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08/11/2025

Two of the nation's largest companies operating private jails are reporting spikes in revenue thanks to the Trump administration's surge of immigrant arrests.

08/11/2025

A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful whose shooting at a political rally in June recalled some of the darkest chapters of the country's drug-fueled violence died Monday.

08/11/2025

A federal judge in New York denied the Department of Justice's request to unseal grand jury records in Ghislaine Maxwell's s*x trafficking case.

08/11/2025

An 18-year-old wanted for aggravated robbery and assault out of Frankfort, Kentucky was found in a sewer pipe in Dayton, Ohio and arrested, along with another suspect, on Monday.

A teen wanted for aggravated robbery and assault out of Frankfort, Kentucky was found in a sewer pipe in Dayton, Ohio and arrested, along with another suspect, on Monday.

08/11/2025

For the first time since its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision, the U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to revisit the ruling that legalized same-s*x marriage nationwide.

08/11/2025

The Prestonsburg Police Department reported that an Auxier man was arrested on Aug. 9 after he allegedly threatened to kill a U.S. postal worker and Floyd County Sheriff's deputies on social media.

08/11/2025

UPDATE: The Fayette County Coroner's Office has released the identity of the man who police say was shot on Bryan Station Road late Sunday night and later died at the hospital.

The Fayette County Coroner's Office has released the identity of the man who police say was shot on Bryan Station Road late Sunday night and later died at the hospital.

08/11/2025

LEX 18 on the scene reported that Lexington fire crews responded to New Circle Road, past Old Frankfort, where a garbage truck was seen engulfed in smoke in the area at around 12:15 p.m. on Monday.

LEX 18 on the scene reported that Lexington fire crews responded to New Circle Road, past Old Frankfort, where a garbage truck was seen smoking in the area at around 12:15 p.m. on Monday.

08/11/2025

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is urging state health officials to ban bromazolam, an unregulated benzodiazepine known as "designer Xanax" that has been linked to dozens of deaths in the state.

Kentucky AG Russell Coleman is urging state health officials to ban bromazolam, an unregulated benzodiazepine known as "designer Xanax" that has been linked to dozens of deaths in the state.

08/11/2025

President Donald Trump on Monday said he is mobilizing the National Guard in Washington, D.C., and taking control of the city's police force as part of his administration's effort to combat crime in the nation's capital.

President Donald Trump is set to address crime and homelessness in Washington, D.C., on Monday during a press conference at the White House.

08/11/2025

A man is charged with first-degree wanton endangerment after allegedly shooting at an occupied vehicle on Saturday, around 10:30 p.m. near Mount Tabor Road in Lexington.

A man is charged with first-degree wanton endangerment after allegedly shooting at an occupied vehicle on Saturday, around 10:30 p.m. near Mount Tabor Road in Lexington.

08/11/2025

A grand jury has indicted a Madison County woman on first-degree assault, first-degree criminal abuse, and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol-aggravated, according to court documents.

A grand jury has indicted a woman on first-degree assault, first-degree criminal abuse, and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol-aggravated, according to court documents.