The weekend after Thanksgiving is typically a busy weekend for those picking out the perfect Christmas tree but Governor Steve Beshear and his wife, Jane, already have theirs.

The final defendant has pleaded guilty in a large drug case that gave police new insight into the kind of interstate pill smuggling that has grown to staggering proportions in Kentucky in the past few years.

Evidence issues have emerged in at least six capital cases in Kentucky, along with potentially hundreds of other prosecutions including rapes and robberies.

Former Campbell County Detention Center Sergeant Ben Wood sat down with FOX19 exclusively to discuss what he says when on regularly at his former place of employment.

A new four-lane section of Kentucky 80 between Coldwater and Murray will open this week.

In northern Kentucky, Kenton County officials have unanimously approved a six-figure payment to stop a lawsuit by a former deputy county clerk who claimed she was wrongfully fired.

A fired Dayton High School teacher found not guilty in October of having sex with a 16-year-old student has sued the prosecutor who brought the charge against her.

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that the state improperly adopted its lethal injection protocol and must readopt procedures to administer the three-drug cocktail used to execute condemned inmates.

Versions of two of Christopher Columbus' ships are scheduled to dock in northern Kentucky.

Kentucky officials say a new mobile pharmacy unit has been acquired to provide services during disasters and emergencies.

State officials say a crane accident at a mining site in southeastern Kentucky has fatally wounded a worker.

Gov. Steve Beshear on Tuesday named Joe Meyer of Covington as acting secretary of Kentucky's Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.

A mysterious murder that appeared to be some kind of political statement was apparently neither, reports are indicating.

Attorney General Jack Conway requested Monday that execution dates be set for three convicted murderers on Kentucky's death row, including one whose case questioned the use of lethal injection nationwide.

Two suspects charged in the killings of three men whose decomposed bodies were found by hunters have implicated themselves in statements to police, a prosecutor said Monday.One suspect gave information that led investigators to the weapons used, Commonwealth's Attorney Karen Davis said during an initial hearing for the men in Barren County District ...

One crash in Boone County killed three family members in a pick-up truck last week.

The 8,000 Kentuckians due a 20-week extension of unemployment compensation won't see their checks for at least a month, while a similar number of Hoosiers could start getting their payments as early as next week.

Northern Kentucky University's 10th annual Alumni Lecture Series will tackle the issue of how to govern in today's ever-changing world.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky has borrowed roughly half a billion dollars from the federal government this year to pay benefits to unemployed workers - money the state likely will have to pay back when the economy recovers.

Courts - "Kentucky Appeals court upholds $6.1 million strip-search verdict against McDonald's" Updating this long list of earlier ILB entries , Andrew Wolfson reports in today's LCJ in a lengthy story: The Kentucky Court of Appeals Friday upheld the $6.1 million jury award to strip-search victim Louise Ogborn, saying McDonalda s legal department ...