Kentucky News

Abused and neglected horses saved by rescue organizations around the state will be offered for adoption next month at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

A fraternity member pleaded not guilty Thursday to third-degree assault for allegedly hitting a UK police officer and resisting arrest during an incident at the now-closed Sigma Alpha Epsilon house.

WLEX-TV in Lexington reported the blaze broke out around 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Waste Connections facility near Somerset.

Republican Bill Johnson is bowing out of the U.S. Senate race in Kentucky, citing an internal poll that showed him trailing two better known GOP candidates.

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Writer FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Kentucky advocate for organ donations predicted that a bill advanced by a Senate panel Wednesday will spur more donations leading to lifesaving transplants.

Wynonna Judd will welcome the world to Kentucky with a special performance at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on Sept.

Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation's classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming , arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools.

After an attorney general's opinion and a court ruling went against them, school groups that want to make part of the superintendent evaluation process private have turned to the state legislature.

This story first appeared in the March 7, 2010 Enquirer. FORT MITCHELL - What factors lead to deaths in Kentucky traffic crashes? The state has been examining that question with hopes of using crash records to improve roadways, target enforcement in problem areas and educate people about driving hazards.

The drinks are on University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari, or rather, he's on them.

A man walked through the student center at Kentucky State University brandishing a handgun Tuesday afternoon but was arrested soon after without incident, police said.

State Rep. Dwight Butler, R-Harned, said the legislation would establish an independent commission that would periodically review the salaries paid to lawmakers and other elected officials, including the governor.

"It's men from developed nations who feel they can buy anything they want. They're not looking for equality in the marriage," said Ramos.

Repairs to fix cracks discovered four years ago in two bridges that link northern Kentucky to southern Ohio are expected to be completed this weekend.

A pair of Kentucky death row inmates are seeking to end their appeals and potentially hasten their own executions, possibly under a new set of rules for lethal injection that the state is pushing for.

Two spacecraft designed and built by university students in Kentucky and California will launch into space next week at NASA's Wallops Island facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

A man who shot and killed three classmates and wounded five others at his western Kentucky high school in 1997 has been granted a hearing to determine whether a mental illness prevented him from appealing his guilty plea.

The U.S. Department of Education has named 16 finalists in the first round of its ``Race to the Top'' competition, which will deliver $4.35 billion in school reform grants.

A divided Kentucky House committee approved a tax package Wednesday evening that's aimed at raising more than $300 million in new revenue over two years to help plug a massive shortfall confronting lawmakers in balancing the state's next budget.

The body of a teenage girl was discovered outside an apartment complex in Boone County Sunday.