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May 23, 2013 9:31 AM
Richmond police arrested a man and charged him with stealing more than $6,000 from his employer.
Police say they received a theft call from Hibbett Sports in the Richmond Center Wednesday afternoon. Investigators say a store representative told them Jaquentin D. Jenkins, 22, created fraudulent returns and pocketed $6046.87....
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May 21, 2013 4:58 AM
Madison County Sheriff Jerry R. Combs, 61, died Monday night.
Officials say he was working in his parents' yard, and family members found him unresponsive around 8:30 p.m. He was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Berea and declared dead about an hour later.
"While our hearts are...
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April 17, 2013 4:55 AM
It appears lightning sparked at least three fires in central Kentucky as storms rumbled through the area overnight.
People inside a historic home along Jacks Creek Pike in Madison County say they saw a flash and heard a loud boom as a storm moved through around midnight Wednesday. About...
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April 1, 2013 5:47 AM
Three fire departments worked to find chemical leak along a train in Madison County early Monday morning.
An engineer on another train smelled the odor and officials had the train stop near the crossing at Duncannon Lane around midnight. Crews from Richmond, Madison County and the Blue Grass Army...
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March 20, 2013 11:08 AM
A former Frankfort Police Department sargent and ATF employee has entered a guilty plea on several drug charges, according to the State Journal.
Police arrested Jack Hazelwood, 55, last month. Troopers say they found 32 marijuana plants, along with processed pot and drug paraphernalia in two rooms of a...
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March 6, 2013 11:20 AM
Deputies in Richmond say a home invasion arrest in Garrard County led them to a serial burglary suspect.
Deputies in Madison County began investigating a series of burglaries in January. In several cases, a black SUV was spotted leaving the scene, and investigators concluded the crimes were likely linked....
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March 6, 2013 9:59 AM
Madison County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a man after finding pills and cash during a search.
Officials say deputies executed a search warrant at a home on South Killarney Lane in Richmond. They found over $7,000 cash and Oxycodone tablets.
Deputies arrested Deshawn Booth, 34, and charged him...
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March 4, 2013 4:48 AM
A man died after a crash in Madison County Sunday evening.
The Madison County coroner says Alan Miller, 64, was driving along US-25 near Berea around 6 p.m. when he lost control and crashed. Miller was ejected from his vehicle. EMS rushed him to St. Joseph Hospital where he...
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February 12, 2013 5:54 AM
The victims of a burglary in Madison County over the weekend say they have found their missing dog.
Berea Police say the break-in happened on Friday. The couple says their Yorkie named Toby was stolen, along with a mandolin and other items.
Monday night, the victims called and...
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February 7, 2013 5:23 AM
A woman died in a single vehicle crash in Madison County early Thursday morning.
Madison County Sheriff's Office deputies say a woman lost control of her car in a curve along the Battlefield Memorial Highway, east of Berea, around 1:30 a.m. The car went off the road, flipped over...
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January 31, 2013 5:18 AM
Some parents in Madison County expressed outrage that school buses ran Wednesday morning, even while the county was under a tornado warning.
School officials said they have to make a decision to call off classes by 5:30 a.m. The tornado warning was issued after the deadline. But some parents...
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January 9, 2013 12:15 PM
Madison County District Court closed Wednesday morning due to a carbon monoxide leak, and will not reopen until Monday morning.
Fire investigators say some equipment in the basement was the source of the carbon monoxide. Employees evacuated the building as crews worked to fix the problem. There were no...
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January 9, 2013 7:10 AM
Richmond police say they caught a man suspected in several thefts after a car chase and crash Tuesday night.
Investigators say they searched for a stolen car linked to several shoplifting incidents at the Richmond Walmart over the past few days. Police say the car was involved in a...
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November 29, 2012 7:06 AM
Two men pulled a driver from a flaming truck after a fiery crash along I-75 in Madison County Wednesday.
