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March 24, 2012 9:30 PM
Dozens gathered outside the Clark County courthouse Saturday night to remember three young men who were murdered two years ago. It was part of a vigil organized by family and friend's of the victims.
Robbie Reese, Dustin Browning and Clayton Edge were shot to death in Edge's home on...
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March 24, 2012 2:53 PM
A passerby found the body of an unidentified adult man just before 5 a.m. Saturday and called police.
The body was on the side of the road near Leestown Road and Trade Road in Lexington.
Police are calling it a hit-and-run. They were not able to ID the...
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May 16, 2011 8:10 AM
DETROIT (AP) - Federal safety officials are investigating complaints that the Ford Freestyle crossover vehicle can lunge unexpectedly when driving at low speeds or idling. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has received 238 complaints involving 2005 through 2007 Freestyles. Eighteen minor crashes were reported with one minor...
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February 8, 2011 1:36 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government investigation into Toyota safety problems has found no electronic flaws to account for reports of sudden, unintentional acceleration.
Transportation officials and engineers with NASA say two mechanical safety defects previously identified by the government - sticking accelerator pedals and gas pedals that can become...
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February 8, 2011 5:55 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is completing a 10-month investigation into runaway Toyotas, preparing a review that could address whether faulty electronics played a role in the Japanese automaker's safety recalls.
The Transportation Department said it would issue on Tuesday the findings of its study, which has examined...
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January 4, 2011 3:53 PM
Lexington Police are continuing to investigate after the body of a man was found outside of a home near downtown Lexington Tuesday morning.
The body was discovered outside a home at Maryland Avenue and Jefferson Street at about 11 a.m. Police say a maintenance worker said he saw a...
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December 30, 2010 9:29 AM
BALTIMORE (AP) - Failed U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell said Thursday that accusations she misspent campaign funds are politically motivated and stoked by disgruntled former campaign workers.
The Delaware Republican appeared on several network morning shows to defend herself a day after The Associated Press reported federal authorities have...
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December 28, 2010 11:38 AM
Frankfort police are looking for a suspect who sexually assaulted a woman last week.
Police say a man entered a home along Druckers Road around midnight on Dec. 23 and attacked a 22-year-old woman who was sleeping inside. The man sexually assaulted the woman and then ran out the...
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November 16, 2010 3:39 PM
The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is coordinating a tuberculosis contact investigation involving a healthcare worker at Good Samaritan Hospital. The worker lives in Fayette County and is a student at Eastern Kentucky University.
The ongoing investigation is being held with Good Samaritan Hospital, the University of Kentucky, Kentucky Department...
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October 21, 2010 9:33 PM
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl is working without a contract while the NCAA investigates his staff's recruiting practices.
Tennessee spokesman Jimmy Stanton says Pearl's contract was terminated on Sept. 9, a day before he revealed to the public that he had provided incorrect information during an interview...
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October 19, 2010 1:35 PM
Richmond police continue to investigate after forged checks were passed at two local businesses.
Police say the owner of Monty's liquor reported that somebody passed two checks at his stores on Oct. 1. Both checks were in the amount of $499.78 and made out to Elisha Burgess. The checks...
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October 11, 2010 6:17 AM
Lexington police investigated shots fired early Monday morning.
Police say they were called out to Lindberg Drive to investigate a reports of four shots fired. While investigating, officers heard a second set of four shots.
Investigators say several people were in the area at the time. Officers interviewed...
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September 29, 2010 3:16 PM
Their crime spree began in Lexington, but a transaction trail for two couple of thieves caught on camera stretches up I-65 as the search for them intensifies.
On Sunday, two separate victims reported to Lexington Police that their wallets, along with several credit cards, had been stolen. The victims...
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September 28, 2010 5:13 PM
UK said it last week, now the NCAA is agreeing. The Eric Bledsoe case is closed. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, the NCAA announced on Tuesday that it is officially closing its review on the former UK guard. "On Monday, we reached out to Birmingham school district officials to officially...
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September 23, 2010 7:06 PM
There could finally be some answers on Friday as the Eric Bledsoe investigation report is expected to be released. The Birmingham school district hired outside attorneys to investigate whether the grades on Bledsoe's transcript were legitimate. The former UK guard was a first-round pick in this year's NBA draft. According...
