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SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – A Georgetown man is behind bars after a traffic stop led to the discovery of suspected drugs and cash. According to police, officers stopped a vehicle Tuesday after observing it driving at fluctuating speeds and failing to stay within its lane. Officers...

After a local judge’s controversial dismissal of a Lexington murder case, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Friday that Cornell Denmark Thomas II will face prosecution after all. Previously, Thomas, aged 37, was charged with wanton murder in a June 2020 car crash near Leestown Road that killed Tammy...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A Kentucky appellate court has ordered the reinstatement of a murder case tied to a deadly 2020 crash in Lexington, ruling that a Fayette Circuit Court judge improperly dismissed the indictment. In a 108-page unanimous opinion issued Friday, the Kentucky Court of Appeals vacated the trial...

A simple coffee order from Danville to Nicholasville turned into an unexpected cross-country adventure, highlighting nationwide holiday shipping delays that have frustrated customers.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect 2024 city hall proposals after the city of Lexington initially provided the Herald-Leader with older versions of the RPFs. A 2023 rendering has also been removed. The city of Lexington is in final negotiations with the Lexington Opportunity Fund for a renovation...

Juan Godoy, 21, was arrested and charged with multiple offenses after allegedly firing shots at another vehicle in a road rage incident in Lexington, KY.

Kentucky American Water customers will see their monthly bills increase by almost $7 after a rate increase was approved on Dec. 17. The Kentucky Public Service Commission, the state body responsible for regulating utilities, approved on Wednesday a more than 14% rate increase for residential Kentucky American Water...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - We have an update to a case of a Lexington woman accused of murder. During a bond hearing Thursday, the judge lowered Keaira Pennie’s bond from $150,000 to $75,000. Police say Keaira Pennie shot and killed Edwin Haddix in August on Bryan Station Road. He...

LEXINGTON — A Lexington man has been charged in federal court with wire fraud after prosecutors say he exploited a trusting relationship with an elderly woman, siphoning more than $300,000 from her accounts over several years while she was suffering from dementia. Donald Charles Beaty is charged in a...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington’s leader in youth anti-gun violence is working to keep thousands of kids warm by giving them brand-new winter coats. After braving the cold, solo protest and weeks of networking, Lexington’s Devine Carama is delivering coats directly to students on a mission that is making a difference.