Henry Clay to lock down a loose hatch cover.

Cook says that she never wanted the book taken off the shelves so adults couldn't see it.

A man who admitted to causing head injuries to his former girlfriend's 2-year old son was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Bunch, Frith lead Lady Patriots in KTCCCA Meet of Champions Lady Patriots Alex Bunch and Emily Frith were lined up shoulder-to-shoulder with 76 other competitors for the start of Saturday's Class 3A KTCCCA Meet of Champions run.

A computer disk containing child pornography is at the center of an investigation of Woodford County Coroner J. Steve Ward, court records unsealed this week indicate.

A Versailles man died Monday night after a car crash in Woodford County. Hunter Roberts, 23, hit a plank fence in his car just before 9:30 p.m. on Big Sink Road in Woodford County, according to the Fayette County coroner's office.

We continue to learn more about an investigation focused on a Central Kentucky coroner.

Pastor, husband, father, teacher, educator, friend, and faithful proclaimer of the Gospel, he crossed over Jordan and is now rejoicing at the feet of Jesus, his beloved Lord.

The man convicted of sodomizing and killing a six-year-old boy may learn his fate Wednesday.

A community will remember a murdered little boy as his killer begins serving a recommended life sentence.

A jury has recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole or probation for a 51-year-old man found guilty of the murder and sodomy of a six-year-old boy.

Guilty pleas in a federal tax fraud investigation in Oregon could have implications for a racketeering lawsuit and bankruptcy in Lexington involving a Thoroughbred breeding operation known as ClassicStar.

There were sobs from the defendant's relatives and approving nods and grins from others in the courtroom Tuesday as a circuit court judge read the verdict finding Lewis "Buck" Ballard guilty of murder and first-degree sodomy.

Jury selection is expected to wrap up today in the trial of an accused child killer.

The capital murder and sodomy case against 51-year-old Lewis "Buck" Ballard was moved from Bourbon County to Woodford County.

Jury selection will begin Monday in Woodford County in the relocated trial of a man charged with murder and first-degree sodomy in the death of a Winchester boy two years ago.

The Kentucky Grazing School is scheduled on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 8-9 at the Woodford County Extension Office in Versailles and the UK Animal Research Center also in Woodford County.

Motorsports enthusiasts will have two opportunities for entertainment this weekend at the Woodford County Fairgrounds in Versailles.

Frankfort Police are looking for a missing 16-year-old girl from Woodford County last seen in Frankfort.

A 16-year-old Versailles girl who had been missing since Thursday was found hitch hiking by an off-duty Lexington police officer Saturday evening and reunited with her family.