Police say a dump truck blew a tire, went off the road and burst into flames underneath the exit 76 overpass near Berea. Two truck drivers stopped and helped the...
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November 28, 2012 5:16 AM
Police say they arrested the driver of a pickup after an accident that tied up traffic along I-75 in Madison County Tuesday evening.
Police say the operator of a pickup truck hauling a fifth-wheel trailer was heading northbound along I-75, driving erratically, before the trailer jackknifed near mile marker...
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November 13, 2012 10:42 AM
RICHMOND (AP) - A Kentucky coroner says a Michigan fugitive being held at the Madison County jail died after hanging himself. Coroner Jimmy Cornelison told The Richmond Register that the state medical examiner's office has confirmed the cause of 28-year-old Charles Franklin Hoffman's death. Jailer Doug Thomas said Hoffman, of...
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October 17, 2012 5:30 AM
Police in Madison County arrested two men after a gas station robbery Tuesday afternoon.
Police say a man approached the clerk at the Swifty station on Big Hill Avenue in Richmond and demanded money.
Officers arrested Dustin W. Lynch, 27, and charged him with robbery. Police also arrested...
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September 27, 2012 5:25 AM
A nasty crash in Madison County shut down northbound lanes of I-75 for several hours Wednesday night.
The accident happened around 8:30 p.m. near mile marker 83, between Richmond and Berea. A car and semi collided, and the car ended up lodged underneath the truck's trailer. A woman in...
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September 6, 2012 5:43 AM
Storms rumbled across central Kentucky Wednesday evening, dumping heavy rains across the area.
The deluge caused some street flooding in downtown Richmond. The flash flooding brought traffic to a standstill for a short time, but quickly receded once the storm passed.
There were also reports of trees down...
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August 13, 2012 4:51 AM
A man suffered injuries when a one-step meth lab exploded in his face Sunday night in Madison County.
Deputies say a man helping close the BP station on Boonesborough Road off I-75 around 10 p.m. threw a bag of trash in a dumpster, sparking the explosion. The blast sprayed...
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August 6, 2012 4:49 PM
U.S. Army officials say workers at Bluegrass Army Depot detected low levels of a chemical agent inside a storage igloo.
Officials say the Real Time Analytical Platform detected low levels of GB agent vapor in a chemical weapons igloo containing M55 GB rockets.
"Although 'leakers' in chemical munitions...
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August 6, 2012 12:00 PM
Officials have released the name of a teen killed in a Madison County crash Sunday afternoon.
Police say a car driven by Kelsey Vickers, 18, of McKee, ran off KY-21 and hit a tree. Officials say Jesse Amburgy, 15, died at a Berea hospital.
Vickers and two other...
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July 31, 2012 10:40 AM
Police in Richmond arrested a woman indicted on sex charges in Rockcastle County after a traffic stop Sunday evening.
Police say an officer pulled over a car driven by Amanda L. Rose, a.k.a Amanda L. Dixon, 30, after noticing she wasn't wearing a seat belt. As he investigated, the...
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July 13, 2012 12:48 PM
Police say a man wandered away from the scene of an accident in Rockcastle County and ended up in Madison County before he was located.
Police say a car went over an embankment near the intersection of Himanns Fork Road and Burnt Ridge Road sometime overnight.The victim left the...
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July 11, 2012 8:03 AM
A same-sex couple says they were thrown out of a Madison County park over the weekend.
Cherie Chenault and her partner Destiny hired a photographer to shoot some maternity pictures at Million Park. When they kissed for the camera, the gatekeeper asked them to leave.
"We kissed and...
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June 8, 2012 5:30 AM
A man involved in a motorcycle accident earlier this week died Thursday morning.
Kentucky State Police say Roger Coston, 59, of Winchester, lost control of his motorcycle along Red House Road wednesday afternoon and went into a ditch. Coston was thrown from the bike and landed on the road....
