HILLSBORO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Florida authorities are investigating the death of a scuba diver from Kentucky who became distressed at sea the day before. The Broward Sheriff's Office says 53-year-old Dreux Dwyer of Lexington was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at a hospital. According to police, Dwyer was aboard a... more »
ROME, Ga. (AP) - A Kentucky man who was once on a federal "most wanted" list was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for armed bank robberies in four states. Anthony Ray Artrip, 38, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Rome to two life sentences without the possibility of... more »
LOUISVILLE (AP) - A Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to authoring and posting on a white supremacist Web site a poem threatening the assassination of President Barack Obama with a sniper rifle. Johnny Logan Spencer Jr. of Louisville entered an open plea - admitting guilt without a deal with prosecutors... more »
It turns out that an elderly Kentucky con man's child is the person who handed investigators the tip they needed to connect him to a 30-year-old double homicide in Wisconsin. 77-year-old Edward Edwards got two life prison sentences this week in the deaths of Tim Hack and Kelly Drew. the... more »
The FBI and ATF said Tuesday that three men, including one from northern Kentucky, have been arrested and charged with selling plastic explosives in Boone County. Robert Bancroft, 41, of Williamstown and his brother, Daniel J. Bancroft, 43, of Sidney, Ohio, are accused of selling 12 blocks of C-4 explosive... more »
HUDSON, Fla. (AP) - A Kentucky man was able to drive himself to the hospital after being shot in the head. Pasco County authorities say 38-year-old Michael Lee Gibson of Pinetop, Ky., was shot Sunday morning in a vacant lot in Hudson, about 30 miles north of Tampa. His injuries... more »
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A jury that convicted George Thomas of murder in the slayings of a young Knoxville couple has sentenced him to life in prison with no parole. The jury, brought in from Hamilton County to hear the case, deliberated for only about two hours on Thursday before... more »
