A man accused of kidnapping a Louisville mother and her two children before forcing them to withdraw money from a bank has been ruled incompetent to stand trial. According to court records, 32-year-old Armond Langford was found “currently incompetent,” though a doctor determined there is a substantial probability he could be restored to competency within … Read more
Lawmakers in the Kentucky House of Representatives have approved a bill that would provide emergency response pay for members of the Kentucky National Guard when they are deployed during disasters. House Bill 364 would allow Guard members to receive hazard pay when they are called to active duty after the governor declares a state of … Read more
A longtime federal judge in Kentucky has been selected as the next dean of the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law. Gregory Van Tatenhove recently accepted the position and is expected to begin July 1, pending approval from the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, according to an announcement from university leaders. … Read more
Authorities have charged a second man with murder in connection with a fight that left a man dead earlier this week in Perry County, Kentucky. According to the Perry County Sheriff’s Office, 49-year-old Brian Smith of Hazard, Kentucky was arrested Friday and charged in the death of 27-year-old Ryan Huff. Huff was found with a … Read more
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