The Todd County teen charged with beating his nine-year-old adopted sister has entered a not guilty plea in the case.
Garrett Dye, 17, is also charged with tampering with evidence and resisting arrest in the incident. Amy Dye's body was found in a field February 4, several hours after... more »
A one-year-old child was killed Tuesday after he was accidentally run over in a driveway in McCreary County Tuesday. The accident happened at about 5:20 p.m. on Meadows Grove Road in Pine Knot. State Police say Justin Murphy, 20, was backing out of a residential driveway in a pickup truck... more »
A Powell County woman accused in the death of her 22-month-old daughter is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. Jessica Charles, 26, already pleaded not guilty. Her daughter, Danika, died at Clark County Hospital back in February. A grand jury indicted Charles about a month later after autopsy results showed... more »
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky man has been arrested and charged with murder and criminal abuse in the 2009 death of a toddler. Kentucky State Police said Tuesday that 30-year-old Brian Gallagher of Hillsboro was arrested Friday and charged by a Rowan County grand jury in the death of... more »
Police are investigating after a 12-year-old child was shot to death in Louisville Monday afternoon. The incident happened at about 2:30 p.m. At a home on Shady Villa Drive. LEX 18 has been told that two boys, Darius Tucker and a 14-year-old, were playing with a gun when it fired... more »
A five-year-old girl was killed Wednesday morning in a crash in Lincoln County. The accident happened at about 8 a.m. on US 127 at KY 2141, between Hustonville and Junction City. Police at the scene say it appears that the girl's mother Amy VonLinger, pulled out in front of an... more »
A 3-year-old girl was killed in a crash involving two semi-trucks on I-64 in Franklin County early Friday morning. The accident occurred around 12:30 a.m. on the eastbound side of the interstate between mile markers 48 and 49. Police say traffic was already stopped on the highway due to an... more »
Police say an accident in Pulaski County claimed the life of a child Wednesday night. Investigators say Michelle L. Black, 25, lost control of her SUV as she was driving southbound on US-27 near the intersection of Lost Lodge Road. The Toyota Forerunner went off the road, struck an embankment... more »
Police in Knox County are investigating after a teenage boy cleaning a shotgun accidentally shot and killed his younger sister Tuesday afternoon.
The incident happened at about 1:30 p.m. at a home on Valentine Branch Road. So far, police are not released man details, but neighbors told an LEX... more »