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September 20, 2010 8:59 AM
LOUISVILLE (AP) - A Courier-Journal review of a Louisville police investigation that cleared a detective found it full of errors and attempts to shift blame. Detective Crystal Marlowe has been under investigation for about a year since an assistant Jefferson County public defender questioned several of her arrests. She was...
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September 18, 2010 11:20 PM
The Franklin County Sheriff's Department says a dispute that broke out in a trailer at Capital City Mobile Home Park in Franklin County turned deadly Saturday night.
Police say Doug Harrod was in Eugene Biggs' trailer around 6:30, when the two started fighting. Police say they believe Harrod at...
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September 10, 2010 2:15 AM
Lexington police investigated shots fired in a neighborhood near downtown early Friday morning. Police say officers on routine patrol heard gunfire in the area of Magnolia and Magoffin Streets. One officer actually saw muzzle flashes.
Police were not able to track down the shooter. It doesn't appear anybody was...
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September 6, 2010 7:49 AM
Lexington police got two investigations for the price of one early Monday morning. Police responded to a disorder call on Red Mile Road and found two men fighting. Officers arrested the two combatants and were leaving the scene when they heard a gunshot. The officers searched the area, but couldn't...
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September 4, 2010 2:41 PM
A 14 year old boy was killed early Saturday morning while walking along Hwy. 1812 in the Quicksand community of Breathitt County.
Investigators say Joseph Crank of Canoe, Ky. was sitting on the highway when he was hit by a car being driven by Edith Robinson. Crank was pronounced...
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September 4, 2010 2:20 PM
An investigation is underway in Knott County where firefighters found the remains of an elderly woman inside a burning home.
The fire was reported Friday at a home in the Sassafras community. When fire crews arrived, the home was fully engulfed by flames. Once it was extinguished, firefighters went...
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August 31, 2010 8:36 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. law enforcement officials say investigators are looking into whether two men arrested in Amsterdam were conducting a dry run for a potential terrorist attack. The White House said Tuesday the men were not on any U.S. terror watch list. One law enforcement official, speaking on condition...
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August 28, 2010 6:55 PM
State Police say a man found dead inside a burning Monroe County home on Friday is the victim of foul play. The body was identified as Thomas M. Martin, 68, of Tompkinsville. They say at 5:33 a.m. Friday, Kentucky State Police, EMS and fire personnel responded to a residential house...
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August 19, 2010 2:05 PM
Police in northern Kentucky are investigating after three possible hate crimes against gays in recent weeks. According to WLWT in Cincinnati, the most recent incident happened early Sunday morning at the corner of Pike and Main Streets, where two women were assaulted. Police said Timothy A. Searp punched one of...
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August 18, 2010 1:02 PM
A body was discovered deep in the woods off of a road in the Estill County community of Patsy Wednesday morning. Kentucky State Police say a man shot another man about a mile deep in the woods. Police are not releasing much information, but family members say the shooting victim...
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August 16, 2010 3:10 PM
Police in Spencer Count are investigating after a man was found dead lying in a creek. Police say the got the call Sunday morning. The body of 48-year-old David Watkins was found in waters beneath a driveway on Dutchman's Creek Road. So far, there's no word on what caused his...
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August 11, 2010 1:23 PM
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police are investigating the death of a Bullitt County jail inmate who had been placed in solitary confinement. Deputy Jefferson County Coroner Sam Weakley told The Courier-Journal that 34-year-old Melissa Czaga had a history of hepatitis C and died of natural causes. Court records show she...
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July 29, 2010 5:45 AM
Lexington police are investigating an incident in Masterson Station late Wednesday night, and are investigating to see if those involved may have something to do with some criminal mischief there earlier this week. Officers were called out just after 11 p.m. Wednesday for a disorderly person refusing to leave. Police...
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July 8, 2010 3:38 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mel Gibson is being investigated in a possible domestic violence incident involving his ex-girlfriend earlier this year, sheriff's officials said Thursday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department listed the actor-director as a potential suspect in the alleged attack on Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva at an undisclosed...
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July 3, 2010 2:03 PM
Police have found a meth lab in Corbin. On Thursday, police received a complaint from the Baptist Regional Medical Center, saying there was a patient that had been admitted with burns consistent with a meth explosion. David Hensely had chemical burns over 30% of his body. Police went to his...
