Ironman triathlon competitors will be allowed to swim in the Ohio River after officials have lifted a recreational use advisory due to harmful levels of algae. The swim portion of the Sunday run-bike-swim race was in jeopardy for weeks. … [Read more...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says an Ohio County property contaminated with arsenic is about to get cleaned up. Arsenic trioxide levels at the site near the Daviess County line exceed 150,000 milligrams per kilogram. The EPA considers more than 50 milligrams per kilogram to be a high concentration for the area. … [Read more...]

A former Georgia doctor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute painkillers in Kentucky. The U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of Kentucky says 58-year-old Michael Johnston admitted he conspired with the owner of a Georgia pain clinic to distribute thousands of prescription pills to Kentuckians. … [Read more...]

Kentucky authorities say a report of shots fired on a college campus turned out to be unfounded. Louisville police gave students at the Jefferson Community and Technical College the all-clear Friday afternoon, about an hour after they received a call about an "active aggressor" on campus. … [Read more...]

An Elizabethtown man out for a morning run was struck by a passing car on the U.S. 31W Bypass at College Street Road Friday morning. According to the Elizabethtown Police Department, 54 year-old Derrick Dennison was on the southbound shoulder of the bypass when he was hit and the driver did not stop. … [Read more...]

Federal prosecutors say a Kentucky-based pharmacy has agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle allegations that it solicited and received kickbacks from a manufacturer in exchange for promoting a drug with nursing home patients. … [Read more...]

Police in Taylor County, Kentucky are looking for two men who drove away from a work detail in a county jail vehicle just before 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. … [Read more...]

Kentucky State Police are seeking a man wanted for engaging in organized crime. Michael Isaiah Lancaster also uses an alias of Michael Kendrick. … [Read more...]

An Oldham County man was killed after being hit by a train. … [Read more...]

A Radcliff man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday morning in Hardin Circuit Court and exchanged words with Judge Kelly Mark Easton as he attempted to discuss the appeal process. … [Read more...]