In a twist on the various scams that attempt to swindle people out of their money, usually using false threats from a law enforcement agency, a local fire department has been exploited in an attempt ...

A second-year, first-generation college student studying English and Environmental, Sustainability, and Geographic Studies at WKU, has been selected for the Fulbright UK Summer Institutes, one of the ...

A horse was euthanized after a racing accident at Keeneland on Wednesday. “An incident occurred in Race 8 involving High Go and jockey Tyler Gaffalione on the backstretch,” according to the Keeneland ...

A private citizen who battled a forest fire has died. Paul Ray Lewis, 47, of Viper, died in Perry County when he suffered fatal burns while fighting a forest fire, the Perry County Coroner’s Office ...

The Kentucky Attorney General’s (AG) Office announced on Wednesday a legal action to uphold a statute banning the possession of child sex dolls and computer-generated sexual material that includes ...

A man in prison after being convicted of murder has stabbed a Kentucky State Penitentiary staff member. Kentucky State Police said the assault took place on Friday afternoon when 57-year-old Sean C.

Carol Lee (Bratcher) Heffley passed away on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026. She was born in Leitchfield, KY on March 27, 1940 to John Edward and Gladys (Lee) Bratcher. She was their first child and the ...

A man has been arrested in Glasgow after shooting a pregnant woman. The Glasgow Police Department was dispatched on Monday to the 1100 block of Cleveland Avenue on the report of a woman in a vehicle ...

A Leitchfield woman has been arrested after twice assaulting a Leitchfield police officer. On Friday night at approximately 10:45, Leitchfield Officers Wally Ritter and Tamara Jupin were dispatched to ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is retracting the Public Health Alert issued on April 1, 2026. The alert was for Walmart’s Great Value Fully Cooked ...

There was a bomb threat made to the Leitchfield Walmart late Friday morning. Multiple law enforcement officers arrived and searched the building, as the Leitchfield Fire Department blocked access to ...

A school bus turned into the path of a deputy responding to an emergency call in Whitley County. Kentucky State Police said the crash occurred on Monday afternoon at approximately 3:00 on Cumberland ...