FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin apologized Sunday for saying that children were sexually abused because they were left home alone while teachers rallied to ask lawmakers to override his vetoes. The Republican issued his apology in a nearly four-minute video posted online, saying “it is not my intent to hurt anybody in …
Police in Kentucky are searching for a suspect who allegedly punched a pregnant woman and caused the fetus to die, the Lexington Herald Leader reports. According to the Laurel County (Kentucky) sheriff’s office, Cindy L. Caudill, 46, got into a fight with a woman who was pregnant on Tuesday and punched her in the stomach. Shortly …
A Kentucky mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly getting her 14-year-old daughter extremely intoxicated to teach her about the dangers of drinking alcohol. According to WKYT, Miranda Polston, 34, caught her teen daughter drinking alcohol on March 10 and decided to film her punishment. Somerset police said the video shows the girl being held in a …
A Tennessee couple was arrested early Wednesday in Kentucky after officers allegedly found their 6-month-old twins soaked in urine and sitting in the backseat of a cluttered car. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, police responded to the Speedway in Versailles following reports that a couple was parked at a gas pump for several hours. There, officers …
A Facebook user has uploaded raw video footage of the moment a gunman opened fire inside of a Kentucky nightclub last week, a crime police say left six people injured. According to WDRB, the shooting occurred around 3 a.m. Saturday at Cole’s Place, a club on Louisville’s Kentucky Street. Upon arrival, a statement from Louisville …
A Kentucky teen who allegedly killed two classmates and wounded 14 had no remorse about the incident and saw it as a “science experiment,” police have alleged. WPSD reported that Marshall County Sheriff’s Captain Matt Hilbrecht described Gabriel Parker, now 16, as being “cold” and “callous” when interviewing him after the January 23 shooting that left 15-year-olds Bailey …
Authorities in Kentucky arrested a disabled man’s parents on suspicion of severe neglect resulting in his death at the age of 20. As WKYT reported, Albert and Patsy Christy were arrested on Monday and are expected to face murder charges following a months-long investigation into Logan Christy’s death. A medical examiner’s report helped secure the …
A teen reported missing in Kentucky was found alive in South Carolina this month, more than two months after authorities say she was kidnapped and held captive. According to WRDW, Saluda County authorities responded to a mobile home park on Tuesday after the victim’s family shared a tip regarding the 16-year-old girl’s whereabouts. Police indicate …
Tensions rose Monday morning inside a Kentucky courtroom as the mother of two slain teens met with her sons’ alleged killer. “I just flipped out. I couldn’t take it no more,” Elizabeth Marie Wren told WLKY. Wren had to be dragged out of court after lunging at Brice Rhodes, one of four men accused of fatally stabbing …
By KRISTIN M. HALL and DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun inside his rural Kentucky high school Tuesday, killing two classmates, injuring 19 others and sending hundreds fleeing for safety. Police were seen leading a teenager away in handcuffs. It was the nation’s first fatal school …
Police in Kentucky have arrested the alleged owner of two pit bulls responsible for mauling a woman to death and seriously injuring her husband on Christmas Eve. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Johnny Dale Lankford, 42, has been jailed since December 22 on a second-degree assault charge, unlawful imprisonment, and a bench warrant. Two days later, police …
A truck, apparently driven by an 11-year-old girl, smashed into a Kentucky home on Friday, and her grandmother thinks the act stemmed from inspiration from an animated TV show. WDRB reports that the family inside the Louisville home wasn’t injured, but extremely shaken up after a white Dodge Ram came crashing through their rented home …
