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A GoFundMe has been created for the family of the victim, 60-year-old Lucian "Luke" Ashcraft, who was killed in an overnight burglary on Wednesday at his home in Paris. Timothy Mitchell is accused of killing a 60-year-old during a burglary in Bourbon County on Wednesday. The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office says they received reports of a burglary at a garage on Ruddles Mill Road just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday. […]

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash yesterday at Oak Hill Road and Grand Central Boulevard, with one requiring helicopter transport to Lexington. Somerset Fire crews responded to the scene and confirmed entrapment upon arrival. Crews stabilized the vehicles while Somerset-Pulaski County EMS assisted in assessing those involved. A hose line was deployed on standby as crews worked to free the trapped individual using spreaders and cutters, commonly known […]

A 26-year-old man accused of murdering a 16-year-old girl in a Perry County ATV accident has pleaded guilty to transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, according to court documents filed with the US District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky Southern Division. On Saturday, Feb. 28, 16-year-old Emilynn Clark died in an ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) accident when another teen who was driving lost control of […]

A London woman has been arrested for a murder stemming from a fatal drug overdose. The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office reported that 37-year-old Courtney K. Boone was arrested Monday morning for allegedly selling fentanyl in 2025 to an unnamed 26-year-old who later died after consuming it through a meth pipe. Boone is being held at the Laurel County Correctional Center on a $100,000 cash bond. As of Thursday afternoon, she […]

A Kentucky State Police trooper suffered minor injuries in a three-vehicle collision on Dixie Highway in Jefferson County, and the driver involved in the crash reportedly fled the scene before being arrested. The collision occurred near the 15000 block of Dixie Highway, approximately 4 miles south of the Gene Snyder Freeway in Valley Station, KSP reported. A Mitsubishi Mirage operated by 33-year-old David Huggins of Louisville, was traveling southbound on […]

A 60-year-old Mount Sterling woman died Sunday morning after her motorcycle left the roadway and struck a rock embankment on Interstate 64 in Bath County, according to Kentucky State Police. KSP detailed that a woman, identified as Barbara Smith, was driving a 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound near mile marker 119 when the crash occurred around 11 a.m. Bath County Coroner Andrew Owens pronounced Smith dead at the scene. The […]

The teen accused in an alleged shooting that left a juvenile victim in critical condition Friday night in Covington was booked in the Kenton County Detention Center on Sunday. According to the detention center's website, 18-year-old Ryan Cupp is charged with first-degree assault and has a $100,000 cash bond. According to police, authorities were contacted around 11:30 p.m. Friday night regarding a possible shooting at the 100 block of East […]