Kentucky News

Retailer Urban Outfitters Inc. has responded to a multi-state campaign and stopped selling flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill bottles, political leaders in drug-plagued Kentucky said Wednesday.

Jefferson County Public Schools is providing free meals to its students in need with its new Bus Stop Caf, which is part of the Summer Food Service Program, The Courier-Journal reports.

Henderson will be host to both of Kentucky's U.S. senators July 1 for the first time in a very long time - perhaps ever.

Kentucky ranks with the largest players among states that pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded incentives to attract jobs, according to a study released Tuesday.

A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school's computer and posted a video related the rape of a teenage girl at an alcohol-fueled party.

A northern Kentucky medical team expects to receive a pharmaceutical in the coming weeks that can be prescribed to treat opiate overdoses.

A former sheriff's deputy accused of killing his parents in northern Kentucky will be back in court for a pre-trail hearing on Monday.

Morehead State University, in cooperation with veterans' services, community, volunteer and business organizations, sponsored the first Eastern Kentucky Veterans Expo Friday, June 14, at the Boyd County Middle School.

Congres-sional redistricting that was completed last year may have to be redone in an upcoming special legislative session, adding one more potential complication to what has become a protracted effort by Kentucky lawmakers to redraw political boundaries.

Clothing and novelty chain Urban Outfitters has announced it will no longer sell shot glasses, flasks and other items mimicking prescription pill bottles.

A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school's computer and posted a video related the rape of a... A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio ... (more)

District Judge Kim Shumate, who serves on the state's Veterans Task Force within the Kentucky Access to Justice Commission, told The News-Enterprise that Hardin County officials have applied for a grant to fund such a program.

The pageant will be at the University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts.

Officer Jason Ellis, who was 33, was killed by shotgun blasts as he stopped to pull limbs from a ramp on the Bluegrass Parkway on May 25. Tips can be sent to EllisCaseEtips ky.gov.

Two attorneys representing plaintiffs in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding California's Prop 8 same-sex marriage ban are addressing members of the Kentucky Bar Association this week in Louisville.

The 50 students haven't even started ninth grade yet, but they're gathered this summer at a high school for a special program on statistics, language and social awareness taught by teachers who specialize in Advanced Placement classes.

She wore a gold-colored earring that resembled a bee, with pink-colored stones on the upper sides and a single clear stone at the bottom.

Beech Tree News provides courthouse statistics on a regular basis. Courthouse information provided in this article is a matter of public record.

The Kentucky long rifle was effectively used as a sniping weapon during the Revolutionary War - allowing colonial soldiers to pick off officers at range due to its rifling and superior accuracy.

Last week, Kentucky coach Mark Stoops offered a scholarship to defensive back Jairus Brents, a 13-year-old who hasn't yet begun the eighth grade.