Kentucky

A former Kentucky sheriff was indicted Thursday in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago, shocking a tiny Appalachian community.

At least 11 people were injured in Louisville, Kentucky following a ‘hazardous materials’ explosion in a neighborhood east of the city’s downtown area.

The Louisville Fire Department said a “large scale incident” was underway after a reported explosion at the address of Givaudan Sense Colours, a company that makes natural food colorings.

The U.S. Army awarded a $435 million contract on Friday to build a TNT production plant in western Kentucky that will become the first domestic source for the explosive material in decades, officials said.

Authorities have arrested a Kentucky woman after a dismembered body was found in her mother’s backyard and human remains were found in a warm pot in the home’s oven.

A Kentucky judge who authorities said was fatally shot by a sheriff last week was remembered Sunday as a pioneer who fought opioid addiction and favored treatment over jail for low-level drug offenders.

Residents of a tiny Appalachian town are struggling to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a Kentucky judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers and the local sheriff charged with his murder.

Residents of a tiny Appalachian town struggled Friday to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers and a local sheriff charged with his murder.

Authorities say they believe the body of a man suspected of shooting and wounding five people on a Kentucky interstate highway has been found.

Police in southern Kentucky are searching for a person of interest after “numerous” people were shot near an interstate, authorities said.

The man suspected of opening fire on a highway in Kentucky sent a text message vowing to “kill a lot of people” less than 30 minutes before he shot and wounded five people on Interstate 75, authorities said in an arrest warrant.

The search for Joseph A. Couch entered its third day Monday following the shooting on Intestate 75 Saturday evening.

Authorities have been searching a rural of southeastern Kentucky for a man suspected in a weekend shooting along Interstate 75 that wounded five people and damaged nine vehicles.

A portion of a highway in southern Kentucky was shut down on Saturday night after “numerous” people were shot.

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Kentucky State Police said remains found Friday during a search of the family residence of missing 8-month-old Miya Rudd likely belong to the girl.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers.

Louisville officials announced disciplinary actions against the officer who arrested golf star Scottie Scheffler for failing to turn on his bodycam during the incident.

An 8-year-old Kentucky boy whose death was initially thought to be the result of an allergic reaction from strawberries instead died from fentanyl intoxication, authorities said.