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June 1, 2012 8:51 AM
Police continue to search for burglars who stole items from two Madison County churches sometime Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
Burglars targeted the Glades Christian Church and Liberty Avenue Baptist Church in Berea, stealing $10,000 worth of equipment in each church, including sound mixing boards, musical instruments and...
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May 29, 2012 7:56 AM
Officials have reopened US-25 (Lexington Road) at Clay Lane in Madison County.
KU officials say a woman lost control of her vehicle around midnight Tuesday and crashed into a utility pole, knocking it across the road.Officials say the woman suffered minor injuries.
Crews shut down the road for...
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May 10, 2012 5:29 AM
Fire gutted a vacant home in Richmond early Thursday morning, the second suspicious blaze in an empty building in the area this week.
The fire broke out in the home on Walnut Street just after midnight. Firefighters say the blaze apparently started in the back of the house and...
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May 7, 2012 7:57 AM
A car rolled over and crashed into a stand of trees along I-75 in Madison County Monday morning.
The accident happened around 6:30 a.m. Madison County sheriff's deputies say the driver of a pickup truck likely fell asleep at the wheel. The truck flipped over and came to rest...
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April 30, 2012 9:09 AM
A fire damaged a home in Madison County Monday morning.
Fire department officials say a call came in reporting a fire at a home along Curtis Pike around 7:30 a.m. Fire crews put out the blaze within about five minutes. Firefighters say there was damage to the second floor...
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April 26, 2012 5:22 AM
A pickup truck nearly drove through a mobile home in Madison County late Wednesday night.
Police say the driver of the truck was drunk, drove through a yard and slammed into the home's concrete porch. The two people inside the truck ran off after the crash. The residents of...
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April 24, 2012 6:34 AM
Police arrested a teenager and charged her with attempted murder after a stabbing in Madison County late Sunday night.
Police say Misty Riddell, 19, got into a fight with Brooke Feltner over a man. A witness says Riddell sprayed Feltner with pepper spray, then pulled a knife and stabbed...
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April 20, 2012 9:07 AM
Two people died in a two-vehicle accident in Madison County Friday morning.
Police say a sedan with four people inside and an SUV collided along KY-52 near the Estill County line. Investigators say the SUV pulled out to pass another car and crashed into the sedan.
Both of...
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April 13, 2012 9:31 AM
Police now say they will not likely file any charges after a shooting and standoff in Richmond Thursday.
Police say shots were fired behind a store on Main Street around 4 p.m. Four men ran from the scene and went inside a nearby townhome on Pine and Linden Streets....
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April 13, 2012 5:54 AM
Police continue to question four men after gunshots and a standoff in Richmond that started Thursday afternoon and stretched into the night.
Police say shots were fired behind a store on Main Street around 4 p.m. Four men ran from the scene and went inside a nearby townhome on...
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March 27, 2012 5:27 AM
Police in Madison County conducted an investigation Monday.
Richmond Police Department officers and Kentucky State Police troopers combed a field for hours, digging and searching into the night. Police blocked off roads into the neighborhood off HWY-1016, north of Berea. The search focused behind a home on Ballard Court....
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March 16, 2012 1:54 PM
Authorities used a helicopter and canines to search for a missing Madison County man Friday morning, but turned up no sign of him.
Police say Richard Ross, 53, has been missing for three days.
The family says they got worried when Ross failed to show up to dinner...
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March 16, 2012 1:11 PM
A son pulled his mother from a burning Madison County home early Friday morning.
Flames engulfed a house on Depot Street, off Tates Creek Road in the Valley View community, around 5:30 a.m. Witnesses say a mother and son lived in the home. They say the woman was having...
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March 15, 2012 1:07 PM
RICHMOND (AP) - A prosecutor in Madison County has filed a lawsuit against a district judge over a ruling in a drunken driving case. Assistant County Attorney Jud Patterson filed a writ of prohibition alleging that Madison District Judge Earl-Ray Neal exceeded his authority in ruling that police must always...