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June 30, 2010 7:17 AM
A man is behind bars after being arrested for drugs in Knott County. Around 2:30 Wednesday morning, 56-year-old Rondal Huff of Somerset was arrested at the 80 Motel in Hindman. Police said Huff was in possesion of more than 300 prescription pills, including 170 Oxycodone, 167 Percocet, 8 Oxycontin and...
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June 15, 2010 5:08 PM
Lexington mayor Jim Newberry said in a statement Tuesday that a review of the circumstances surrounding the death of Umi Southworth will be conducted. Since her death, there have been questions about the response of police and other officials. Southworth died Wednesday, a day after she was discovered severely beaten...
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June 11, 2010 5:01 PM
The state office of the Inspector General on Friday issued an emergency suspension on transportation for a Lexington daycare after a 4-year old boy was left alone on a daycare van earlier in the day. LEX 18 has also learned that the daycare which owns the van, Cuddle Care Learning...
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June 10, 2010 11:20 AM
Police are still investigating a bizarre case in which a woman went missing for several hours in Lexington before police found her badly hurt and barely breathing in her own backyard. The incident happened at an apartment complex in the Meadowthorpe area. Police were going in and out of that...
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June 10, 2010 5:15 AM
Lexington police spent the overnight hours investigating what they are calling an assault in the Meadowthorpe area. Police have released very little information. They were called to a fourplex on Meadowthorpe Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. They remained on the scene until around 4:30 a.m. Thursday. Police say a female...
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June 7, 2010 4:38 PM
Investigators in Clark County continued to work Monday to identify a person whose remains were found in a burned out home. The Winchester Sun reports that on Sunday night firefighters were called to Ralston Lane for what was thought to be a brush fire. But, when crews arrived, they found...
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June 3, 2010 1:44 PM
Mayor Jim Newberry Thursday thanked State Auditor Crit Luallen for agreeing to conduct an independent examination of questions raised by a city employee’s allegations concerning procurement issues. Newberry and Lexington’s Division of Internal Audit both asked Luallen for the review. “This issue has been seriously distorted by this newspaper and...
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June 3, 2010 12:16 PM
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky has stopped using a privately run halfway house while officials investigate four escapes from the facility since February. Kentucky Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Lamb told The Paducah Sun the state is working with Keeton Corrections of Florida, which runs the house in Paducah, but...
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May 24, 2010 7:10 AM
Kentucky State Police are moving forward in the investigation of a Breathitt County toddler's death. Destiny Tincher's mother's boyfriend found the 20-month-old unresponsive on May 15. Tincher was taken to UK Hospital. The Fayette County coroner says the child died on Saturday.
Her body was sent to Frankfort for...
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May 21, 2010 5:53 PM
Police in Franklin County are investigating after reports that possible scam artists show up at homes offering a security system but what they're really offering is anything but safety. Neighbors on Green Wilson Road say they are the victims of scammers. They say a big blue van has been driving...
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May 20, 2010 9:41 PM
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A grand jury in eastern Kentucky has indicted two employees of the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center and the former chairman of the board that oversees the facility. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that 64-year-old John Harmon of Pilgrim in Martin County was charged with felony theft...
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May 17, 2010 9:32 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House plans to establish a presidential commission to investigate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico along with oil industry practices and government oversight, an administration official said Monday. President Barack Obama will establish the commission by executive order. It will be similar to...
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May 13, 2010 4:48 PM
Kentucky State Police and Boyle County Sheriff’s Dept. have arrested two Danville men as part of a long-term drug investigation. Carol Ball, 65, was charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. His son, Christopher Ball, 29, was charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, possession...
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May 10, 2010 5:49 AM
Lexington police continue to investigate a crime scene at a house along Cambridge Drive. Investigators have not released much information, but one person was taken to UK Hospital. Police say that when they got to the house, they found a broken window and a person inside with a cut on...
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April 15, 2010 3:58 PM
Fire investigators have arrested a man in connection with the fire that ripped through a Lexington apartment complex early Thursday morning. Witnesses say a man threw some type of incindiary device into a woman's apartment after a fight. Officers arrested Brandon Dockery, 20, Thursday afternoon and charged him with 1...
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April 12, 2010 7:43 AM
PETTUS, W.Va. (AP) - A team of federal investigators is expected to arrive Monday in West Virginia as officials try to figure out what caused the blast that killed 29 men in the worst U.S. mining disaster since 1970. While some of the dead have been laid to rest, efforts...
