A Clark County man was arrested on charges related to child sexual exploitation last week after Kentucky State Police served a search warrant at his home. Christopher L. West, 33, is charged with 104 counts of possession of matter portraying a sex performance by a minor and tampering with physical evidence. … [Read more...]

Officials at Eastern Kentucky University say they will look for ways to enhance security at the school more than a week after a death threat was found in a campus restroom. … [Read more...]

AK Steel is considering idling some operations at an eastern Kentucky plant and laying off hundreds of workers because of competition from imported steel. The company on Friday said it intends to temporarily shut down the blast furnace and related steelmaking operations at its Ashland plant, which has 940 workers. … [Read more...]

Nelson County Sheriff Ed Mattingly said Friday he believes brothers Brooks and Nick Houck are connected to the disappearance of Brooks' girlfriend Crystal Rogers, the Bardstown mother of five who's been missing since early July. … [Read more...]

A Nelson County man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping a teenager as detectives look into his interactions with other women. … [Read more...]

A Muhlenberg County woman convicted of killing her former husband has been sentenced to life in prison. Friday afternoon, 62-year-old Brenda Hardin was given the maximum sentence, as was previously recommended by a Muhlenberg County Circuit Court jury. … [Read more...]

The Grayson County Sheriff's Office received a call about a serious accident on Beaver Dam Road just after midnight on Thursday. … [Read more...]

At the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Wednesday (10/14), Your Community Bank presented a $50,000 gift to the Hardin Memorial Health Foundation to fund the construction of a 1,500 square-foot indoor pediatric therapeutic playground. The playground will be part of the 3,700 square-foot expansion of the HMH Therapy and Sports Medicine Center, near Ring and Rineyville roads in Elizabethtown. … [Read more...]

Kia will recall more than 419,000 SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because the transmission can be shifted out of park when the driver's foot isn't on the brake, a violation of safety laws. The recall covers Sorentos from the 2011 through 2013 model years. … [Read more...]

Kentucky's unemployment rate fell to 5 percent in September for the first time in 14 years. Nationally, the unemployment rate remained at 5.1 percent according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Kentucky's rate dropped from 5.2 percent in August. … [Read more...]