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March 13, 2012 11:19 AM
Officials plan to shut down lanes along a portion of an exit ramp along southbound I-75 in Madison County for lighting repairs Wednesday.
Crews will work on exit 87 at KY-876. One left turn lane will be closed. There will also be lane shifts in place along KY-876 eastbound...
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March 9, 2012 10:03 AM
Madison County Emergency Management officials say a section of Tates Creek Road (Hwy 169) in Madison County will remain closed most of Friday due to a mudslide caused by heavy rain in the region.
The Kentucky Department of Highways closed the section of road located between the 7 and...
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March 9, 2012 5:51 AM
A Madison County road remained blocked Friday morning after a Thursday night mud slide.
Trees split and cracked as the ground slid away down a hill along Tates Creek Road, about six miles outside Richmond.
Crews cleared the road, but officials say they remain concerned more trees could...
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February 21, 2012 6:50 AM
Police charged a man with manslaughter in connection with a Madison County crash that killed his passenger over the weekend.
Police say Waydell Foster, 26, was under the influence Friday night when the car he was driving crashed into an SUV on the Eastern Bypass. EMS rushed Nicholas King,...
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February 15, 2012 8:34 AM
The Blue Grass Army Depot will test its Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) sirens on Thursday.
The sirens will sound Westminster Chimes, the sounds normally played during siren tests and drills.
Blue Grass Chemical Activity and the Madison County Emergency Management Agency conduct drills quarterly to ensure...
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February 6, 2012 9:21 AM
The trial of a Madison County couple accused of selling their own daughters for sex was delayed Monday morning.
Anthony and Kathy Hart face human trafficking charges after allegedly setting up their 13 and 14-year-old daughters with men for sexual encounters.
Officials have not said when the trail...
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February 6, 2012 5:38 AM
The trial of a Madison County couple accused of selling their own daughters for sex is scheduled to begin Monday.
Anthony and Kathy Hart face human trafficking charges after allegedly setting up their 13 and 14-year-old daughters with men for sexual encounters. Police say the investigation started back in...
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January 26, 2012 8:19 AM
An accident along I-75 in Madison County has traffic backed up in northbound lanes.
Police say a car driving in the middle lane lost control, and spun into another car and a semi near mile marker 94 around 7:30 a.m. Thursday. EMS took one person in the second car...
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January 13, 2012 6:35 AM
Snow created some havoc along a stretch of I-75 in southern Madison County Thursday evening. There were four accidents within miles of each other, one involving an ambulance.
Two semis jackknifed just a few miles apart, an ambulance flipped and a police cruiser crashed responding to the scene.
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January 6, 2012 5:41 AM
Three residents of a Madison County apartment say they plan to pack up and move out after a violent home invasion earlier this week.
Wesley Rooney, 22, shares an apartment along Edwards Avenue in Richmond with his younger sister, Jessie, and her boyfriend Sean Ellison. Rooney says he answered...
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January 4, 2012 10:00 AM
A traffic stop led to a drug bust in Madison County Tuesday afternoon.
Madison County Sheriff's Office officials say a deputy pulled over a vehicle driven by Christopher J. Harris, 42, along Commercial Drive around 3:30 p.m. Deputies say a K9 alerted to drugs in the vehicle during the...
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December 27, 2011 6:18 AM
Police in Madison County say an underage driver led them on a chase before crashing into a van Monday evening.
Police say they pursued a vehicle after the driver fled from a traffic stop along Boggs Lane around 7:30 p.m. The fleeing vehicle clipped a car, slammed into a...
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December 26, 2011 8:20 AM
After pleading guilty to charges of unlawful imprisonment and criminal mischief stemming from a Pulaski County hostage situation last January, Jason Singleton, 35, was transferred to the Madison County Detention Center Saturday to face charges in the murder of his wife.