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April 10, 2010 1:13 PM
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Federal officials will gather in West Virginia next week to begin investigating what caused the nation's worst coal mining disaster in 40 years. Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman Amy Louviere said Saturday that investigators will meet Monday at the agency's mine safety academy in...
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April 7, 2010 12:33 PM
Police in Carter County are investigating after a shooting Wednesday morning that left a man dead. The shooting happened at about 6 a.m. at a home on Clark Hill Avenue in Olive Hill. Police say Boyd E. Littleton II, 45, was shot to death by homeowner Carl Bright when Littleton...
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March 23, 2010 10:37 AM
There is still no new information as to who shot and killed three people Sunday night in a Clark County home. The more time passes without answers, the harder it gets for the entire community, which includes the friends and family of the three victims. Clayton Edge, 23, Robbie Reese...
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March 22, 2010 12:00 PM
Police in Clark County are continuing to investigate the deaths of three men whose bodies were found in a rural home Sunday night. Police were called to a home on Pine Ridge Road in Clark County Sunday night around 11 p.m. Clark County Coroner Robert Gayheart said that the three...
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March 22, 2010 11:55 AM
Fire investigators are still trying to figure out what caused an explosion at the popular Boathouse Restaurant and Bar in Clark County early Saturday morning. Witnesses describe the 4 a.m. explosion as a loud "boom." The restaurant, which sits along the Kentucky River is a total loss. Detectives spent hours...
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March 18, 2010 12:33 PM
Lexington Police went to Winchester Towing Thursday morning as investigators say they are looking for more evidence tied to an investigation involving the company's owner. Throughout the morning, Lexington police along with officials from local and state environmental departments canvassing the property, located on Big Run Road, executing a search...
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March 17, 2010 4:10 PM
The principal at Danville High School principal confirmed Wednesday that Danville Police were notified after a supposed hit list found at the school Tuesday. A student discovered the note out in the open in a men's bathroom. It was given to police. So far, officials are not sure who is...
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March 12, 2010 5:17 PM
A Laurel County doctor is under fire by the state medical board after some female patients say he crossed the line and performed some unnecessary and intimate examinations. The allegations are unsettling against Dr. Jackie Maxey. They're laid out in an 11-page order by the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensing,...
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March 10, 2010 12:31 PM
Lexington police are investigating after a man claims he was attacked by his boss with a bathroom pipe in a strip mall parking lot Wednesday morning. The incident happened at about 10 a.m. in the Palomar Center parking lot. Police say the alleged victim claims that he was riding in...
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March 8, 2010 12:32 PM
An investigation continued Monday after a University of Kentucky fraternity was suspended over the weekend, pending the outcome of an investigation into fire code violations. The campus newspaper, Kentucky Kernel, reports the UK Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter is prohibited from hosting and participating in fraternity related events, effective immediately. The...
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March 5, 2010 12:59 PM
Police in Pulaski County are investigating after two women were found unresponsive Thursday.
State police say Carol Barnett, 50, died at a local hospital after being found inside a home on Whitis Lane.
They say an unidentified elderly woman was also rushed to the hospital and had to...
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March 3, 2010 9:39 PM
The former Lexington psychiatrist accused of attacking a patient with a samurai sword is under investigation for prescription drug writing practices. Police say last month, Dr. Douglas Rank was charged with assault after he stabbed a patient several times at his office in Kenton County. The patient survived the attack....
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February 28, 2010 10:19 PM
WALTON, Ky. (AP) - A 15-year-old girl has been found dead in the snow outside a nothern Kentucky apartment complex and sheriff's officials say the case is being treated as a homicide. Boone County Sheriff's spokesman Ton Scheben says the remains of Karen Kappelman, a student at Ryle High School,...
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February 22, 2010 6:17 PM
Funeral arrangements have been set for a Powell County toddler police say was the victim of a homicide. Kentucky State Police are investigating after 22-month old Danika Charles was taken to Clark County Regional Hospital Saturday. The victim's mother claims to have found the child unresponsive at their home in...
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February 18, 2010 1:04 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A low-flying small plane crashed into an office building that houses the Internal Revenue Service in Texas on Thursday, and officials said they were investigating whether it was an intentional act by the pilot. The U.S. law enforcement officials said authorities were trying to determine if the...
