Around The State

The National Transportation Safety Board pressed Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday about the design of the structure connecting the engine to the wing that failed on the UPS plane that crashed in Louisville. The questioning came on the second day of the NTSB's hearings in their investigation into the Nov. 4, 2025, crash. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo plane, built in 1991, went down around 5:15 p.m. after […]

Franklin County authorities report that 25 people are being treated for a chemical exposure at a “local facility.” The fire department was dispatched to Fortune Drive on Tuesday regarding a hazardous materials incident. Images provided by authorities show multiple units outside of the Nitto Advanced Material facility. Officials did not disclose what kind of chemical employees were exposed to. Credit: Madylin Goins/FOX56

The motorcyclist who was critically injured in a May 15 crash near Jacobson Park involving an SUV died in the early hours of Wednesday morning from his injuries. At 1:43 a.m. on May 20, the Fayette County Coroner’s Office pronounced the motorcyclist dead from multiple blunt force injuries. He was identified as 41-year-old Andrew Glasscock of Georgetown. Lexington authorities reported that the SUV passenger in Friday’s crash was removed from the vehicle […]

The Kentucky Attorney General’s Office had a busy Election Day. According to numbers released by the office, 154 complaints regarding election law violations or voting irregularities were received while polls were open during the Tuesday primary. Thirty-two were received after the polls closed. Prior to the polls opening, the AG’s office received close to 300 complaints. Voters from Fayette County filed 29 complaints with the AG’s office. Credit: WKYT

Authorities searched a Danville property in connection with a 1992 missing person cold case after two people were arrested and charged. The Boyle County Sheriff’s Department, Emergency Management and public works were on scene at 148 Spring Valley. The address is the same location where a warrant was served in 2016 but nothing was found. The owner of the property, 76-year-old Barbara Manning, and her son, 59-year-old Anthony Manning, were […]

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 […]