Police say Singleton and his former girlfriend Christina...
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December 7, 2011 8:16 AM
Officials have released the name of the woman killed in a Madison County crash Tuesday evening.
The Madison County coroner says Melissa Horn, 25, of Jackson County, was pronounced dead at the scene after her pickup truck crashed into a minivan.
Police say the accident happened around 5...
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December 5, 2011 9:07 AM
Three people charged in a deadly double shooting in Berea pled not guilty in a Madison County court Monday morning.
Police charged Matthew Denholm, 27, with the murder of Zach Flower. Kevin Price was also injured in the shooting. Investigators say Denholm's brother, Ryan, 30, and his brother's girlfriend,...
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December 2, 2011 5:20 AM
A family lost everything it owned in a fire in Madison County early Friday morning.
Firefighters say two adults and two children made it safely out of a home along Cain Springs Road in Waco, but flames destroyed the trailer and all of the family's possessions. Officials say the...
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November 22, 2011 6:11 AM
Firefighters call a blaze that destroyed a vacant house in Richmond Monday night suspicious.
The fire broke out in a home along Estill Avenue, just off Main Street, around 8:30 p.m. Crews quickly responded and had the fire under control within minutes. Firefighters say nobody was living in the...
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October 24, 2011 11:34 AM
A Madison County man entered a not guilty plea on charges he tried to shoot his wife at a Richmond motel over the weekend.
Officials say Jermaine Carter, 29, went to the Super 8 Motel early Saturday morning and fired shots into one of the rooms. Police say Carter...
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October 18, 2011 6:26 AM
A former employee of Adventure Falls at Lake Reba in Madison County faces allegations of misappropriation of funds.
Investigators say an audit of the business revealed money missing from some bank deposits. According to a police report, more than $12,000 went missing from the miniature golf and batting cage...
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October 14, 2011 8:44 AM
Another school bus was involved in an accident in Madison County Friday morning.
Berea police say a car T-boned of sideswiped the Madison County Schools' bus at an intersection near Berea Community School on HWY-595 around 8 a.m. There were no children on the bus at the time of...
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October 13, 2011 9:22 AM
A Madison County school bus was involved in a single-vehicle accident Thursday morning.
Madison County school officials say the bus was just beginning its rout near the Madison County - Jackson County line and there were no students on board. The driver of the bus lost control and the...
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October 13, 2011 6:10 AM
A Madison County school secretary who pleaded guilty to a sex crime is scheduled to ask a judge for shock probation Thursday.
A judge sentenced Lynda Chase, 37, to three years in prison in August. She admitted to engaging in sexual acts with a 15-year-old student.
Chase's attorney...
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September 28, 2011 5:58 AM
On Tuesday, police ruled the death of a man found in a Madison County home on Monday a homicide.
Police discovered the body of William Keith Johnson, 57, just before 9 a.m. inside a home on Barker Lane East in Berea. Investigators say Johnson was shot in the head....
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September 27, 2011 6:26 AM
A homeowner in Richmond found herself staring into the eyes of a burglar in her bedroom Saturday night.
Police say three thieves got inside the home on Norwood Drive. Amber Jones was there, spending the night with her boyfriend and his mother. When the burglars opened a bedroom door,...
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September 9, 2011 9:00 AM
Officials have released the identities of two women killed in a head-on crash in Madison County early Friday morning.
The Madison County Coroner says Pennifer McIntosh, 44, and Christina Blevins, 30, both died when the SUV they were in crashed head-on into a semi along I-75 at exit 87...
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September 9, 2011 6:06 AM
All lanes of northbound I-75 in Madison County are back open.
Police shut down the interstate for more than four hours after a fatal head-on accident early Friday morning.
The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. at exit 87. Police say an SUV drove the wrong way down the...
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September 9, 2011 5:17 AM
All lanes of northbound I-75 remain shut down in Madison County after a double-fatality accident.
