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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Newsweek has named America’s Best Cancer Care Hospitals and three Kentucky hospitals made the list. The highest ranked of Kentucky’s institutions was the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital at 43. Newsweek’s top 50 cancer centers list includes the University of Kentucky Markey...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - The 2024 Crime in Kentucky report was released by state officials on Tuesday. State leaders say overall serious crime rates dropped nearly 8% last year compared to 2023. That includes an 11% drop in drug offenses, a 12% decrease in homicides and a nearly 14% drop...

Two men are facing charges in connection with an April shooting that occurred in Lexington.

The City of Lexington announced grants to 18 grassroots groups totaling $150,000 for violence prevention programs.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - One central Kentucky family is mourning a tremendous loss, after a seven-year-old boy drowned at a Richmond pool. It happened Monday, when Santino Yancey Hardwick was found unresponsive at Paradise Cove Aquatic Center. His mother, Krystal Ingram-Folk, is now pursuing legal action after...

Ten cases of salmonella connected to pie items at Ramsey's Diner and Missy's Pies locations have been reported in central Kentucky counties, according to health officials.

The odds of winning the prize were 1 in 2,000,000.

The Nicholasville Police Department confirmed with LEX 18 that a 6-year-old and a 4-year-old were injured in the drive-by shooting near Brannon Crossing on Tuesday night.

An arrest citation claimed that around 7:50 a.m., the 40-year-old was seen on Members Way, passed out with his foot on the brake of a running car in gear.

What's supposed to be an exciting first step into a new place has transformed into a nightmare for Shalonda Mayberry Copeland.