Public officials and community members are calling for greater transparency in the investigation into the fatal police shooting of Douglas “Doug” Harless, a Laurel County man killed during a botched police raid in December 2024. The calls for more information intensified after a Laurel County grand jury declined to indict anyone involved in the Feb. … Read more
Kentucky lawmakers are advancing a new proposal aimed at reducing copper and metal theft by tightening regulations on scrap metal dealers who purchase the stolen materials. The proposal, Senate Bill 291, is moving to the Senate floor and would require scrap metal dealers to pass a criminal background check conducted by the Kentucky State Police … Read more
A federal appeals court has upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of killing two people at a general store in Central Kentucky nearly 40 years ago, while the state’s attorney general continues efforts to revive another death penalty case. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected an appeal from David Sanders, … Read more
A 65-year-old woman in Lexington has reached a $1.2 million settlement with the city and its police department after filing a lawsuit over a violent arrest outside a hospital in 2022. Linda Trapp, who was homeless at the time, sued the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, the Lexington Police Department and officer Myles Foster. She alleged … Read more
A civil lawsuit against former deputy Ben Fields was settled just as jury selection was about to begin in a case accusing him of exchanging legal leniency for sexual favors. The lawsuit, filed in January 2022 by Sabrina Adkins, alleged that Fields coerced her into sexual acts inside a judge’s chambers in Letcher County in … Read more
Authorities in Perry County have carried out two search warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into a fatal ATV crash that killed a teenage girl. The Perry County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the warrants were connected to the crash that happened Saturday night on Oakwood Avenue in Vicco. The incident involved two girls and two … Read more
Authorities have arrested a man suspected in a deadly shooting that followed a fight in eastern Kentucky, ending a nearly day-long search. According to police, 43-year-old Danny “Blue” Harold Asher was taken into custody Wednesday morning in Leslie County after someone reported a suspicious person in the area. His arrest concluded a multi-agency manhunt that … Read more
A fraudulent veterans organization operating in Marion County has been permanently shut down after members were found to be posing as military veterans to solicit donations, according to the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office. The Office of Consumer Protection secured a court order from a Franklin County Circuit Court judge to halt operations of “Your Hometown … Read more
Two men were sentenced in February in separate homicide cases as proceedings continued in Fayette Circuit Court. 15-Year Sentence in August 2022 Shooting Sean Eschol Smith, 56, was sentenced Feb. 23 to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to amended charges of manslaughter and wanton endangerment. Smith was charged in the August 2022 shooting … Read more
A former inmate at a high-security federal prison in Eastern Kentucky has been charged with killing a fellow prisoner in 2024, according to court documents. Daviian Roberts, 35, is accused of killing Michael Smith in October 2024 at USP Big Sandy, located in Martin County. The prison, built on a former surface mine, houses up … Read more