The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Friday at exit 87. Police say an SUV drove the wrong way down the northbound exit ramp from I-75 and slammed head on into a semi. Two people...
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September 6, 2011 5:52 AM
A non-injury accident along I-75 early Tuesday morning serves as a reminder to use caution along wet roadways as remnants of Tropical Storm Lee continue dropping rain over the Bluegrass.
The driver of a car told police she was traveling northbound along I-75 on the Clays Ferry Bridge when...
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August 18, 2011 6:11 AM
Police say three men arrested in connection with the burglary of a Garrard County pawn shop were behind burglaries in several different counties.
Police spotted Tyler Jessie Roberts, 20, driving a stolen car in Madison County on Wednesday. They say it was loaded with weapons stolen from Cecil's Pawn...
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August 18, 2011 5:48 AM
The man who police say slipped away during a Madison County standoff Tuesday evening says he wasn't even in the county when the incident went down.
Police say the standoff started when deputies responded to a report of a domestic assault at a home along Francis Drive. Witnesses say...
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August 17, 2011 5:36 AM
Police continue to search for a suspect after he slipped away during a standoff in Madison County Tuesday evening.
Officials say the incident started when deputies responded to a report of a domestic assault at a home along Francis Drive. Witnesses say they heard James Nelson arguing with deputies,...
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August 10, 2011 11:57 AM
Madison County Sheriff's deputies busted a meth lab Wednesday morning and found a child at the home.
Officials say a deputy was driving down Union City Road when he smelled fumes. He went to investigate and found an active meth lab.
Three adults and an 8-year-old girl were...
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July 27, 2011 5:53 AM
Richmond parents charged in the death of their 7-month-old daughter are scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.
The death investigation began when doctors discovered Serenity Dawes had a fractured skull, hemorrhaging in her eyes and a broken leg. Police charged Leroy Dawes with murder. Diana Dawes faces complicity...
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July 22, 2011 12:58 PM
A woman found a badly hurt kitten in Madison County, and the nature of the injuries raises suspicions.
Leslie Thompson found the 10-week-old kitten at the foot of a driveway on Three Forks Road. The kitten was badly malnourished and suffered some nasty wounds. Dr. Allison Tevis is treating...
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July 19, 2011 5:58 AM
A popular race car driver who suffered a heart attack and crashed during a race in Richmond Saturday night has died.
The State-Journal in Frankfort reports Bill Wooldridge died around 7 p.m. Monday at UK Hospital.
Officials say Wooldridge was driving in the annual "Butterball" Wooldridge Memorial race...
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July 7, 2011 8:32 AM
Police in Madison County are investigating a hate crime after somebody painted racist slurs on an interracial couple's cars.
Damon Dunson and his girlfriend, Melanie Stamper, woke up Wednesday morning and found two vehicles parked in their Berea driveway covered with spray-painted slurs.
"I woke up this morning...
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July 7, 2011 5:17 AM
A former Madison Central High School secretary charged with sex crimes involving a student will learn her fate Thursday.
Lynda Chase, 37, pleaded guilty to several charges, including rape, last May. She tearfully admitted in court that she engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a minor.
The charges...
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July 6, 2011 9:50 AM
A Madison County couple charged in the death of their seven-month-old daughter both entered not guilty pleas in the case Wednesday.
William Leroy Dawes, 27, is charged with murder and Diana Dawes, 25, is charged with first-degree criminal abuse and complicity to commit murder in the death of their...
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July 5, 2011 1:14 PM
A burglar in Madison County got into a local drug store the hard way.
Through the roof.
Police say they were called to the Blue Grass Family Pharmacy just after 3:30 a.m. Friday. When officers arrived, they spotted a man up on the roof. The suspect jumped down,...
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July 4, 2011 2:21 PM
A Madison County couple have been arrested after their an autopsy revealed that their 7-month-old daughter died from multiple injuries, including a fractured skull.
