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• Kentucky School Shooter Appeals Over Competency

  August 12, 2011 9:01 AM

  PADUCAH (AP) - An attorney for a western Kentucky school shooter has appealed a judge's decision that he waited too long to try and withdraw his guilty plea to killing three classmates and wounding five in 1997. Public defender Tim Arnold filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. 6th... more »

• Jefferson Parents Appeal Ruling Over Busing

  January 20, 2011 7:49 AM

  LOUISVILLE (AP) - A group of parents in Jefferson County is appealing a decision dismissing a lawsuit over the school system's student assignment plan. The parents appealed the dismissal to the Kentucky Court of Appeals on Wednesday. They contend state law guarantees them the right to send their children... more »

• Oral Arguments In Ragland Wrongful Death Suit Set To Begin Play Video

  September 2, 2010 6:14 AM

  More than a decade after the death of a UK football player, the victim's family and the man who admitted shooting him are back in court. The family of Trent DiGiuro won a wrongful death suit against Shane Ragland in 2008, but Ragland appealed the $63 million judgement. Family members... more »

• Death Row Inmate Baze Asks Governor For Delay In Execution Date

  May 21, 2010 3:31 PM

  LOUISVILLE (AP) - A Kentucky inmate condemned to death for the shootings of a sheriff and deputy has asked the governor to delay setting his execution date as his attorneys prepare for a death warrant to be signed. Attorneys for Ralph S. Baze filed a letter with Gov. Steve Beshear,... more »

• Man Files Appeal In Underage Sodomy Conviction

  April 22, 2010 1:44 PM

  The Montgomery County man convicted in January of sodomizing a 14 year-old-boy has filed an appeal of the guilty verdict and 50-year sentence handed down in the case. According to the Mt. Sterling Advocate, an attorney representing Michael Dunn filed a notice of appeal on April 1 asking to overturn... more »

• State Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal In School Sex Abuse Lawsuit Play Video

  March 10, 2010 4:20 PM

  Members of the state Supreme Court said Wednesday they are not going to review an appeal from Fayette County Schools concerning the sexual abuse lawsuit of former Fayette County student Lynne Maner. Maner filed a lawsuit in 2003, saying several of her Fayette County teachers sexually abused her in the... more »

• Charity Makes Appeal For Blankets As Cold Blast Continues Play Video

  January 5, 2010 10:49 AM

  With Lexington and the rest of the Bluegrass shivering in sub-freezing temperatures and even colder weather expected by the weekend, a local charity is making an appeal for blankets to help people keep warm during the cold snap. The Catholic Action Center say they have a desperate need for blankets.... more »

• Bath County Family Appeals For Help To Bring Father's Body Home

  December 22, 2009 6:12 PM

  A Bath County family faces an awful deadline where they have to come up with enough money to bring their deceased father's body home to Kentucky from North Carolina by the end of the week or he'll be cremated. Rana Perry says her father, 55-year-old Harold "Rocky" Perry, died Friday... more »

• Man Loses Appeal In Graves County Murder Case Play Video

  December 1, 2009 12:40 PM

  One of the men convicted in the 2000 murder of a Graves County woman has lost an appeal in the case. Quincy Cross was found guilty last year on multiple charges including murder, kidnapping and rape in the death of Jessica Currin. He was sentenced to life in prison with... more »

• No-Kill Refuge Says Public Responding To Appeal For Help Play Video

  November 3, 2009 12:46 PM

  A Jessamine County no-kill animal refuge that is asking the public for some unusual help in order to be able to feed its animal population said they have begun receiving donations. LEX 18 first aired the story about the plight of the Wolf Run Wildlife Refuge Monday night. Organizers at... more »

• Jessamine Co. Wildlife Refuge Makes Urgent Appeal For Donations

  November 2, 2009 6:17 PM

  A Jessamine County animal refuge is asking the public for some unusual help in order to be able to feed its animal population. Organizers at Wolf Run Wildlife Refuge, located near Nicholasville, say they are broke and facing a crisis due to the struggling economy. Workers are literally scraping the... more »

• State Supreme Court Considers Death Row Inmate's Appeal

  September 23, 2009 1:43 PM

  Kentucky Supreme Court justices are considering the appeal of a death row inmate who no longer wants to be executed for killing his estranged wife and son. Shawn Windsor was sentenced in November 2006 in the slayings of Betty Jean Windsor and 8-year-old Corey. Windsor's attorney, David Niehaus, told justices... more »