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February 10, 2010 11:00 AM
The county coroner said Wednesday that a former Scott County school bus driver found dead in her home last week died from blunt force trauma to the head. The body of 68-year-old Glenda Sue Jones was found in her home near Sadieville Thursday. Police say Jones' boyfriend discovered her body...
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February 9, 2010 6:56 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can. It's part of an all-out drive by the world's...
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February 8, 2010 5:50 PM
Police in Scott County are looking for a man who is posing as a water company worker and has gotten into at least one home. Georgetown Police say the man had on an official company shirt when he knocked on the door of a home on Robinson Avenue. they say...
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February 4, 2010 2:21 PM
State police are investigating after a woman was found dead in her home in northern Scott County Thursday morning. LEX 18 has learned that a woman was found dead by relatives inside her home at about 10:15 a.m. by on Double Culvert Road near Sadieville. So far, police have not...
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February 2, 2010 11:10 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators have opened an investigation into complaints that power steering systems in the Chevrolet Cobalt can fail. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says there are 1,132 complaints about the Cobalt's electric power steering, including reports of eleven accidents and one injury. The review covers about...
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January 21, 2010 12:05 PM
Investigators say they may never know the source of the explosion that killed a retired Kentucky State Police trooper in Lincoln County last week. Shannon Corman, 80, was killed and two other people, including Corman's wife, were injured in the blast at Corman's gun shop, located behind his home. Federal...
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January 15, 2010 4:00 PM
An eastern Kentucky census worker found naked, bound and hanging from a tree had told a friend he intended to kill himself and that he had chosen the time, place and method to do it, police records show. Those records about the death of Bill Sparkman were released Friday to...
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January 12, 2010 9:44 AM
Two men from Florida were arrested Friday in Rowan County as part of a joint drug trafficking investigation involving the Morehead Police Department, Rowan County Sheriffs Department and Operation UNITE. Andre Ausmore, 27, and Jarvis Mccleod, 27, both of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida were arrested Friday at the B-Clean Car Wash...
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December 24, 2009 11:49 AM
A bizarre murder in Calloway County Wednesday has state police investigating. Police say they responded to an accident where a car with three people inside somehow landed in a creek bed. The person in the backseat of the car, 23-year-old Herbert Scandell, was killed. The two people in front, Jason...
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December 16, 2009 8:40 AM
A published report in Lexington says the University of Kentucky is investigating the former superintendent of the university's Woodford County Farm. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported on Wednesday that at least $198,000 is missing from farm operations over two years. UK fired 47-year-old Michael A. Peters in January after auditors confirmed...
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December 15, 2009 11:19 AM
Lexington Police continue to investigate after a man was tied up with duct tape Monday night by three men before they searched a home for money while the rest of the family in the home looked on. The victims told police that three masked men forced their way into their...
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December 14, 2009 9:31 AM
Police are continuing to investigate after the bodies of a father and his 13-year-old daughter were found in the garage of their Madison County home Sunday in an apparent murder-suicide. The bodies of 43-year-old Rick Moore and his 13-year-old daughter Kelsey were found inside the garage of their home on...
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December 9, 2009 6:14 PM
University of Tennessee officials say they are "cooperating fully" with the NCAA in its investigation into some of the school's football recruiting practices. In a statement released Wednesday Tennessee officials said they are concerned about "alleged activities" by members of a group called Orange Pride. The group provides campus tours...
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November 13, 2009 5:23 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Investigators trying to solve the mystery of a census taker found hanging from a tree with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest are examining whether he manipulated the scene in order to conceal a suicide and make a life insurance claim possible for his son, law...
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November 10, 2009 12:44 PM
The Fayette County coroner says a Lexington man who died at UK Hospital late last month died from injuries caused after he was pushed down some stairs. Michael Hagans, 51, died at UK Hospital on October 30. Police say Hagans got into a fight with a relative, and that the...
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November 6, 2009 6:12 AM
Lexington Police are searching for a suspect in an attempted robbery. It happened around 5:30 a.m. at the Rite Aid on Malabu Drive near Nicholasville Road. Police said a delivery truck was parked behind the business and workers were assisting in unloading the truck when the suspect walked in the...
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November 5, 2009 3:53 PM
Investigators probing the death of a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest increasingly doubt he was killed because of his government job and are pursuing the possibility he committed suicide, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. Two officials, speaking...