William Leroy Dawes, 27, is charged with murder and Diana Dawes, 25, is charged with first-degree criminal abuse and complicity to commit murder in the...
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July 1, 2011 3:39 PM
A grand jury has indicted a Madison County man accused of kidnapping and attacking a woman in April.
Jesse W. Baugh, 28, of Richmond is charged in the April 25 incident. Police say on that day they were called to a home on Big Hill Avenue to investigate a...
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July 1, 2011 8:43 AM
One person died in a single vehicle accident in Madison County Friday morning.
The Madison County coroner says a car crashed into a concrete barrier along northbound I-75 between the two Berea exits around 7 a.m. The driver of the car died in the accident. The coroner said the...
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July 1, 2011 7:45 AM
Police and the coroner are on the scene of an accident along I-75 in southern Madison County.
The accident is along northbound lanes between Richmond and Berea.
Officials say there are some lane blockages.
Stay tuned to LEX 18 for more information as it becomes available.
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June 29, 2011 7:06 AM
A woman died from injuries she suffered in a head-on crash in Madison County Tuesday afternoon.
Police say the driver of a car swerved to avoid another vehicle at HWY-1016 and Barker Lane West, and turned into the path of an oncoming truck.
EMS transported Christy Dick, 32,...
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June 27, 2011 5:48 AM
Neighbors rescued a woman from a burning Madison County home Sunday evening.
The blaze broke out in a house along Bethlehem Road around 9:30 p.m. The woman who lives there called 911 and said she was trapped in a bathroom. But by the time firefighters arrived, two neighbors had...
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June 22, 2011 11:04 AM
Kentucky State Police have arrested an Army veteran in the January shooting of another Army veteran in Madison County.
Police say Matt Richie, 26, was shot in the mouth by Denver Rearick at a home on Waco Loop in Madison County in January. State Police initially said the shooting...
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June 20, 2011 9:17 AM
RICHMOND (AP) - A lawsuit filed by the family of an Eastern Kentucky University student who died after being hit by a train might be delayed because the operator has been deployed to Iraq. Hillary Hadley was killed in August when her vehicle collided with a CSX train at a...
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June 8, 2011 9:09 AM
Richmond police arrested two teens after a joyride in stolen golf carts early Monday morning.
Police say a security guard detained Christopher A. Isaacs, 18, and a 17-year-old male when he discovered the duo with two golf carts near the driving range at the Gibson Bay Gold Course around...
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June 3, 2011 6:30 AM
A man fleeing from police on a motorcycle crashed at the Fayette County line Thursday evening.
Kentucky State Police say a trooper attempted to pull over Adrian Kemplin, 26, for driving recklessly along KY-2328 in Madison County around 8:30 p.m. Kemplin kept right on going and the trooper pursued....
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June 1, 2011 5:20 AM
A jackknifed semi caused a traffic headache along I-75 in Madison County early Wednesday morning.
State police say the driver of the northbound truck told them his window fogged over and he couldn't see where he was going. He ran off the road and the truck jackknifed near exit...
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May 25, 2011 8:57 AM
According to Bluegrass Energy officials, a fire at a Madison County substation early Wednesday morning was caused by a snake crawling into substation equipment.
Area residents reported an explosion around 1 a.m. The fire lit up the night sky and burned for several hours.
Bluegrass Energy officials say...
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May 25, 2011 6:48 AM
Police continue to search for two suspects who robbed a man outside of a Madison County elementary school Tuesday afternoon.
Kentucky State Police say a Madison Vending Company employee was leaving Waco Elementary School when two men, at least one armed with a knife, robbed him. The suspects drove...
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May 25, 2011 6:24 AM
Madison County School officials say one school is without power Wednesday morning due to a fire at an electrical substation.
Officials say they have decided not to cancel classes at Silver Creek Elementary, but will bus students to Madison Southern High School.
A large section of north Berea...
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