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RICHMOND, KY - Kentucky State Police Post 7 has announced periodic traffic safety checkpoints across 11 Central Kentucky counties as part of ongoing highway safety enforcement efforts. According to Kentucky State Police, the checkpoints are intended to promote roadway safety while focusing on impaired driving, vehicle

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Workers who provide medical and mental health services at the Fayette County Detention Center say they are entering a third week without a paycheck. Employees contracted through YesCare say they were supposed to be paid Friday. Last week, YesCare filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Amber Robinson, a...

Court testimony reveals miscommunication led to arrest of James Farthing, who still faces charges from separate incident.

KENTUCKY — On this week’s “In Focus Kentucky” program, we’re sitting down with State Auditor Allison Ball, R-Ky. The Auditor’s office keeps a busy schedule, as an independent and impartial elected-office, charged with auditing the accounts and financial transactions of all spending agencies of the commonwealth.

RICHMOND, Ky. (WKYT) - A Richmond mother was arrested after allegedly abandoning her children for hours. The mother, 41-year-old Crystal Neal, left her four children, ages 11, 6, 5, and 2 at a residence they did not live at for several hours according to police. The 11 year old was apparently at the residence playing w

LONDON, Ky. – A Nicholasville, Ky., man, Brandon Graves, 33, was sentenced to 66 months imprisonment on Friday by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine.

Alex Risen, Lexington Clinic's corporate communications manager and public relations representative, said the decision was straightforward.

While pride festivals across the country are losing sponsors and seeing budgets slashed, the 2026 Lexington Pride Festival has seen a 28% increase in sponsorship dollars and a 45% increase in the number of sponsors for this year’s festival. For the second year running, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government will be

Burlington (N.J.) The Pennington School three-star offensive tackle Ian Walker has committed to Kentucky, according to Rivals’ Hayes Fawcett. The 6-foot-5, 305-pounder chose head coach Will Stein and the Wildcats over the likes of Florida, Nebraska and Ohio State. Walker is the No. 408 overall prospect and No. 35 OT in

SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - WEDCO has determined that the gastrointestinal virus which caused a Scott County childcare center to closed is not an ongoing public health concern. After an investigation into the illness that began spreading between children and staff, it was determined to be a virus commonly seen in childc