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November 4, 2009 10:41 PM
Federal investigators say Toyota Motor Corporation released misleading information about an investigation into problems with stuck gas pedals... which led to a massive recall. Back in September... the company said the floor mat on certain vehicles could interfere with the accelerator. That came after a crash in California that killed...
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November 3, 2009 11:12 PM
Two weeks ago, an LEX 18 News crew was there as detectives searched the Woodford County Coroner's office. Tonight, LEX 18 News has learned the search was related to child pornography. A Judge has unsealed documents that show what state police found that day in James Ward's home and office....
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November 3, 2009 5:39 AM
A former office manager with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass is accused of embezzling thousands from the organization. A lawsuit filed Monday alleges Bendrea Wilson embezzled nearly $435,837 by forging two board members signatures on at least 140 checks. Wilson, who is from Lexington, was hired in May...
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November 2, 2009 5:47 AM
Police are trying to determine what happened to a man found dead in the bathroom of a Lexington hospital. 34-year-old Christopher Watts of Versailles was found unresponsive in the 2nd floor bathroom of Saint Joseph Hospital just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Police were told Watts was a hospital worker. Investigators...
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October 28, 2009 4:20 PM
Officials have concluded a part-time census taker died at the tree where his body was found more than six weeks ago with a rope around his neck. The location of Bill Sparkman's death was confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday by Clay County coroner Jim Trosper and state medical...
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October 27, 2009 5:23 PM
Police are investigating after a woman was injured after she fell out of a moving pickup truck on Lexington's east side Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened at about 2:30 p.m. when police got the call from Brown Avenue just off Winchester Road for a woman who was run over by...
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October 23, 2009 3:54 PM
Kentucky State Police are investigating the death of a 23-month-old child in Laurel County. Police said someone reported an unresponsive child who was having trouble breathing at a house on Ruby Jones Road in East Bernstadt Friday around 8:30 a.m. We're told Stephen Troy's mother performed CPR until paramedic's arrived....
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October 16, 2009 5:14 AM
Firefighters in Anderson County were busy with a fire Thursday. The fire started just after 11 p.m. at 1730 Old Frankfort Pike. It took crews about 20 minutes to put out the flames. We're told the house was empty, and the cause of the fire is under investigation. No one...
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October 15, 2009 5:20 AM
Police have been gathering evidence from the business of the Woodford County Coroner, but won't say much about the investigation. Investigators spent several hours inside the offices at Blackburn and Ward, the funeral home of Woodford County Coroner Steve Ward. Police won't say if it's the coroner or someone else...
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October 13, 2009 8:34 AM
Lexington Police said their investigation into a popular radio personality is expanding. We're told the department's Crimes Against Children unit is now involved in the investigation involving Roy D. Baldridge, better known as "Dusty Dan" on WBUL-FM. The 36-year-old was arrested after a burglary at his home on Malabu Drive...
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October 12, 2009 1:05 PM
Police in Woodford County are investigating after the body of a man was discovered near a tree Monday morning.
Police say someone going to work at about 7:45 a.m. noticed the body near a tree located near the rear entrance of Big Spring Park on Clifton Drive.
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October 12, 2009 11:50 AM
(AP) - Several factors including staffing shortages and a lack of communication may have contributed to a higher-than-expected mortality rate among critically ill patients at a Kentucky veterans hospital. The consulting firm that reviewed the Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Cooper Drive in Lexington found instances of emergency triage performed...
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October 8, 2009 10:34 PM
Friends and family of 45 year old Robert Neal Singleton are wondering what happened to the Livingston resident, who was found dead inside his home off KY 490 on Thursday afternoon. Livingston Mayor J.C. Griffin was at the home just before Kentucky State Police arrived to begin their investigation. He...
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October 8, 2009 12:25 PM
A Daviess County school principal has resigned following her arrest on charges that she raped and sodomized a 15-year-old. Allison Brant, 32, resigned as principal of Saint Mary of the Woods Elementary School in Whitesville. Brant is accused of raping and sodomizing a 15-year-old during an eight-week affair. Brant is...
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October 6, 2009 1:58 PM
Kentucky State Police are continuing to investigate a series of explosions in Franklin County, one of which was near a new water pipeline that's being installed. Kentucky State Police spokesman Lt. David Jude said a detective from special investigations has been assigned to the case. Kentucky American Water spokesman Ray...
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