A gunman killed two women at a church in Kentucky and shot and wounded a state trooper outside an airport on Sunday before police were able to shoot him to death, authorities said. The women were ...

As the state prepares to execute Jacksonville killer Michael Bell, here's a look at five of the most reprehensible cases this ...

Given its proximity to Kentucky's whiskey row and Churchill Downs, Louisville is a well-known quantity for most Americans. At least, when it comes to great bourbons and fast thoroughbreds. Sitting ...

The last person to face the death penalty in Michigan was executed 87 years ago by the federal government. The 1938 execution was the first since Michigan abolished the death penalty nearly 100 years ...

The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the "Kentucky Pick 3 Evening" game were: ...

States and rural health advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that Congress’ slashing of Medicaid will devastate already ...

Lukas' death came on the eve of the final day of racing for the 2025 ... Almost always, they did so alongside Lukas, like a row of ducklings following their mother. In a tribute to Lukas, outrider ...

A federal court denied an appeal from one of Kentucky’s inmates serving decades on death row. Eighteen judges of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal from Benny Lee Hodge, 73 ...

Hodge remains on death row at the Kentucky State Penitentiary, according to the Kentucky Department of Corrections. There are 25 people on death row in the commonwealth.

Lethal Injection, Electric Chair, or Firing Squad? An Inhumane Decision for Death Row Prisoners South Carolina resumed executions with the firing squad killing of Brad Sigmon last month. Mikal ...

The sentence of Kentucky’s longest-held death row inmate has been upheld by a federal appeals court.

Kentucky's longest-held death row inmate, who received the capital sentence after a gruesome triple homicide in 1979, has lost another appeal, according to the office of AG Coleman.